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{{Short description|Oceanian university headquartered in Suva, Fiji}}
{{Infobox_University
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
|name = University of the South Pacific
{{Infobox university
|established = 1968
| name = The University of the South Pacific
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
| image = OceaniaCentre MatthiasSuessen-8204.jpg
|city = [[Suva]]
| image_size = 300px
|country = [[Fiji]] <br>(Main campus)
| caption = Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies in Suva
|website = [http://www.usp.ac.fj/ www.usp.ac.fj]
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1968}}
| chancellor = [[David Vunagi]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Pal Ahluwalia]]
| students = 29,918 (2017)<ref name=2017annualreport>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/109University-of-the-South-Pacific-Annual-Report-2017.pdf |title=USP Annual Report 2017 |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date= |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>{{rp|17}}
| undergrad = 16,721(2017)<ref name=2017annualreport/>{{rp|17}}
| postgrad = 2,933 (2017)<ref name=2017annualreport/>{{rp|17}}
| academic_staff = 400<ref name=2017annualreport/>{{rp|22}}
| administrative_staff = 1,114<ref name=2017annualreport/>{{rp|22}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| city = [[Suva]]
| country = [[Fiji]] (main campus)
| website = {{url|https://www.usp.ac.fj/}}
}}
}}
The '''University of the South Pacific''' ('''USP''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in [[Oceania]]. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an [[intergovernmental organisation]] and is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific island countries: the [[Cook Islands]], [[Fiji]], [[Kiribati]], [[Marshall Islands]], [[Nauru]], [[Niue]], [[Samoa]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tokelau]], [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]] and [[Vanuatu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=newstaff_aboutusp|title=USP: About the University|website=www.usp.ac.fj|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Kessler|first=Kim Andreas|date=2021|title=Anthropology at the University of the South Pacific: From past dynamics to present perceptions|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/taja.12388|journal=The Australian Journal of Anthropology|language=en|volume=32|issue=1|pages=33–53|doi=10.1111/taja.12388|s2cid=233692534 |issn=1757-6547}}</ref>


USP is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment, with almost 30,000 students in 2017.<ref name=2017annualreport/>{{rp|17}} The university's main campus is in [[Suva]], Fiji, with subsidiary campuses in each member state.
The '''University of the South Pacific''' ('''USP''') is a [[public university]] with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in [[Oceania]]. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. USP's academic programmes are recognised worldwide, attracting students and staff from throughout the Pacific Region and internationally. The colonial link and the establishment of the University of the South Pacific in 1968 allowed the education system to follow suit from the qualification system of the Commonwealth. University of the South Pacific is the only university in the Oceania region to be internationally recognized outside of Australia and New Zealand with its bachelor's and other awards programme. USP is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific Island countries: the [[Cook Islands]], [[Fiji]], [[Kiribati]], [[Marshall Islands]], [[Nauru]], [[Niue]], [[Samoa]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tokelau]], [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]] and [[Vanuatu]].


==History==
==Courses and Programmes==
Discussion of a regional university for the South Pacific began in the early 1950s, when an investigation by the [[South Pacific Commission]] recommended the creation of a "central institution" for [[Vocational education|vocational training]] in the South Pacific, with a university as a distant goal.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=MorrisReport/> In December 1962, the Fijian Legislative Assembly discussed establishing a university in Fiji.<ref name=usphist>{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=2826 |title=Treasures of the Past – The Humble Beginnings of USP |publisher=USP |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=13 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1964, New Zealand proposed the establishment of a regional teachers' training college in Suva.<ref name=MorrisReport/>{{rp|8}}
USP offers [[Undergraduate Education|Undergraduate]] and [[postgraduate education|postgraduate]] study programmes including:
*[[teacher|Teaching]]
*[[Tourism]]
*[[Journalism]]
*[[Agriculture]]
*[[Science]] and [[Environmental Management]]
*[[Technology]]
*[[Computing]] and [[Information Systems]]
*[[Accounting]] and [[Economics]]
*[[Law]] and [[Politics]]
*[[Banking]] and [[Finance]]
*[[Public Administration]] and Management
*[[Counselling]] and [[Social Services]] and others.


