Surveys and Reports

ANALYTICAL STUDIES

These studies review certain trends relating student applications and acceptance rates, new university admissions, total enrolment, university admission scores, good honours, top ten feeder institutions and external research grants. It also includes research and assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the various dimensions of the University’s operations with recommendations.

• Predictors of Degree Performance at the University of the West Indies
• Higher Education & Statistical Review 2013: Issues & Trends in Higher Education as it relates to The UWI
• Higher Education & Statistical Review 2016: Productivity and Performance at the University of the West Indies: An Exploratory Study
• Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programmes and Courses Taught at The UWI, For the Academic Periods 2012-13 and 2016-17

POLICY BRIEFS AND COMMENTARIES

These policy briefs and commentaries cover a wide range of topics pertaining to contemporary activities, socio-economic trends and developments in the higher education sector. The briefs and commentaries also seek to highlight the strategic implications and opportunities for the University.

• Value and benefits of the Sports Industry (Mar 2017)
• Impact of Changes to G.A.T.E on The UWI: Considerations for Enrolment And Funding Prospects (Oct 2016)
• Employee Engagement (February 2014)
• MOCCs: The Promise and the Realities (February 2014)
• Development and Implementation of Green University Policies: Relevance to the UWI ( November 2013)
• The Use of ICT Systems to Transform Teaching and Open Learning in The University of the West Indies (November 2013)
• A Review of World University Ranking Methodologies (2011)

STATISTICAL DIGESTS

These present statistical highlights of: (i) student admissions, enrolment and graduation numbers; (ii) profile of student distribution across the university system; and (iii) profile of academic, senior administrative and professional staff.

• The UWI Statistical Digest 2013/14 to 2017/18
• The UWI Statistical Digest 2012/13 to 2016/17
• The UWI Statistical Digest 2011/12 to 2015/16
• The UWI Statistical Review (2009-2013)
• For access to earlier Statistical Review see
  http://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/dspace/handle/2139/38162

SURVEYS

The UOP coordinates and/or undertakes a number of surveys which relate to students, graduates and employers.

• Student Entrepreneurial Intention Study, for the academic period 2019-2020
• Graduate Tracer Survey - Labor Market Experienaduates in Caribbean Economies 2016 - Executive Summary
• First Year Attrition Survey 2010-11 (May 2015)
• Speak Your Mind - Undergraduate Student Survey 2013 – Executive Summary
• Post- Graduate Student Experience Survey 2013 (November 2015) – Summary
• Graduate Tracer Survey 2009-2013 (September 2015) – Highlights
• Predictors of Degree Performance (December 2015)
• Institutional Data Needs Assessment of UWI: Highlights of Survey 2014 Results and Some Suggestions for Resolving the Challenges