Tag: Academic freedom
Andreas Harsono: Indonesia’s harmful restrictions on foreign journalists, academics
ANALYSIS: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta
Kate Walton wanted to cook klepon and she tweeted it – showing a bag of flour, pandan, coconut etc....
USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in...
Fiji police question USP librarian as crackdown on criticism grows
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji police today questioned two University of the South Pacific staff over the "solidarity" rallies for the vice-chancellor last week at the...
Albert Schram: University governance, academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the...
ANALYSIS: By Albert Schram
This article attempts to put the current governance crisis at the Fiji-based University of the South Pacific (USP), one of only...
Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC
Pacific Media Watch
Tuwhera, the open access repository and...
NZ university denies bowing to Chinese pressure over Tiananmen
By RNZ News
Auckland University of Technology has denied bowing to Chinese government pressure to stop one of its rooms being used for an event...
Amnesty Indonesia calls for justice over 1998 Trisakti student shootings
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for justice and truth from the government over the Trisakti student shooting tragedy through legal...
Second expat vice-chancellor flees ‘for safety’ as PNG universities turn nasty
By Keith Jackson
A letter from the former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea's University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) in Rabaul says senior staff...
Albert Schram: My wrongful dismissal and malicious prosecution – a warning
On his way back home from Port Moresby to Verona in Italy during a stopover in Singapore, Dr Albert Schram wrote a lengthy article...
WJEC16: Journalism education in the South Pacific – the new advocacy...
Livestreaming
For years, journalism education and training in the Pacific has relied on donor-funded short courses and expatriate media educators.
But in recent times, this has...
Brush up on perceptions of ASEAN trade partners, envoy tells NZ
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
New Zealanders need to catch up with reality about the country's trade partners in the South-East Asia region, says an...
Repressive Indonesian acts against academic freedom hit Bandung
In the absence of the Indonesian state's assurance for freedom of expression, the nation has continuously witnessed repressive acts against academic freedom within university...