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By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji's deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given...

By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...

By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Documents tabled at last week's special council meeting of the University of the South Pacific suggest that plans to amend...

OPEN LETTER: By USP staff, alumni and students Vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia has only been at the University of the South Pacific (USP) for three...

By Michael Field When the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was hauled out of his Suva, Fiji, home this week and...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islands Forum chair Kausea Natano has described the University of the South Pacific as a "shining example of regionalism" and...

By PACNEWS/ABC The deported head of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, says his expulsion from Fiji is “a classic case of...

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...

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...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji Immigration officials and police have detained and expelled the University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and his...

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 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...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...

By RNZ Pacific The Fiji government has suspended its funding grants to the University of the South Pacific. This comes after months of conflict at the...

By Lena Reece in Suva The University of the South Pacific Council has terminated the investigation into allegations of material misconduct against USP vice-chancellor and...

By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Cook Islands News has appointed senior journalist Rashneel Kumar to lead the paper through a challenging time for the country and...

COMMENT: By Wadan Narsey The current chair of USP Council, Winston Thompson, has airily dismissed media questions about the contents of the BDO Report, alleging...

By Nasik Swami in Suva In the in­ter­est of trans­parency, the Univer­sity of the South Pa­cific should make pub­lic the con­tents of the univer­sity’s "secret"...

By Litia Cava in Suva University of the South Pacific staff say they are happy with the USP Council’s decision to reinstate Professor Pal Ahluwalia...

Pacific Media Watch The Fiji authorities must respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for university staff and students and immediately cease...