{"id":24,"date":"2022-05-12T16:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps-home\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:03:57","slug":"first-steps-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/first-steps-home\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"pagecontent bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">First Steps &#8211; Before You Arrive On Campus<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>There is much you need to know as you prepare for your orientation and registration as a new student. The information in the <em>Pre-arrival Guide for Regional and International Students<\/em> is intended for students joining us from outside Barbados. Those students are advised to download this document, which includes important information on tasks to be completed, visas and travel, accommodation, arriving and living in Barbados, and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Campus offers an Airport Meet and Greet Service which allows us to welcome our overseas students at the Grantley Adams International Airport. Use the Airport Meet and Greet Form to register your travel details. <strong>(NOTE: The Meet Greet Service is not offered for&nbsp;Semester&nbsp;2)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe other information on this page is applicable to all new undergraduate students.&nbsp; It includes information on proficiency tests in English (for all students) and Mathematics (for students of the Faculties of Social Sciences, and Sport), and a checklist of key tasks and dates to be completed early.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tClick the links below :\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/pre-arrival-guide-for-regional-and-international-s\/\">Pre-Arrival Guide for Regional and International Students<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/pre-arrival-guide-for-regional-and-international-s\/airport-meet-and-greet\/\">Airport Meet and Greet Registration Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/mandatory-proficiency-tests\/\">Mandatory Proficiency Tests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/first-steps-reminders\/\">First Steps Reminders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Steps &#8211; Before You Arrive On Campus There is much you need to know as you prepare for your orientation and registration as a new student. The information in the Pre-arrival Guide for Regional and International Students is intended for students joining us from outside Barbados. Those students are advised to download this document, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/new-students-side-menu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"First Steps Home - New Students - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"First Steps - Before You Arrive On Campus There is much you need to know as you prepare for your orientation and registration as a new student. The information"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/480"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}