Luz Longsworth BA, MBA, DBA

Dr Longsworth is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal (Ag.) of The UWI Open Campus. She is a Caribbean national who was born to Venezuelan and Jamaican parents, and has lived and worked in Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Dr Longsworth has over 25 years of experience in both academia and business, and her service to education and business across the Caribbean region before becoming Principal of the Open Campus has included as senior administrator at The UWI, Director of the School of Continuing Studies, Director of The UWI Open Campus Country Sites, and Director of The UWI Mona Western Jamaica campus in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is also a certified trainer in leadership courses for the internationally renowned John Maxwell Company, has participated in various consulting projects in the Caribbean and the United Kingdom, and Dr Longsworth’s research includes leadership development, change management and organisational development and transformation.

Commenting on her new role as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr Longsworth said, “As The UWI moves into a new era of growth and transformation to address the issues of becoming a truly global institution, the role of the Open Campus must now be pivotal in that transformative process. Its core strengths in online and distance delivery, as well as the very key role that the physical sites play in bringing The UWI to our communities across the region, must now be harnessed for the benefit of all campuses and hence for the ultimate benefit of an even more integrated and united UWI. Having been a part of its evolutionary phase, it is an honour to serve, no matter how briefly, to build a team not only within the Open Campus, but across The University and the region to begin this transformation which will successfully position the entire university as a key player in the 21st century’s global higher education landscape”.