Tag: Universities
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...
University of Fiji academic chief rejects allegations of corruption, nepotism
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Allegations of corruption, nepotism and bad governance at the Lautoka-based University of Fiji have been made by a whistleblower...
AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...
‘Transform lives’ with education, new vice-chancellor for AUT tells Pasifika
RNZ Pacific
The new vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika peoples pursuing their education to stay the course.
Toeolesulusulu Dr...
Pacific scholar Dr Damon Salesa named AUT’s next vice-chancellor
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga...
Fiji’s Thompson and Khan voted out of USP top jobs after...
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
A major development out of the besieged University of the South Pacific has meant that two main characters in a...
Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26
COMMENT: By Grubsheet's Graham Davis
A public relations disaster for Fiji just as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum head to Glasgow for...
Times Higher Education ranking a ‘fantastic achievement’ but USP’s top 10%...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Ewart on Pacific Beat
There was much excitement on the campuses of the University of the South Pacific when the latest Times...