Tag: University of the South Pacific
Deportation a ‘distraction’ from USP’s boom performance, says Ahluwalia
By RNZ Pacific
The deported vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific says booming student enrolments are a vote of confidence in the regional...
Deportation of USP head ‘boosts chilling effect’ on Fiji free speech
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The deportation of academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia last week is alarming and highlights the restrictive environment for freedom of expression in...
‘No crisis at USP,’ says Sayed-Khaiyum – ‘Untrue’, says Ro Teimumu
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
There is no saga at the University of the South Pacific, claims Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
“There is no saga, there...
Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled...
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...
Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation
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...
Fiji bought time to deport USP vice-chancellor and his wife
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...
USP open letter: How Fiji infiltrated a campus and kidnapped a...
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...
USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret
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...
A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions...
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...
Forum calls for ‘due process’ over USP, probe into Ahluwalia deportation
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...
Case of ‘beating up the whistleblower,’ says deported USP chief
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...
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...
Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop
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...
USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good...
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...
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...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
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...
Fiji suspends funding grants to USP over long-standing conflict
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...
USP Council terminates investigation into academic chief
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...
Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education...
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...
Cook Islands News appoints new editor and senior editorial team
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...
Wadan Narsey: BDO report is not ‘history’ for Pacific taxpayers
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...