Tag: Students

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold...

Amid recent months of political turmoil about the region’s premier institution of higher learning, the University of the South Pacific, students have been keen...

By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now...

By Ben Bilua of Wansolwara News Solomon Islands students studying at universities in Fiji have braved the rain to donate food, clothing and cash to...

By Jane Patterson is political editor of RNZ News New Zealand may allow international students to come to this country under quarantine conditions, before the...

By RNZ News A New Zealand university is asking students to pay a "placeholder fee" for rooms in its halls of residence during the covid-19...

By Laurd Menhard B. Salen in Manila The oldest and one of the largest universities in the Philippines has announced that it will continue online...

By Sri Krishnamurthi A remarkable 120 West Papuan students - all on scholarships - are studying in New Zealand, says Laurens Ikinia, a postgraduate student...

Pacific Media Centre Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD says he is not interested in further examining the document containing...

By Benny Geteng in Rabaul A Papua New Guinean student leader in the Chinese city of Wuhan says students fear for their lives with the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Rioting broke out in Manokwari, West Papua, today as local people - mostly university students - protested against racial abuse of...

By Megan Darby of Climate Home News It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A New Plymouth Boys’ High School student has won a national race relations competition with a speech citing examples of past...

By Wansolwara staff in Suva Links between quality information, elections and democracy topped discussions among panelists at this year’s World Press Freedom Day celebration hosted...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Students from across New Zealand will have their say at a hui on race relations in Aotearoa next month, followed by...

By Michael Andrew Diversity was a winner at AUT’s School of Communication Studies annual awards last night with several Pacific Media Centre contributors taking out...

Summer Joyan's open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: Dear Prime Minister Ardern, I am a 13-year-old Muslim girl from Australia and I would like to...

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...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Radio 95bfm Jemima Huston is joined by AUT Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and reporter Rahul Bhattarai about the...

By Pebriansyah Ariefana in Surabaya Indonesian police have revealed that police and military officers raided a Papuan student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital...

By Ristu Hanafi in Yogyakarta Protesters and students from Indonesia's Alliance against the Kulon Progo Airport have again demonstrated in front of the PT Angkasa...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In a bid to set a new Guinness world record, 16,729 students from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines,...