Shana-Kay Rankine

A proposal put forward by students of the University of Technology to increase application rates to the BaCAT programme and to improve on the programme's online presence. The proposal is for a three part advertisement that showcases the three areas of specialization offered by the
BaCAT programme. The adverts– each running for 30seconds, follows three
students and their journey to their respective fields.
Creative direction and AV scripts drafted by Shana-Kay Rankine

In this installation of Our Stories, Shaundae Demns shares how she became a serial entrepreneur in a matter of years. For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise- white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, if the lens is focused on the inspirational stories of ordinary Jamaicans, you’d find a sharper, richer and truer image of the Jamaican experience… this is Our Stories!

*Lillian Docasto is a 3rd-year student of the University Of Technology where she studies Sports Science. In her second year, she fell in love with fellow course mate *Alex Matthews and for 14 months, the two were inseparable. They shared everything; their notes from classes, their lunch, a car, a Mac book and ….. a baby. *Lexann was born in the summer before Lil entered her first semester of the third year; approximately 5 months ago, her father, the affectionate, loving other half of Lillian ha

“The significance attached to writing, speaking and reading at the tertiary level, is not what it should be in order to help students [to] be ready for the working world”. These were the opening statements from the Head of School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Dr. Jones-McKenzie as she introduced the days event.

At the age of 14, Susan Delfratos entered into what she described as “her first serious relationship. One night after her mother had left for work, Susan decided to follow her boyfriend to his house where she met his cousin who offered her a drink. A few hours later, Susan woke up naked, confused and scared. She had been drugged and even though she had not been sexually assaulted, she was photographed nude and later blackmailed for money and sexual favors.

Tenuke– whose name translates to “blessed from the womb”, shows her mental brilliance in every classroom she enters, at first glance she shows someone who has it all together, she is beautiful, poised and carries herself with a purpose. In this installment of Our Stories, university student Tenuke Doyley explains how she lives up to her name.