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June 19, 2020
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 FijiVillage news website. According to reliable sources, the USP Council agreed to the decision after a full day meeting starting at 9am and ending about 5pm, report news editor Vijay ... <a title="USP Council reinstates vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia pending inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/usp-council-reinstates-vice-chancellor-pal-ahluwalia-pending-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about USP Council reinstates vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia pending inquiry">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2020
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 the USP Council dated on Wednesday, Professor Ahluwalia said his suspension was done without due process and without any proper reason. Professor Ahluwalia said the council had the chance ... <a title="Suspended USP academic chief calls on council to clear his name" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/19/suspended-usp-academic-chief-calls-on-council-to-clear-his-name/" aria-label="Read more about Suspended USP academic chief calls on council to clear his name">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
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 pro-chancellor Winston Thompson has confirmed the meeting will still go ahead, adding that the meeting papers that were leaked this week will still be considered for the meeting agenda. ... <a title="USP leadership crisis papers leak but special council meeting goes ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/usp-leadership-crisis-papers-leak-but-special-council-meeting-goes-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about USP leadership crisis papers leak but special council meeting goes ahead">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
By Christine Rovoi of RNZ Pacific A former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea’s University of Technology says politics has no place in university governance. Professor Albert Schram’s comments follow last week’s suspension of the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, by the USP Council’s executive committee. The growing controversy at ... <a title="Pacific leadership in spotlight as pressure rises over USP impasse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/pacific-leadership-in-spotlight-as-pressure-rises-over-usp-impasse/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leadership in spotlight as pressure rises over USP impasse">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie What an irony. The 12-nation regional University of the South Pacific that prides itself on its pan-Pacific culture has unwittingly suffered collateral damage in the wake of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Pacific. Although the Pacific has largely fended off serious incursions by the virus with the Cook ... <a title="Covid, culture and USP’s fight to save academic freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/covid-culture-and-usps-fight-to-save-academic-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Covid, culture and USP’s fight to save academic freedom">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2020
By Luke Nacei in Suva The Fiji Labour Party believes suspended University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia is being harassed for his attempt to clean up governance at USP. In a statement, party leader Mahendra Chaudhry claimed the suspended vice-chancellor had been denied justice. “We commend his stand to fight for the ... <a title="Labour claims USP vice-chancellor ‘denied justice’ in clean up drive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/labour-claims-usp-vice-chancellor-denied-justice-in-clean-up-drive/" aria-label="Read more about Labour claims USP vice-chancellor ‘denied justice’ in clean up drive">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2020
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 region’s premier educational institution. The call by Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano yesterday comes in the wake of mounting pressure from staff, students and stakeholders for good governance to prevail ... <a title="Pacific leaders call for for ‘common sense’ to prevail in USP impasse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/13/pacific-leaders-call-for-for-common-sense-to-prevail-in-usp-impasse/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders call for for ‘common sense’ to prevail in USP impasse">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
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 of the South Pacific, saying it was “deeply troubled” by the leadership saga. “It is appalling to see the continued interventions and intimidation by the Fiji government and Fiji police ... <a title="Civil society advocates condemn Fiji police ‘intimidation’ of USP students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/civil-society-advocates-condemn-fiji-police-intimidation-of-usp-students/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society advocates condemn Fiji police ‘intimidation’ of USP students">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Cook Islands campus backs University of the South Pacific’s attempts to clean out alleged corruption and mismanagement at its Laucala headquarters campus in Suva, Fiji. University of the South Pacific Cook Islands campus staff and students are backing the university’s suspended vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Campus director Dr Debi Futter-Puati said she was pleased there ... <a title="USP Cook Islands backs ‘clean out’ bid in Fiji, avoids student disruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/usp-cook-islands-backs-clean-out-bid-in-fiji-avoids-student-disruption/" aria-label="Read more about USP Cook Islands backs ‘clean out’ bid in Fiji, avoids student disruption">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
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 of “material misconduct” was made legally by the university’s executive committee, says pro-chancellor Winston Thompson. Thompson was responding yesterday to claims from concerned staff, students and some council members that ... <a title="Suspension of USP’s academic head ‘legal’ claims pro-chancellor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/suspension-of-usps-academic-head-legal-claims-pro-chancellor/" aria-label="Read more about Suspension of USP’s academic head ‘legal’ claims pro-chancellor">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
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 support Nauru’s call to convene a special meeting of the University of the South Pacific Council in the long-running leadership saga. In a letter to incoming chancellor of the USP, ... <a title="Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/forums-chief-meg-taylor-backs-nauru-call-for-urgent-meeting-on-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for urgent meeting on USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
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 report of manipulating allowances to pay themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars they were not entitled to, as several Pacific governments say Fiji is using the COVID-19 emergency as a ... <a title="Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/secret-report-reveals-widespread-salary-and-allowance-rorts-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP">Read more</a>
