Tag: University of the South Pacific
Students and staff delighted with reinstatement of USP’s Ahluwalia
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Students sang with joy outside vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia's home at the University of the South...
USP Council lifts suspension of academic chief – no due process
By Wansolwara staff
The suspension of the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has been lifted by the USP Council...
USP Council reinstates vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia pending inquiry
Pacific Media Watch
The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia has been reinstated to office and his suspension has been lifted, reports...
Suspended USP academic chief calls on council to clear his name
By Lena Reece in Suva
The University of the South Pacific's suspended vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia claims that his suspension was illegal.
In a statement to...
USP leadership crisis papers leak but special council meeting goes ahead
By Lena Reece in Suva
The University of the South Pacific special council meeting about the leadership crisis will proceed in Fiji as scheduled tomorrow.
USP...
‘Thuggish-like’ police tactics disrupting USP education, says opposition NFP
By Nasik Swami in Suva
The Fiji police “thuggish-like” tactics against the University of the South Pacific staff members and students is disrupting education of...
Pal Ahluwalia: ‘My vision is to make USP one of the...
Who is Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the man at the centre of the long-running controversy at the University of the South Pacific? On Tuesday last...
Fiji police question USP librarian as crackdown on criticism grows
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji police today questioned two University of the South Pacific staff over the "solidarity" rallies for the vice-chancellor last week at the...
Devendran Kumaran: USP – the case of a diminishing novel corona
COMMENTARY: By Devendran Kumaran
Universities of today are a key part or component for modern economies’ socioeconomic prosperity. For centuries, higher learning institutions have been...
USP leadership crisis talking point with Michael Field on Southern Cross
Pacific Media Watch
Host Sherry Zhang interviewed veteran Pacific affairs journalist Michael Field who broke last week's story on the secret BDO New Zealand accountancy...
Covid, culture and USP’s fight to save academic freedom
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie
What an irony. The 12-nation regional University of the South Pacific that prides itself on its pan-Pacific culture has...
Labour claims USP vice-chancellor ‘denied justice’ in clean up drive
By Luke Nacei in Suva
The Fiji Labour Party believes suspended University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia is being harassed for his...
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: The desecration of Oceania’s sacred place of learning
COMMENTARY: By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka in Honolulu
The current leadership crisis at the University of the South Pacific is worrying and must be sorted out. That...
Pacific Update: Brutal domestic assault in PNG, ongoing USP leadership crisis
PACIFIC UPDATE: By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent
There has been shock and revulsion in Papua New Guinea after a video emerged of a military...
USP Cook Islands backs ‘clean out’ bid in Fiji, avoids student...
By Katrina Tanirau in Avarua
Cook Islands campus backs University of the South Pacific’s attempts to clean out alleged corruption and mismanagement at its Laucala...
Suspension of USP’s academic head ‘legal’ claims pro-chancellor
By Wansolwara staff
The decision to suspend the academic chief of the University of the South Pacific pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations...
Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for special meeting on...
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, is the latest figure to...
Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP
By Michael Field in Islands Business
Senior academics and staff at the University of the South Pacific in Suva are accused in a special audit...
Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM
By Soli Wilson in Apia
Trouble continues to brew at the University of the South Pacific with the suspension of the vice-chancellor and President, Professor...
Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC
Pacific Media Watch
After three days of protests by hundreds of students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific over the treatment...
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...
Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta
Pacific Media Watch
Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has accused a "small group" of Fiji officials of "hijacking" the 12-country regional University of the South Pacific...