In a world where "education and knowledge capital" are increasingly demonstrated as sources of competitive advantage, first rate sources of Tertiary Education in diverse disciplines have become very necessary components of national, and in our case, regional competitiveness and sustained development. While the main role of Universities and Colleges in our region is seen as providing education to students seeking undergraduate degrees, it is equally important that there exists capacity for postgraduate and continuing education. It is not sufficient that our Universities only educate but that we play a central role in research that can drive creation of new products and services, as well as ways of addressing our most challenging problems. The University of the West Indies has reached a stage of growth and maturity at which it can play a central role in providing undergraduate, graduate research and knowledge creation and Outreach to English Speaking Caribbean we can partner with national community colleges and universities to broaden access and quality of to tertiary education.