Tag: USP saga

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff unions and students have protested in "disgust" over what they call interference and unsolicited presence...

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...

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...