Tag: University of the South Pacific
Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations
By Wansolwara staff
A "fight for justice and good governance" at the University of the South Pacific has continued as staff and students have echoed...
USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest
By Edwin Nand in Suva
The University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, a Canadian, has been told to step down to allow...
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...
USP hosts talks on social media and fake news in Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Journalists have gathered for a three-day event at the University of the South Pacific in Suva to discuss the rise of...
Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A report on the alleged mismanagement and abuse charges at the University of the South Pacific is due by August 16,...
USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project
By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva
Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long...
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...
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...
Student journos call for quality, factual reporting in USP free media...
By Wansolwara staff in Suva
Links between quality information, elections and democracy topped discussions among panelists at this year’s World Press Freedom Day celebration hosted...
‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of...
By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara
A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis...
USP wins US$20,000 grant to boost Pacific environmental journalism
By Wansolwara
The journalism programme at the University of the South Pacific has won a US$20,000 (F$42,617) grant in a boost environmental reporting in the...
Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press
By Shailendra Singh in Suva
The University of the South Pacific's recent 50th anniversary marked 30 years of existence for its regional journalism programme. In...
World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert
By Jope Tarai in Suva
The threat of rising global temperatures on Pacific ecosystems is not only a scientific analysis but a reality for many...
Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong
A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings...
Student journalists gear up for Fiji election press, online coverage
By Kaelyn Dekarube in Suva
As part of their coverage of the 2018 Fiji general election this month, University of the South Pacific student journalists...
Royals talk empowerment, gender and climate advocacy with USP students
By Mereoni Mili in Suva
Meeting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in person was a humbling experience this week for specially selected students from...
MASI aims to develop regional journalism with USP boost
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) plans to work closely with the University of the South Pacific journalism programme...
‘Be courageous in your quest for truth,’ journalism academic tells graduates
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Pacific journalism academic Professor David Robie believes the media play a critical role in exposing abuses of power in a...
Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher
By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji
Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...