Tag: USP
Pacific leaders call for ‘common sense’ to prevail in USP impasse
By Wansolwara staff
Pacific leaders are echoing strong calls for USP Council members to work together to resolve the ongoing challenges currently faced by the...
Civil society advocates condemn Fiji police ‘intimidation’ of USP students
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji's NGO Coalition on Human Rights today condemned police for it called heavy-handed intimidation of students and staff at the regional University...
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...
Fiji denies allegations of takeover at regional USP as criticisms mount
By Lena Reece in Suva
The Fiji government has denied allegations being levelled against it of trying to "nationalise" the 12-nation University of the South...
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...
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 students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia
By Soli Wilson in Apia
A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now...
USP mismanagement ‘widespread’, staff tell current affairs show
Simpson@8 investigated the allegations of mismanagement that had accrued over professor Chandra’s tenure. Video: Simpson@8
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Staff and students at the University of the...
Former USP Vice Chancellor ‘violated’ norms, say staff and students
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
University of the South Pacific staff and students have released a rebuttal to former Vice Chancellor Professor Rajesh Chandra’s claim that...
Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’
By Wansolwara staff in Suva
Twelve leading journalists from 11 Pacific Island countries will converge in Suva, Fiji, this Friday to discuss critical issues affecting the region...
Vanuatu Daily Post: ‘Serious Concerns’ in USP Audit Report
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Earlier this week staff and students of the University of the South Pacific received a summary of an independent...
USP to enforce report on mismanagement and abuse of office
By RNZ Pacific
The University of the South Pacific has said it will implement the recommendations of the independent investigator looking into allegations of mismanagement...
Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic
By Ben Bilua in Suva
Multimedia skills and innovation are key to adapting to the changing media landscape, says US academic Professor Debora Wenger as...
Indigenous Pacific knowledge to help save the ocean
By RNZ Pacific
Indigenous Pacific knowledge should inform the science to save the world's oceans.
That was the consensus among Pacific ocean scientists and other regional...
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 return from Solomons climate storytelling project
By Michael Andrew
A group of University of the South Pacific journalism students have returned from a week-long trip to the Solomon Islands covering communities...