UCC News & Updates

Mustard Seed Communities to Receive UCC’s 2025 Excellence in Humanitarian Service Award

Image 1: Father Garvin Augustine, Executive Director of Mustard Seed Communities International
Image 2: Professor Colin Gyles, CD, President of UCC

Kingston, Jamaica – June 19, 2025 – The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is proud to announce that Mustard Seed Communities (MSC) will be honoured with the Excellence in Humanitarian Service Award at its 2025 Commencement Ceremony, to be held on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at the National Arena, under the theme ‘Building Future Leaders, Breaking Barriers’.

The award recognizes Mustard Seed Communities for its unwavering commitment to caring for society’s most vulnerable. Founded in 1978 by Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, MSC has grown from a single home for abandoned children with disabilities in Kingston to a globally respected network of care centres that provide shelter, healthcare, education, and spiritual guidance to hundreds of children and adults across Jamaica and internationally.

UCC to Install Global Thought Leaders as Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor – Champions of Innovation, Policy Reform, and Ethical Leadership

 Professor John MacIntyre (left) and  Professor Anthony Clayton, CD (right)

Kingston, Jamaica – June 27, 2025 – Reinforcing its global vision and intellectual leadership, the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) will install two internationally renowned visionaries: Pro-Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor John MacIntyre of the University of Sunderland in the UK as Chancellor, and Professor Emeritus Anthony Clayton, CD, of the University of the West Indies as Pro-Chancellor at its 2025 Commencement Ceremony, set for Sunday, July 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the National Arena in Kingston. Both appointments signal UCC’s commitment to shaping the future of higher education, economic transformation, and ethical innovation through strategic academic stewardship.

Dr. Peter Phillips, Dr. Nigel Clarke, and M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe to be Conferred Honourary Doctorates by the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean for Transformational Contributions to National Development

Kingston, Jamaica, June 22, 2025 — The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Jamaica’s largest and fastest-growing private university, is proud to announce that three distinguished leaders, Dr. the Honourable Peter Phillips, OJ, MP; Dr. Nigel Clarke; and Mrs. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, CD, JP, will be conferred honorary doctorates at its 2025 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the National Arena in Kingston.

University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Launches First Doctoral Degrees with Ministry of Labour and Social Security Endorsement

Photo 1: From Left: Dr. Audley Darmand, VP, Information & Communication Technology and Operations, UCC; Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., MP, JP., Minister of Labour and Social Security and Professor Gyles, CD, President of UCC at the recent launch of the UCC Doctoral Programmes.

Kingston, Jamaica, June 2, 2025 — The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has officially launched its highly anticipated Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Professional Practice (DPP) programmes, solidifying its role as Jamaica’s premier innovation-driven university and strengthening its contribution to national and regional development.

UCC Re-Awarded ASIC Premier International Institutional Accreditation Status for 2025–2029

Photo 1: Professor Colin Gyles, CD, President, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC)
Photo 2: Professor Bernadette Warner, PhD., Deputy President at University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC)

Kingston, Jamaica, May 16, 2025 – The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) proudly announces that it has once again been awarded Premier Institutional Accreditation Status by the United Kingdom-based Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC), following a successful re-accreditation process. This renewed recognition, effective from January 5, 2025, through January 4, 2029, marks the university’s fourth consecutive term receiving ASIC’s highest commendation, a distinction UCC has maintained since 2017.