UCC News & Updates

It's Dr. Marlene Street Forrest and Dr. Gordon "Butch" Stewart

Dr Winston Adams, founder and group executive chairman, UCC Group, presents Dr Marlene Street Forrest, recipient of the UCC honorary doctoral degree in public policy, with her citation.

“College for Jamaica/Jamaica Competes” Initiative - UCC Global Corporate University to partner with businesses

Adult learners, business owners and employees, many without a degree or college credits, will have an opportunity for upskilling as a result of a partnership between UCC Global Corporate University and corporate Jamaica.

UCC Global Corporate University, a division of the UCC Group is developing partnerships with corporate Jamaica under its “College for Jamaica/Jamaica Competes” initiative.  Under the programme, adults without the traditional minimum number of five passes in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) or any college credits will now be able to secure admission to pursue a US accredited competency-based degree through UCC Global.

UCC to confer Marlene Street Forrest and Gordon “Butch” Stewart with Honorary Doctorate Degrees

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) will confer the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Policy on Mrs. Marlene Street Forrest, CD, JP, Managing Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Business Administration posthumously, on the late Hon. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, OJ, former Chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts International, the ATL Group and its subsidiaries, Appliance Traders and the Jamaica Observer newspaper.

UCC GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE PROCESS SOLUTIONS- enabling technology driven solutions that create economic value

Business Process Outsourcing operations are evolving across Jamaica rapidly and certainly, the UCC subsidiary Global Knowledge Process Solutions Ltd (GKPS) has moved to differentiate and innovate, enabling the creation of technology driven solutions that will create more economic value for the company and its team members.

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".