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These include representing the Caribbean in the digital learning space and granting access not just to participating Caribbean territories but to communities and partners across the world. </p> <p class="pr-2">In 2023, to support this extended access thrust, The UWI took a strategic decision to restructure, reorganise, reengineer and transition its Open Campus into the Global Campus (UWI GO). The emergence of the Global Campus formally initiates The UWI's transformation to a next-generation digital institution delivering its online programmes and courses to global markets.</p> <p><a class="btn-ghost" href="https://uwi.edu/ool/" target="_blank">Explore</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="toparea" class="full"> <div class="container12"> <div class="column12 alpha py-6"> <div class="column6 alpha"> <div id="pagetitle" class="pb-6"> <h1>Global Partnerships</h1> </div> <div id="mainblurb" class="pt-2 pb-4 pr-4"> <p>One of only two regional higher education institutions in the world, The UWI continues to leverage its reputational excellence to expand its global footprint. Beginning with the setting up of an <a href="https://uwi.edu/oga/" target="_blank">Office of Global Affairs</a> in 2016, The UWI sought to renew longstanding relationships and embarked on new partnerships at an unprecedented level. </p> </div> </div> <div class="column6 omega" id="mainpic"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/mainpic.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="midarea" class="full"> <div class="container12"> <div class="column12 alpha py-8"> <div class="column5 prefix1 alpha "> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_sdgs.png" /> </div> <div class="column6 omega py-5"> <h4>Beyond teaching</h4> <p>To date, in addition to our five campuses in the Caribbean, The UWI system comprises 10 global centres across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.</p> <p>Beyond teaching, research and the production of knowledge, we’ve gone a step further to prioritise building global partnerships and connecting knowledge to opportunities for multi-stakeholder development solutions.</p> <p>This is led by our <a href="https://uwi.edu/gpsf/" target="_blank">Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures</a> which also works to strengthen the university’s positioning and engagement with the 2030 global development agenda. </p> <p>As an SDG-engaged university, global partnerships allow us to expand the opportunities available to our faculty and to our students, by joining forces with collaborators who are committed to Caribbean development. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bigbreak full" id="bottomarea"> <div id="bigbreaktitle"> <h1>Global centres</h1> </div> <div id="parentVerticalTab" class="container12"> <ul class="resp-tabs-list hor_1 column3 alpha"> <li>UWI-China Institute of Information Technology (UWICIIT)</li> <li>SUNY-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development</li> <li>UNILAG-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies</li> <li>Institute for Global African Affairs</li> <li>Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development</li> <li>UWI and Coventry Institute for Industry-Academic Partnership</li> <li>UWI-University of Havana Centre for Sustainable Development</li> <li>Canada-Caribbean Institute</li> <li>Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research</li> <li>UWI-European University Institute</li> <li>American Foundation for The University of the West Indies</li> <li>International School for Development Justice</li> </ul> <div class="resp-tabs-container hor_1 column9 omega"> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column9 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>UWI-China Institute of Information Technology (UWICIIT)</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>In 2016, a partnership between The UWI and Global Institute of Software Technology (GIST) based in Suzhou, China birthed the UWI-China Institute of Information Technology (UWICIIT). </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>The Institute offers a <a href="https://uwi.edu/softwareengineering/" target="_blank">four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering</a> with a focus on mobile application technologies. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_ciit.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>State University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>Launched in 2016, the Center is motivated by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to achieve a better future for all by addressing serious global challenges of poverty, inequality, hunger, health, education, clean affordable energy, climate, environmental degradation,</p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p> sustainable communities, responsible consumption and other pressing sustainable development issues.</p> <p>The Centre offers a <a href="https://uwi.edu/sunyuwicenter/" target="_blank">Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership for Sustainable Development</a> designed to build human capacity within Caribbean Islands and New York State to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_suny.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>UNILAG-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>In May 2017, The UWI and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in Nigeria signed an MOU for the establishment of the UNILAG-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies. It features facilities based at both the </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>University of Lagos in south-western Nigeria and at The UWI Mona Campus in Kingston, Jamaica. </p><p>One of its first major initiatives is a Master's degree in African and Global Studies. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_unilag.