In 1965, the governments of Great Britain and New Zealand appointed a "Higher Education Mission to the South Pacific", chaired by [[Charles Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere|Sir Charles Morris]], to investigate "the future education requirements of the South Pacific area" and recommend the type of level of institutions needed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="MorrisReport">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/op1269900-1001 |title=Report of the Higher Education Mission to the South Pacific |author=Charles Morris |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Development |location=London |year=1966 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>{{rp|7}} In 1966 the Mission reported back, recommending the establishment of "fully autonomous university comprehending within itself, as well as Faculties of Arts and Science, the [[Fiji School of Medicine]], the [[School of Agriculture in Fiji]], a College for the education and training of secondary teachers, the [[Pacific Theological College]], and, in so far its activities in the field of diploma courses are concerned, the Derrick Technical Institute".<ref name="MorrisReport" />{{rp|24}} The Mission recommended that it be called the University of the South Pacific.<ref name="MorrisReport" />{{rp|24}} The former [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] seaplane base at Laucala Bay in Fiji was recommended as a suitable location.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="FijianHistory">{{cite web |url=https://fijianhistory.com/the-university-of-the-south-pacific-(laucala-campus) |title=The University of the South Pacific (Laucala Campus) |publisher=Fijian History |date= |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> A subsequent report by [[Norman Alexander]] fleshed out the proposal, and in 1967 the Fijian government passed an ordinance establishing the university's interim council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/num_act/uotspco1967544/ |title=University of the South Pacific (Interim Council) Ordinance 1967 |publisher=PACLII |date=1 August 1967 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> In February 1970 this was replaced with a [[royal charter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/consol_act_OK/uotspa340/ |title=University of the South Pacific Act [Cap 266] |publisher=PACLII |date=4 February 1970 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="aikman1988" />{{rp|46}}
==Campuses==
'''Alafua Campus''' <br />
The Campus Director, University of the South Pacific,
Private Bag, [[Apia]], Samoa.


The university opened on 5 February 1968, with [[Colin Aikman]] as its first vice-chancellor.<ref name=usphist/> Initially teaching was limited to preliminary courses, the equivalent of New Zealand's [[School Certificate (New Zealand)|School Certificate]] and [[Sixth Form Certificate|University Entrance]].<ref name=aikman1988>{{cite book |chapter=Establishment: 1968-74 |last=Aikman |first=Colin M. |pages=35–52 |title=Pacific Universities: Achievements, Problems, Prospects |editor1-first=R. G. |editor1-last=Crocombe |editor2-last=Meleisea |editor2-first=Malama |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date=1988}}</ref>{{rp|40}} Degree teaching began in 1969, with a school of natural resources, a school of education, and a school of social and economic development offering interdisciplinary courses.<ref name=aikman1988/><ref name=":0" /> The first graduation ceremony took place on 2 December 1971, with 49 students receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates.<ref name=usphist/>
'''Emalus Campus''' <br />
The Campus Director, The University of the South Pacific,
Private Mail Bag 9072, [[Port Vila]], Vanuatu.


[[File:PortVilauniversity2.jpg|thumb|Campus in Port Vila, Vanuatu]]
'''Laucala Campus''' <br />
In the 1970s the university began establishing regional extension centres to deliver continuing education, correspondence and extramural courses.<ref name=aikman1988/>{{rp|41}} It also began to advocate for Pacific regionalism and adopt a distinct "Pacific flavour", with Vice-Chancellor James Maraj arguing that the university should become "truly a university of the peoples of the Pacific".<ref name=50years>{{cite book |title=A University for the Pacific, 50 Years of USP |editor1-last=Leckie |editor1-first=Jacqueline |publisher=University of the South Pacific |location=Suva |date=2018}}</ref>{{rp|58–59}} In 1976 it established the Institute of Pacific Studies under Professor [[Ron Crocombe]] to deepen students' awareness of Pacific identity and the region.<ref name=50years/>{{rp|63}}<ref name=":0" /> Over the next 20 years, the institute published works by over 2,000 Pacific authors.<ref name=50years/>{{rp|63}} A foundation course in [[Pacific studies]] is still included in every USP undergraduate programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=8815 |title=Pacific Studies |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date= |access-date=14 March 2021 |quote=UU204 Pacific Worlds is one of four generic University courses included in all USP undergraduate programmes.}}</ref>
The Registrar, The University of the South Pacific, [[Suva]], Fiji Islands.


