Tag: Universities
NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of students across Aotearoa New Zealand protested in a nationwide rally at seven universities across the country in a global day...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: NZ student in Nouméa taught to use...
RNZ News
A New Zealander studying at the University of New Caledonia says students have been taught to use fire extinguishers as firefighters are unlikely...
US lawyer threatens masked student Gaza protesters with ‘KKK’ felony charges
Asia Pacific Report
Ohio’s top lawyer has warned the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used...
Auckland academics call out university stance over pro-Palestine protest
RNZ News
A group of academic staff at New Zealand's largest university have expressed concern at the administration's move to block a protest encampment that...
USP strike: Staff offer management ‘one more chance to come to...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
University of the South Pacific staff unions are giving management "one more chance to come to the table" before...
USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not...
By Iliana Biutu in Suva
University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP...
USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
University of the South Pacific staff who once stood by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia are now up in arms about...
NZ universities eye new tie-ups with Indian institutions to attract international...
By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist
A third New Zealand university is close to signing with Mumbai's Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, opening up opportunities for...
Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research...
ANALYSIS: By Nicola Gaston, University of Auckland
The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls...
Hipkins faces grilling from students over University of Otago staff cuts
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti...
Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
An alleged bizarre swinging punch towards an academic from a senior management figure at the top of...
NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process...
USP still the ‘bedrock’ for Pacific regionalism, says university chief
The Fiji Times
“The University of the South Pacific (USP) has been and continues to be a bedrock for regionalism. A resource owned by the...
USP’s academic chief welcomes $7m pledge from Fiji out of arrears
Asia Pacific Report
The head of the University of the South Pacific has welcomed the return of payments by the new Fiji coalition government, reports...
New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to...
Fiji plans to ‘restore confidence’ in USP partnership, says Professor Prasad
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
Fiji's Minister of Finance and deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad says all coalition partners in the new government have...
Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield
The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless”...
NZ university union members to strike tomorrow over pay demand
RNZ News
Thousands of New Zealand tertiary union members will go on strike at eight universities tomorrow over a cost of living pay demand.
The Tertiary...
NZ union ‘shocked and horrified’ at AUT’s proposed 230 job cuts
RNZ News
A union representing New Zealand tertiary sector staff says a proposal which could lead to massive job cuts at the Auckland University of...
Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila
A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City,...
Indonesian policy switch cuts off funding for Papuan students in NZ
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
International students in New Zealand are appealing to the Indonesian government in response to funding being pulled for the autonomous...
Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality...