UCC News & Updates
UCC Chancellor Professor John MacIntyre Urges Educators to Embrace AI in Education at 9th Annual Research Conference
Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday, September 25, 2025 - The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) opened its 9th Annual Research Conference at its main campus in Kingston on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, with a compelling keynote address from the university Chancellor Professor John MacIntyre. Held under the theme ‘Living and Working with Artificial Intelligence’, Professor MacIntyre called on educators and institutions to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative tool in teaching, learning, and research. The Chancellor, in his presentation, urged the academic community to shift from a mindset of policing AI to one of purposeful integration, equipping students with the skills to use the technology effectively in the real world.
UCC Bags Early Win for Intercol Season, Igniting Campus Spirit and Momentum
KINGSTON, JAMAICA - Monday, October 6, 2025: The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is pleased to announce the official launch of its 2025 Sports Programme. With the commencement of this year’s Intercollegiate (Intercol) season, UCC has already demonstrated strong performances, signaling its growing presence and competitiveness on the collegiate sports stage.
Kingston, Jamaica, 10 September 2025 -- The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has joined Acadeum Course Share as a teaching institution, becoming the first university in Jamaica and among the first in the Caribbean to do so. This partnership allows students at partner colleges and universities to enrol in UCC-taught online courses through cross-enrolment, and UCC is now live on the platform.
Acadeum is a course-sharing platform that empowers institutions to collaborate by offering and enrolling students in credit-bearing online courses from trusted peer institutions. Through its Course Share network, colleges and universities can expand academic capacity, address course bottlenecks, reduce time to degree and support student retention and success.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Friday, September 19, 2025: The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is proud to announce its 9th Annual Research Conference to be held at the UCC Main Campus in Kingston and online via Zoom, under the theme ‘Living and Working with Artificial Intelligence’. The two-day conference, scheduled for Wednesday, September 24, 2025, through Thursday, September 25, 2025, will provide valuable insights into the role of artificial intelligence from international scholars who are experts in the field.
On Monday July 28, 2025, the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) and the Heart/NSTA Trust signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a commitment to provide access to educational opportunities across a broad spectrum of developmental areas including Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), digital transformation, entrepreneurship, higher apprenticeship, and other areas of mutual interest.