In 1977 the government of [[Samoa|Western Samoa]] leased the South Pacific Regional College of Tropical Agriculture in [[Alafua]] to the university to establish a school of agriculture.<ref name=brosnahan1988>{{cite book |chapter=Outreach: 1975-83 |last=Brosnahan |first=Frank |pages=55–72 |title=Pacific Universities: Achievements, Problems, Prospects |editor1-first=R. G. |editor1-last=Crocombe |editor2-last=Meleisea |editor2-first=Malama |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date=1988}}</ref>{{rp|56}} It is now the university's Alafua campus.<ref name=campuses/> In 1989 it opened the Emalus campus in Vanuatu,<ref name=50years/>{{rp|103}} which since 1996 has hosted the university's law school and the [[Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute]].<ref name=50years/>{{rp|121}} In 1991 the [[Marshall Islands|Republic of the Marshall Islands]] became the university's 12th member country.<ref name="50years" />{{rp|106}} An extension campus was opened there in 1993.<ref name="campuses" /> In 2012 the university opened a [[Confucius Institute]] at the Laucula campus in partnership with the [[Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.jica.go.jp/project/fiji/002/materials/ku57pq00000kj68b-att/usp_vol11_201209.pdf |title=Confucius Institute Opens In Regional University |work=USPBeat |volume=11 |issue=9 |page=4 |date=2012 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> In 2017 the university supplemented its governance arrangements with the [[University of the South Pacific Convention]], providing for the recognition of the university by its member-states.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/05/29/eight-member-countries-sign-historic-university-south-pacific-convention |title=Eight Member Countries Sign Historic University Of The South Pacific Convention |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=29 May 2017 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> The convention came into force on 16 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/05/19/two-countries-ratify-usp-convention/ |title=Two Countries Ratify USP Convention |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=19 May 2018 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
===USP regional campuses===


==Governance==
USP Cook Islands Campus <br />
The university is governed by a council, chaired by the [[pro-chancellor]]. The council consists of the ministers of education of member states, additional representatives from Fiji, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand, staff and student representatives, and additional members co-opted by the council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=10155 |title=The Council |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date= |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214083117/https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=10155 |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> The titular head of the council is the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]], a position which rotates among the heads of state and heads of government of the university's members.<ref name=usphist/> The Governor General of the Solomon Islands, [[David Vunagi]], has served as chancellor since 1 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Chancellor |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/usp-governance-council-senate-secretariat/chancellor/ |website=www.usp.ac.fj |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128034316/https://www.usp.ac.fj/usp-governance-council-senate-secretariat/chancellor/ |archive-date=28 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> An independent University Grants Committee meets every three years to advise member and donor countries on funding levels.<ref name=usphist/>
PO Box 130, [[Rarotonga]], Cook Islands.


The following people have held the role of vice-chancellor:<ref name=vcs>{{cite web |url=http://50.usp.ac.fj/VCs.php |title=Vice-Chancellors |publisher=USP |date= |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
USP Labasa Campus <br />
* [[Colin Aikman]] (1968–1974)
Private Mail Bag, [[Labasa]], Fiji.
* James Maraj (1975–1982)
* Frank Brosnahan (1982–1983)
* [[Geoffrey Caston]] (1983–1992)
* [[Esekia Solofa]] (1992–2001)
* [[Savenaca Siwatibau]] (2001–2003)
* Anthony Tarr (2005–2007)
* [[Rajesh Chandra]] (2007–2018)
* [[Pal Ahluwalia]] (2018–present)


===Dispute with Fijian government===
USP Lautoka Campus <br />
In 2019, Ahluwalia raised concerns about mismanagement and abuse of office at USP under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor [[Rajesh Chandra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397959/usp-to-enforce-report-on-mismanagement-and-abuse-of-office|title= USP to enforce report on mismanagement and abuse of office|website= [[Radio New Zealand]]|date= 2 September 2019|access-date=2020-06-22}}</ref> An investigation by New Zealand accounting firm BDO substantiated the allegations, and the report was subsequently leaked online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/465914749/Bdo-Report-PDF|title=BDO report about mismanagement at USP|access-date=2020-06-22}}</ref> In June 2020, a special council meeting led by Pro-Chancellor Winston Thompson suspended Ahluwalia for unspecified "misconduct".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/418628/commotion-at-usp-over-vice-chancellor-s-suspension |title=Commotion at USP over Vice-Chancellor's suspension |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=10 June 2020 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Staff protesting the suspension were questioned by Fijian police.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/419140/usp-saga-continues-with-fiji-police-questioning-of-staff |title=USP saga continues with Fiji police questioning of staff |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=16 June 2020 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> On 19 June Ahluwalia was reinstated by a full meeting of the USP council,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/419420/usp-council-reinstates-suspended-vc |title=USP Council reinstates suspended VC |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=19 June 2020 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> and the allegations against him were dismissed in September 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/425276/usp-vice-chancellor-cleared |title=USP Vice-Chancellor cleared |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=4 September 2020 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>
Private Mail Bag, [[Lautoka]], Fiji.


