Suicide Rates among Young Jamaicans alarm UTech Counsellors
According to a 2019 U-Report poll among Jamaicans youth aged 13 – 29, 53 per cent of responders indicated that they had considered suicide. Data also showed that 42 per…
Students Question the Future of Learning in the Age of COVID-19
The experience of creating content for a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) webinar which focused on young people’s responses to the current COVID-19 outbreak resulted in the producers re-thinking their…
Tertiary Students Grapple with the Digital Classroom
Since March 2020, university students across Jamaica have been attempting to adapt to a new way of learning via digital platforms as the country grapples with the effects of the…
UTech Student Union President mum on second term – encourages participation in upcoming elections
Kahlil Hutchinson , President of the University of Technology, Jamaica Students’ Union (USU) neither confirmed nor denied if he would be running for a second term in office. In spite…
Student Voices Required in Curriculum Development
Michelle Stewart-McKoy, Associate Professor at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech Jamaica) states that in order to enhance classroom participation at the tertiary level, student involvement is necessary. “We need…
Utech Community Frustrated by No Increase in Subvention
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, the community of the University of Technology, Jamaica staged a ‘black out’ to voice their discontent with the action and silence of the Government of…
GenTech membership largely in favor of the decriminalisation of abortion in Jamaica
Generation Technology, the University of Technology’s Generation 2000 chapter convened on Thursday February 7, 2019 for their weekly meeting. The club updates and announcements were undertaken by Rushane Ferron which…
The Key to Winning is a Positive Mindset: Jeffery Azan
On Thursday, February 07, 2019 the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies Students’ Representative Committee hosted an Academic Forum which catered to the holistic development of the students. The forum,…
Protoje and Kristofferson Nunes headline UTech Jamaica Marketing Seminar
Founder and CEO of the University and College Ambassadors of Jamaica (UCA), Kristofferson Nunes, encourages members of the Future Marketers Association to focus on building their dreams during his presentation…
Youth Demand Accountability from Politicians
At a town hall meeting for the “Youth Development Through Dialogue” project held at Campion College recently, young people were given an opportunity to meet elected political officials and voice…