Dr. Luz Longsworth is the Pro Vice-Chancellor and
Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI)
Open Campus, which is the Online and Flexible Learning
campus of the UWI. She also
holds the portfolio of Pro Vice-Chancellor Global
Affairs. She holds a Doctorate in
Business
Administration in Higher Education Management from the
University of Bath in the United Kingdom,
a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and French (First Class
Hons.), a Master of Business Administration
(Marketing)
degrees from the University of the West Indies (Mona), and a Master of Arts
degree
in Hispanic Studies from Queen’s University, Ontario,
Canada. Her research focus is in the fields of
Leadership
Development, and Organizational Transformation and Change in Higher
Education.
Dr. Longsworth currently chairs several Boards
including the UWI Press Board, and the Board of
the UWI Open Campus Early Childhood Centres of
Excellence.
As an Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning
since 2016, and selected as a member of
the Commonwealth Wise Women Programme, Dr. Longsworth
is also involved in mentoring
young women across the Commonwealth. She is fluent in
Spanish with a good knowledge of French
and German. In
balancing her life she enjoys reading, yoga and Tai Chi.