The Fijian government refused to accept Ahluwalia's exoneration and on 24 September 2020 halted all funding to the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/426829/usp-crisis-continues-as-fiji-govt-halts-funding |title=USP crisis continues as Fiji govt halts funding |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> On 4 February 2021, the Fijian government summarily deported Ahluwalia for being "a person who is or has been conducting himself in a manner prejudicial to the peace, defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, security or good government of the Fiji Islands".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435776/head-of-pacific-university-to-be-deported-by-fiji |title=Head of Pacific university to be deported by Fiji |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/whistleblower-vice-chancellor-deported-after-midnight-raid-by-fiji-police |title=Whistleblower vice-chancellor deported after midnight raid by Fiji police |author=Ben Doherty |work=The Guardian |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-04/fiji-pal-ahluwalia-vc-deportation-university-of-south-pacific/13120256 |title=Fiji deports Australian university professor during 'incredibly damaging' day for Pacific unity |author=Liam Fox |publisher=ABC News |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asiapacificreport.nz/2021/02/04/fiji-immigration-officials-police-detain-usp-chief-ahluwalia-reports-radio/ |title=Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop |publisher=Asia-Pacific Report |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> In response to Fiji government interference in the regional university, Samoa has proposed moving USP's headquarters to Samoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/editorial/78642 |title=The Prof. Ahluwalia saga: Fiji's fall from grace |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> Following Ahluwalia's deportation, Giulio Masasso Tu'ikolongahau Paunga was appointed acting vice-chancellor by the USP Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/feature/Ahluwalia-says-he-will-continue-to-head-USP-from-Nauru-x5fr48/ |title=Ahluwalia and his wife to serve 14 days quarantine in Australia before going to Nauru |publisher=Fiji Village |author=Vijay Narayan |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> The Council also established a subcommittee to investigate the deportation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435884/usp-appoints-acting-vc-to-probe-ahluwalia-deportation |title=USP appoints acting vc, to probe Ahluwalia deportation |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>
USP Kiribati Campus <br />
PO Box 59, [[Bairiki]], [[South Tarawa]], [[Kiribati]].


Following Ahluwalia's deportation, Samoan Prime Minister [[Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi]] announced that Samoa would be willing to provide a new home for the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/436212/samoa-goes-public-with-bid-for-usp |title=Samoa goes public with bid for USP |author=Dominic Godfrey |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> On 25 May the university's council issued a new three-year contract to Ahluwalia and relocate the vice-chancellor's office to the Alafua Campus in [[Apia]], [[Samoa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://islandsbusiness.com/islands-business/news-break/university-of-the-south-pacific-vc-to-be-reinstated/ |title=University of the South Pacific VC Ahluwalia gets new contract |author=Samisoni Pareti |publisher=Islands Business |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> In August 2021 the Fijian government announced that it would not fund the university as long as Ahluwalia was vice-chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/449534/fiji-govt-says-it-won-t-fund-university-while-professor-is-vp |title=Fiji govt says it won't fund university while professor is VP |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=19 August 2021 |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>
USP Marshall Islands Campus <br />
PO Box 3537, [[Majuro]], Marshall Islands.


