Type Community College Principal Gladstone A. Best Phone +1 246-426-2858 | Established 1968 Location St. Michael, Barbados Founded 1968 | |
Campus 'Eyrie' Campus, Industry Services Unit, The Hospitality Institute Sports Athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, futsal, netball, volleyball, table tennis, road tennis, tennis Address Howells Rd, Bridgetown, Barbados Motto Many Studies - One Brotherhood (English) Similar Harrison College, Codrington College, University of the West Indies, De La Salle University, Hugh Wooding Law Scho | ||
The Barbados Community College is a tertiary institution located on Eyrie Howells' Road, St. Michael, Barbados.
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History
Founded in 1968, the Barbados Community College came to be as a result of an Act of Parliament aimed at making post secondary education more accessible to the Barbadian public. In 1990, the Act of Parliament was amended to allow for the following designations to be conferred upon students: Bachelor's degrees, Associate degrees, Diplomas and Certificates. Prior to this act, these degrees were available only at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus.
Today
The Principal of the college is Dr. Ian Austin, who was appointed in 2016. Dr. Ian Austin is a Barbadian who holds both a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and a MBA in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virgina Tech). He also holds a Diploma of Education – Post Graduate (Teaching) and a BSc. Accounting from the UWI, Cave Hill Campus. His substantive position at the University of the West Indies, Open Campus is Deputy Director, Continuing and Professional Education. The college has a bookshop, a library and a health clinic.
College radio
The college's radio station, Radio GED, gives students of mass communication broadcasting experience. The station has a 20-watt transmitter reaching a six-mile radius. The radio station is a student operated initiative and offers a combination of talk radio and campus news.