UCC News & Updates

UCC BDCI ValueEdge - a boost for local small businesses

The UCC  Group's Strategic Business Unit - The Business Development & Consulting Institute (UCC BDCI) is providing a welcome boost for Jamaica's micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSME) with a new accounting and financial management service "ValueEdge".

UCC group restructures for growth

Seeking the best path to growth, the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, UCC, has this year formally spun off several business activities into a number of subsidiary companies as part of a strategy it has been developing since last year.

Executive Chairman Winston Adams and his wife, Geraldine Adams, who are 50-50 shareholders in Jamaica-registered UCC, are also the principals of UCC Group Limited, which was registered in St Lucia earlier this year.

UCC among new Common App Members

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is a new member of the Common Application 2021/22 programme which  gives students  applying to college in 2021-2022, access to over 30 additional colleges and universities across the United States . The Common App online application system used  by more than three million applicants, teachers, and counselors around the world every year, streamlines the college application process, providing resources and guidance to make college more accessible for students.

In addition to providing a single, online application and 24/7/365 support for all students applying to member colleges and universities, the Common App connects applicants to a mobile app, financial aid and scholarship information, virtual mentors, online portfolios, and a vast library of counselor resources available in English and Spanish.

UCC Global Campus - Exceeding Expectations, Jamaica and Beyond

The mission of the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) Global Campus is to make quality Higher Education a possibility for qualified students globally, regionally and internationally.

The university has developed relationships with a range of strategic partners across the globe that are helping to get the message to prospective students. This, according to Dr. Martin Yousef, Global Campus Director and Director International Recruitment and Enrollment, “is having a very positive impact- exceeding expectations!”

Dr. Yousef noted “it is evident that our wider regional and global outreach is proving very effective and people are taking the time to listen to what we have to say and are finding it pleasing and impressive. We already have applications from the USA, Middle East, West Africa, India and Pakistan.”

UCC Academy - Developing the Kingdom of the Mind

The UCC Academy (UCCA) is the Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) arm of the UCC Group of Companies.

Students may choose from a range of SHORT COURSES: Essentials of Accounts and Customer Service, Certificate programme in Marketing and Promotions, a Diploma in Business Administration, or an Occupational Associate Degree (OAD) in the revised Sixth Form Integration Pathway Programme.

The goal of the UCCA is to assist in the development of the kingdom of the mind and the relevant professional and technical skills- set needed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing global economic landscape in the twenty-first century.