Tag: USP Council
USP saga – small leak hints at big problems with the...
By Michael Field
As the fate of the University of the South Pacific remains on edge, a small leak of a personal file hints at...
USP chancellor condemns Fiji’s treatment of Pal – now in Nauru
By Litia Cava in Suva
Never again should a University of the South Pacific staff member be treated in the manner vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia...
Tuisawau claims Fiji pro-chancellor blocked USP audit probe
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Opposition parliamentarian Ro Filipe Tuisawau claims University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor Winston Thompson and audit and risk committee deputy...
The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal...
Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional...
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne
The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific...
Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from...
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist
Samoa's prime minister has gone public with his desire to "rehouse" the University of the South Pacific (USP) in...
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...
NFP’s Dr Prasad accuses Fiji of threatening stability of USP
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
National Federation Party leader Dr Biman Prasad has accused the Fiji government of threatening the long-term stability of the Suva-based regional...
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...