Tag: Universities
USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return
By Wansolwara staff
Staff, students and alumni of the University of the South Pacific have called on the Fiji government to immediately reinstate the work...
Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ expulsion of USP head
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Politicians, educators and civil society advocates around the region today condemned the "barbaric" and "shameful" detention and deportation of the regional...
Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement...
Suspended university student rejects OPM claim, challenges dean to debate
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An Indonesian university student, Frans Josua Napitu, who reported his institution's rector (vice-chancellor) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has challenged...
Bid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
Attempts to remove the University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor and one of its council’s committee chairperson - both of...
Rallies against Indonesian labour law turn violent as police, protesters clash
By Arya Dipa and Agustinus Hari in Bandung/Manado
Protests over the past few days against Indonesia's recently passed Job Creation Law have turned violent with...
Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcibly...
University of Waikato launches taskforce to address racism
By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter
Academics who made allegations of racism at the University of Waikato are welcoming the outcome of an independent review.
While...
Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ News Te Manu Korihi reporter
Allegations of casual and structural racism within the University of Waikato have been met with...
Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in...
Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount
By Lena Reece in Suva
The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to "nationalise" the 12-nation University of the South...
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...
NZ lockdown – day 31: University’s room fees challenged –...
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...
NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News
The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's...
USP spending $5m to speed up long delayed facilities overhaul
By Dipesh Kumar in Suva
The University of the South Pacific can expect improved facilities after Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Pal Ahluwalia has confirmed at...
NZ universities fear financial hit if students caught in virus travel...
By Harry Lock of RNZ News
New Zealand universities fear the temporary travel ban on foreigners from China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is...
USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse...
By Peni Komaisavai in Suva
Staff of the University of the South Pacific at the university’s main Laucala campus in Suva have called for pro-chancellor...
Pacific research of ‘hard’ social issues profiled in new publication
By Michael Andrew
Six years of diverse Pacific research by Auckland University of Technology staff and students has been profiled in a new publication.
Presented by...
NZ seeks ‘explanations’ over USP mismanagement allegations
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters says his government is "asking for explanations" about alleged mismanagement at the regional University of the...
USP Council to investigate claims of abuse of office amid staff...
By Wansolwara staff in Port Vila
A separate independent investigation will be conducted into allegations of abuse of office at the University of the South...
Staff, students demand transparency over USP ‘whistleblower’ allegations
By RNZ Pacific
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific are demanding greater transparency from the university's administration.
They gathered yesterday to discuss...
USP rocked by appointments, contract ‘abuse’ allegations
By Samisoni Pareti and Peni Komaisavai in Suva
Allegations of serious cases of mismanagement and abuse of process at the Fiji-based regional University of the...