Tag: Universities

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Michael Andrew Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Union members at Auckland University of Technology are withholding marks for two weeks after voting overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike...

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...

On his way back home from Port Moresby to Verona in Italy during a stopover in Singapore, Dr Albert Schram wrote a lengthy article...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk University of Auckland students rallied today against a plan to close several of the university's specialist libraries, reports RNZ National. The university's...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A pair of Indonesian Islamic universities are pushing female students to ditch niqab face veils – with one threatening expulsion for...

The viability of large electric vehicles (EVs) as replacements for current diesel buses is to be tested with a project that will see New...