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Universities need to boost ‘poor sister’ community engagement, forum told
This special debate, held 29 September 2020, aimed to present and discuss approaches on reopening schools or resuming classes post-covid-19. The panellists also gave their ideas of a reimagined future...
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Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention with the New...
View ArticleBid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Attempts to remove the University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor and one of its council’s committee chairperson – both of Fiji – were thwarted yesterday when the USP...
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Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce Today is Labour Day in New Zealand – the public holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in particular the right to an eight-hour working day. The great irony...
View ArticleMore diversity representation needed in NZ media, Pio tells Herald staff
By Anya Imandin, AUT News Auckland University of Technology director of diversity Professor Edwina Pio has made a presentation on diversity and the media to New Zealand Herald staff at their NZME...
View ArticleShaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future
By Simon Smith A comprehensive new report by The Aotearoa Circle’ s Sustainable Finance Forum looks at how New Zealand can reform its financial system to help deal with the climate crisis. Auckland...
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USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good governance
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 to be heard as well as politicians and...
View ArticleSuspended university student rejects OPM claim, challenges dean to debate
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk An Indonesian university student, Frans Josua Napitu, who reported his institution’s rector (vice-chancellor) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has...
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Pacific journalism, media and diversity researchers tackle challenges ahead
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific journalism and media researchers have gathered “live” in Auckland and “virtually” from Australia, Indonesia, and the region to showcase their projects and...
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Gallery: PMC celebrates Pacific ‘reset’ vision and farewells founding director
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Pacific Media Centre students, staff and journalists gathered at Auckland University of Technology this week and debated reset strategies for the future in a...
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Papuan students succeed in NZ –‘the golden generation from Papua’
By Laurens Ikinia As late South African President Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe also believes this....
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USP Journalism dedicates awards to media ‘champion’ David Robie
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva The 20th University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards in Suva last month were dedicated to retiring Pacific media professor Dr David Robie. In his remarks to the...
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Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back academics...
ANALYSIS: By Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University and Shannon Mason, Nagasaki University Academics are increasingly expected to share their research widely beyond academia. However, our...
View ArticleNZ plans to allow 1000 overseas students into the country
By RNZ News The New Zealand government will allow 1000 foreign students to enter the country from April as part of the recovery plan for international education, it has been announced. Education...
View ArticleChancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement Camposano has declared in response to the...
View Article‘Don’t turn away any student’, Marape tells PNG schools
By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has instructed schools to enrol all children who turn up for the start of term one today – irrespective of whether they...
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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 wife Sandra. The...
View ArticlePoliticians, 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 University of...
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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 permit for vice-chancellor and president...
View ArticleCall for AUT vice-chancellor to resign after scathing report into bullying
By RNZ News A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice-chancellor to resign following a scathing report into bullying. The independent review heard more than...
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