UCC Becomes the First Jamaican Institution on Acadeum; Offers Asynchronous Online Courses to Partner Campuses

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.

UCC to Spotlight AI’s Role in Academic Success at 9th Annual Research Conference

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.

University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) Signs MoU with Heart/NSTA Trust

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.
 

Celebration of Hope: Ten prison inmates graduate from UCC with degrees

Ten Jamaicans serving sentences in local correctional facilities for a host of serious crimes, including murder, graduated from University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) on Tuesday with associate and bachelor’s degrees that, they say, have restored their self-esteem.

“We didn’t just earn degrees, we regained our dignity,” the summa cum laude graduate who responded on behalf of the cohort told guests at the ceremony.