University of the South News

Friday, 4 December 2009, 10:40 am Press Release: University Of The South Pacific USP signs MOU with Landcare Research New Zealand The Vice-chancellor of The University of the South Pacific, Professor Rajesh Chandra, and Dr Phil Cowan, Science Leader of Landcare Research New Zealand on December 2, 2009, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between ...

Six Fiji citizens have been awarded the Australian Leadership Awards and will be undertaking Masters and Doctorate studies in Australia from next year.

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The University of the South Pacific has justified outsourcing its Dining Hall services revealing that they ran a deficit of $634 thousand last year which saw the laying-off of some staff early this year.

The University of the South Pacific dining hall has been running on losses since 2004 and that is why the USP will outsource the facility, says acting registrar Lily Vesikula.

The Education Ministry has been allocated a $312.7m budget for 2010, the largest in the Government's projected expenses announced today.

Adolescents and young people in rural areas in the Pacific have limited access to information, counselling and services on reproductive and sexual health.

The USP Council has decided to lay off staff by mid next month staff in order to stop incurring losses in the dining hall, which came about after the council handed living allowances to student.

THE focus of the 2010 Budget should be to rehabilitate the agriculture sector and the commitment to continue improving the infrastructure, says economist Dr Biman Prasad.

Miss Niue, Carthy Lavini, knows she has to live up to the huge expectations of her people.

SOLOMON Islander Lons-dale Meta will carry Suva's hopes in the boy's Under-14 400 metres race on Friday and Saturday.

The passing away of a gentleman and career diplomat, Tia Barrett, has come as a shock to those who knew him.

SYDNEY :A Fiji's coup culture is costing it billions of dollars and unless democracy is restored the country risks hunger and further impoverishment, a leading Fiji economist and former shadow finance minister warned yesterday.

Of the many fields of study Robert Wichmann has pursued - a dual degree in chemical and electrical engineering and a degree in law - his time spent in the Education for Ministry program of the University of the South was the most inspirational.

The Institutes of Technology in Athlone, Blanchardstown, Carlow, Dundalk, Dun Laoghaire, Galway-Mayo, Letterkenny, Limerick, Sligo, Tallaght and Tralee have combined in a bid to see the entire sector re-designated as part of a University of Technology.

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KATIE Grover will never forget her Fiji family when she returns home to the United States at the end of her student exchange program next month.

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Cumberland Plateau groups are looking to expand efforts to preserve and connect large tracts of plateau land -- a minimum of 1.7 million acres and perhaps about 2 million acres.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right speaks as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Washington, DC Since its independence more than 160 years ago, Liberia has often been said to have a special relationship with the United States.