EB John Bursary available for study at UWI Global Campus

Persons interested in pursuing a career in Public Relations Management or are at present working in this field have an opportunity to get help to fulfil their dreams.

This semester The University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus (GC) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is offering 14 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) short courses, one of which is Public Relations Management.

The certified 10-week course will give persons the skill-sets to work in the media industry and boost their social media brand.

Additionally, persons will learn to write press releases, set up press conferences and engage with the media. They can become more marketable by being the proficient point person in their organisation to address press matters, a release from Global Campus SVG states.

Once persons sign up for the Public Relations Management short course, through the Google application form on the UWIGC SVG’s Facebook page, by today, Friday January 24, 2025, they can sign up for the prestigious E.B. John Education Memorial Bursary.

The EC$2,000 award is being funded by the Toronto SVG Group, of which the late veteran Vincentian broadcaster, Evans Bernard “E.B.” John was a member.

Application forms for the Evans Bernard John Memorial Education Bursary can be collected at the Global Campus SVG office, or downloaded from their Facebook page. Once it is printed and filled out, the form must be returned to the Global Campus office at Murray’s Road.

Classes which will be online, and will begin on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Persons requiring more information can do so by emailing: svg@open.uwi.edu, or lecia.quow@open.uwi.edu.

Interested individuals can also call (784)-456-1183 or (784)-528-5597.