Following the [[2022 Fijian general election]], the new government led by [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] revoked the prohibition order on Ahluwalia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/rabuka-directs-lifting-of-prohibition-orders/ |title=Rabuka directs lifting of prohibition orders |publisher=FBC News |author=Apenisa Waqairadovu |date=26 December 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=26 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226020130/https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/rabuka-directs-lifting-of-prohibition-orders/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and reinstated funding to USP.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/481482/fiji-govt-to-reinstate-usp-grant-contributions |title=Fiji govt to reinstate USP grant contributions |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=27 December 2022 |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref> In March 2023 former Prime Minister [[Frank Bainimarama]] and former police commissioner [[Sitiveni Qiliho]] were charged with abuse of office for allegedly terminating the police investigation into the 2019 claims of financial mismanagement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-09/former-fiji-prime-minister-frank-bainimarama-charged/102069086 |title=Fiji police charge former prime minister Frank Bainimarama with abuse of office |publisher=ABC News |date=9 March 2023 |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/485654/former-fiji-pm-bainimarama-and-suspended-top-cop-charged |title=Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended top cop charged |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=9 March 2023 |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref>
USP Nauru Campus <br />
Private Bag, Post Office.
[[Republic of Nauru]].


===Protest and Strike Action 2024===
USP Niue Campus <br />
PO Box 31, [[Alofi]], Niue.


In second half of 2024, the relationship between the USP Staff Association and the Vice Chancellor got bitter after [[Dr Osborne-Naikatini]] was sacked for expressing an opinion about the lack of due processes being followed for the renewal of the contract of the Vice Chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/usp-staff-unions-question-termination-of-dr-osborne-naikatini/ |title=
USP Solomon Islands Campus <br />
USP staff unions question termination of Dr. Osborne-Naikatini|publisher=FBC News |date=16 July 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> This issue led to USPSA calling for removal of Vice Chancellor [[Pal Ahluwalia]] from the university and call for strike action with 95 percent majority vote to go to strike.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/usp-fiji-staff-vote-to-go-on-strike-for-the-second-time-in-5-months/ |title=USP Fiji staff vote to go on strike for the second time in 5 months |publisher=Island Business |date=16 August 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>
PO Box 460, [[Honiara]], Solomon Islands.


===Rankings===
USP Tokelau Campus <br />
c/o Tokelau Apia Liaison Office,
PO Box 3014, [[Apia]], Samoa.


The [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] ranked USP in 1001-1200th for 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-south-pacific |title=University of the South Pacific |publisher=THE World University Rankings |date=|access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
USP Tonga Campus <br />
PO Box 278, [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]], Tonga.


In 2021, the university was ranked in 1001-1200th by the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-south-pacific |title=University of the South Pacific |publisher=THE World University Rankings |date=27 September 2023|access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref> The university claimed that this translated to being ranked in the top 10% of universities in the world,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/usp-ranked-amongst-the-top-10-percent-of-universities-in-the-world/ |title=USP Ranked Amongst the Top 10% of Universities in the World |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date=10 September 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref> leading to criticism that they were exaggerating their ranking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/education/usps-top-10-world-ranking-questioned/ |title=USP's top 10% world ranking questioned |author=Edwin Nand |publisher=FBC News |date=9 September 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404114141/https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/education/usps-top-10-world-ranking-questioned/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
USP Tuvalu Campus <br />
PO Box 21, [[Funafuti]], Tuvalu.


==Notes==
==Campuses==
[[File:USP Bure MatthiasSuessen-8193.jpg|thumb|The Pacific Studies Bure at Laucala]]
[[File:University of South Pacific, Kiribati Campus, outside.jpg|thumb|Campus in Teaoraereke, Kiribati]]
[[File:University of the South Pacific, Honiara.jpg|thumb|Campus in Honiara, Solomon Islands]]
Despite its multi-campus nature, the USP is not a [[university system]]. It is a single university with several branches across the Pacific Region. USP's Laucala campus in Fiji is the main campus of the University, also serving as its administrative centre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USP: USP - An Introduction|url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=usp_introduction|access-date=2020-08-03|website=www.usp.ac.fj}}</ref> USP's main campus, called Laucala, lies on Laucala Bay in Fiji's capital of [[Suva]]. It also has two other satellite campuses in Fiji: Labasa and Lautoka. The Alafua campus in Samoa hosts the School of Agriculture and Food Technology. The Emalus campus in Vanuatu is the location for the School of Law.<ref name="campuses">{{Cite web|url=http://50.usp.ac.fj/campus.php|title=Regional Campuses: USP's 50th Anniversary website|website=50.usp.ac.fj|access-date=2020-02-05}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Nuku-alofa campus in Tonga is where the Institute for Education, directed by [[Seu'ula Johansson-Fua]] is based.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-05|title=Establishment of Network for Educational Research promises to improve education outcomes across Pacific|url=https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/establishment-of-network-for-educational-research-promises-to-improve-education-outcomes-across-pacific/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Saipan News, Headlines, Events, Ads {{!}} Saipan Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>

USP operates 11 regional centres based in Pacific islands countries. The region served by USP covers 33 million km<sup>2</sup> of the Pacific Ocean, an area more than three times the size of Europe. In contrast, the total land mass of territories served corresponds to the area of Denmark. Populations of member countries vary from Tokelau with 1,500 people to Fiji with more than 900,000 people. (The population of the region is about 1.3 million.)

