Tag: PNG universities
UPNG may get new council, says staff boycott academic
By RNZ Pacific
A new council at the university of Papua New Guinea could soon be appointed, says an academic who led last week's staff...
O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes
By Leiao Gerega in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sidelined the University of Papua New Guinea interim council but has retained interim chancellor...
UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes
The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not all change...
UPNG registrar first ‘victim’ of drastic campus action over fees hike
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The University of Papua New Guinea registrar Dr Peter Petsul has become the first victim of the new university council, reports...
Unions slam ‘farcical’ UPNG appointments of chancellor, VC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Trade Union Congress has slammed the appointments of Jeffrey Kennedy as chancellor and Kenneth Sumbuk as vice-chancellor of...
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...