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>Institute for Global African Affairs</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>The Institute for Global African Affairs, launched in November 2018 is a collaboration between The UWI and the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>A Masters in Global African Studies is the flagship academic programme for the Institute. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_globalafrican.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development </h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>In April 2019 The UWI and Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) formalised the Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development which outlines collaboration for the development of postgraduate degrees,</p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p> certificates and other training programmes, and also for joint research in areas of mutual interest. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_hemispheric.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>UWI and Coventry Institute for Industry-Academic Partnership</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>Responding to the economic growth needs of the Caribbean, The UWI and Coventry University in England launched a UWI-Coventry Institute for Industry-Academic Partnership in December 2019, </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>dedicated to the promotion of an innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Caribbean region.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_coventry.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>UWI-University of Havana Centre for Sustainable Development</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>Following some 30 years of collaboration The UWI and the University of Havana (UH) signed an agreement to establish a new and innovative,</p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p> joint Centre for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean in December 2019. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_havana.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>Canada-Caribbean Institute </h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>In February 2020, The UWI and Brock University (BU) launched the <a href="https://canadacaribbeaninstitute.org/" target="_blank">Canada-Caribbean Institute</a>, devoted to the study of Canada-Caribbean relations. The new Institute is expected to provide multi-disciplinary </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>research and teaching to deepen and improve the relations between Canada and the Caribbean, and serve to examine issues affecting the Caribbean diaspora communities in Canada. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_canada.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2 id="parentVerticalTab9">Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research </h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>The <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gccdr/" target="_blank">GCCDR</a> is a joint initiative between The UWI and the University of Glasgow, co-located in Glasgow and the Caribbean.</p> <p>In October 2020, The UWI, in partnership with the University of Glasgow launched a course on the <a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/slavery-in-the-british-caribbean" target="_blank">History of Slavery in the British Caribbean on the FutureLearn platform</a>.</p> <p>As a world-leader in the formulation, activism and academic research underpinning claims for reparations for slavery, The UWI deepens its partnership with UofG to offer a first-of-its-kind double degree Master’s programme from September 2023.</p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>The MA/MSc Reparatory Justice offers postgraduate students the opportunity to: <ul> <li>- work with leading scholars in Reparatory Justice at The UWI and UofG with a specific focus on the Caribbean and the slavery reparations movement.</li> <li>- choose to study either in the Caribbean (Barbados or Jamaica) or Glasgow, Scotland.</li> <li>- graduate with a degree from both institutions.</li> </ul> </p> <p> <a class="btn-ghost-green" href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/reparatory-justice/#tab=apply" target="_blank">Apply today</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_glasgow.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>UWI-European University Institute</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>In July 2020, The UWI and the European University Institute (EUI) agreed to the establishment of a research centre that will help to promote inter-regional and intra-regional development</p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p> and encourage discourse on how transnational and global issues impact the Caribbean region and Europe.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column9 alpha itempics"> <div class="column8 omega pic-lrg"> <img src="images/inside/pillars/globalsystem/pic_eu.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column10 alpha row item"> <div class="column10 alpha halfrow"> <div class="column9 omega info halfrow"> <h2>American Foundation for The University of the West Indies</h2> <div class="column4 alpha"> <p>A 501(c) (3) charitable organisation, the <a href="https://www.afuwi.org/" target="_blank">American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI)</a> was established in 1956 to develop an endowment fund in the United States for The University of the West Indies (UWI). Today, its mission is to source and administer private donations, maximise philanthropic efforts, and develop strategic alliances with American corporations, foundations, alumni and other organisations, primarily to provide scholarships, support academic programmes and facilitate development projects at The UWI. </p> </div> <div class="column4 omega"> <p>The Foundation has more recently intensified its focus on supporting the University’s scholarship programme because of the urgent and increasing demand for financial aid from many in the student population who are talented, ambitious and determined to break the cycle of poverty, but face severe economic hardships. 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