The following are the extension campuses of the university, aside from its campuses in Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=140|Centres
!width=140|Town
!width=140|Country
!width=140|Established
|-
| USP Cook Islands
| [[Rarotonga]]
| {{flag|Cook Islands}}
| 1975
|-
| USP Emalus
| [[Port Vila]]
| {{flag|Vanuatu}}
|
|-
| USP Kiribati
| [[Teaoraereke]]
| {{flag|Kiribati}}
| 1978
|-
| USP Marshall Islands
| [[Majuro]]
| {{flag|Marshall Islands}}
| 1993
|-
| USP Nauru
| [[Yaren District|Yaren]]
| {{flag|Nauru}}
| 1987
|-
| USP Niue
| [[Alofi]]
| {{flag|Niue}}
| 1972
|-
| USP Samoa
| [[Apia]]
| {{flag|Samoa}}
|
|-
| [[University of the South Pacific Solomon Islands|USP Solomon Islands]]
| [[Honiara]]
| {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|
|-
| USP Tokelau
| [[Atafu]]
| {{flag|Tokelau}}
| 1984
|-
| USP Tonga
| [[Nukuʻalofa]]
| {{flag|Tonga}}
| 1971
|-
| USP Tuvalu
| [[Funafuti]]
| {{flag|Tuvalu}}
| 1970
|-

|}

==Faculties and courses==
After undergoing a restructuring process in early 2021, USP is organized into eight main [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] that include the following disciplines:
*''School of Accounting, Finance and Economics'' (SAFE)
**[[Accounting]] & [[Finance]]
**[[Economics]]
*''School of Business and Management'' (SBM)
**[[Tourism]] & [[Hospitality]] Management
**[[Management]] and [[Public Administration]]
**[[Land Management]] & Development
**Graduate School of Business
*''School of Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics'' (STEMP)
**[[Engineering]] and [[Physics]]
**[[Computing]], [[Information]] & [[Mathematical Science]]
*''School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences'' (SAGEONS)
**[[Agriculture]] & [[Food Technology]]
**[[Biological Sciences|Biological]] & [[Chemical Sciences]]
**[[Geography]], [[Earth Science]] and [[Natural environment|Environment]]
**Marine Studies
*''School of Law and Social Sciences'' (SoLaSS)
**[[Law]]
**[[Government]], Development & [[International Affairs]]
**[[Social Sciences]]
*''School of Pacific Arts, Communication and Education'' (SPACE)
**[[Education]]
**[[Language]], [[Arts]] & [[Media (communication)|Media]]
**Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies
*''Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development'' (PACE-SD)
*''Pacific TAFE'' (PTAFE)<ref>{{cite web | author=The University of the South Pacific | title=USP: The University of the South Pacific | website=USP | date=3 December 2020 | url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/ | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
**College of Foundation Studies
**College of Continuing Vocational Education and Training (CVET). Among many other qualifications, the Diploma of Library and Information Services (Level 5) is available at this institution, a [[library technician]] qualification<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/fileadmin/files/services/cce/2018/CAH/DIPLOMA_OF_LIBRARY_AND_INFORMATION_SERVICES.pdf |title=The Diploma of Library and Information Services (Level 5) |publisher=USP |access-date=2021-03-05 |archive-date=2021-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305004149/https://www.usp.ac.fj/fileadmin/files/services/cce/2018/CAH/DIPLOMA_OF_LIBRARY_AND_INFORMATION_SERVICES.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is [[Education for librarianship#Australia|recognised in Australia as a paraprofessional library qualification]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Library Technicians | website=Australian Library and Information Association | url=https://www.alia.org.au/library-technicians | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>

==Notable academics and staff==
{{See also|Category:Academic staff of the University of the South Pacific}}

