Tag: USP
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...
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 academic calls for more action to reverse Suva foreshore pollution
By Sheldon Chanel in Suva
Fiji's Suva foreshore has been under "enormous" pressure from decades of destructive practices with little to no public awareness about...
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...
USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in...
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...
Make ‘secret’ BDO report and USP inquiries public, says Ratuva
By Nasik Swami in Suva
In the interest of transparency, the University of the South Pacific should make public the contents of the university’s "secret"...
USP staff happy with Ahluwalia’s return but seek BDO report action
By Litia Cava in Suva
University of the South Pacific staff say they are happy with the USP Council’s decision to reinstate Professor Pal Ahluwalia...
Stop harassing USP protesters, global human rights groups tell Fiji
Pacific Media Watch
The Fiji authorities must respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for university staff and students and immediately cease...
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...
Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe
By Wansolwara staff
Critics have condemned Fiji police harassment and intimidation for summoning two staff members at the University of the South Pacific’s Laucala campus...
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...