{{Div col}}
* [[Marjorie Crocombe]] – author
* [[Ron Crocombe]] – father of Pacific Studies
* [[Sitiveni Halapua]] – politician
* [[Epeli Hauʻofa]] – anthropologist/sociologist/social scientist
* [[Elisabeth Holland]] – climate scientist
* [[Brij Lal (historian)|Brij Lal]] – historian
* [[Biman Prasad]] – politician
* [[Mahendra Reddy]] – politician
* [[Ganesh Chand]] – politician
* [[Tupeni Baba]] – politician
* [[Teleiai Lalotoa Mulitalao]] – lawyer
* [[Virginia Tilley]] – political scientist
{{Div col end}}

==Notable alumni==
{{See also|Category:University of the South Pacific alumni}}

USP has produced a number of graduates that have played important roles in the South Pacific region. Its alumni include [[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]], Prime Minister of the [[Cook Islands]], Elizabeth Iro, [[World Health Organization|WHO]] Chief Nursing Officer, [[Ludwig Scotty]], former [[President of Nauru]]; [[Bikenibeu Paeniu]], former [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]]; [[ʻAkilisi Pōhiva]], former [[Prime Minister of Tonga]]; [[Joe Natuman]], former [[Prime Minister of Vanuatu]]; archaeologist [[Tarisi Vunidilo]], [[Solomon Islands]] women's activist [[Alice Pollard]], women's rights activist [[Michelle Reddy]], and Tongan environmental scientist [[Netatua Pelesikoti]].

==Contemporary Pacific Art Collection==
USP has a large Contemporary Pacific Art collection, including works by Rennie Peyroux, [[Mike Tavioni]], Eruera Nia, [[Ian George (artist)|Ian George]], [[Kay George]], [[Mahiriki Tangaroa]], Apii Rongo, Varu Samuel, Krick Barraud, [[Joan Gragg]], Nanette Lela’ulu, [[Johnny Penisula]], [[Filipe Tohi]], Sam Thomas and Dominique Crocombe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Art Collection Catalogue |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/usp-cook-islands/wp-content/uploads/sites/114/2022/04/14053220-20USP20Cook20Island20Art20Catalogue20v01.pdf |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=The University of the South Pacific}}</ref>

== See also==
* [[List of universities in Polynesia]]

== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.usp.ac.fj/ University of the South Pacific Official website]
*{{Official website|https://www.usp.ac.fj/}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/op1269900-1001 |title=Report of the Higher Education Mission to the South Pacific |author=Charles Morris |publisher=Ministry of Overseas Development |location=London |year=1966 |via=Internet Archive}}
* {{cite book |title=Pacific Universities: Achievements, Problems, Prospects |editor1-first=R. G. |editor1-last=Crocombe |editor2-last=Meleisea |editor2-first=Malama |publisher=University of the South Pacific |date=1988}}
* {{cite book |title=A University for the Pacific, 50 Years of USP |editor1-last=Leckie |editor1-first=Jacqueline |publisher=University of the South Pacific |location=Suva |date=2018}}
*Kessler, K.A. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/taja.12388 Anthropology at the University of the South Pacific: From past dynamics to present perceptions]. Aust J Anthropol. 2021;32:33– 53. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/taja.12388 https://doi.org/10.1111/ taja.12388]


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Latest revision as of 19:51, 25 December 2024

The University of the South Pacific
Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies in Suva
TypePublic
Established1968; 56 years ago (1968)
ChancellorDavid Vunagi
Vice-ChancellorPal Ahluwalia
Academic staff
400[1]: 22 
Administrative staff
1,114[1]: 22 
Students29,918 (2017)[1]: 17 
Undergraduates16,721(2017)[1]: 17 
Postgraduates2,933 (2017)[1]: 17 
Location
Suva
,
Fiji (main campus)
Websitewww.usp.ac.fj

The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.[2][3]

USP is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment, with almost 30,000 students in 2017.[1]: 17  The university's main campus is in Suva, Fiji, with subsidiary campuses in each member state.

History

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Discussion of a regional university for the South Pacific began in the early 1950s, when an investigation by the South Pacific Commission recommended the creation of a "central institution" for vocational training in the South Pacific, with a university as a distant goal.[3][4] In December 1962, the Fijian Legislative Assembly discussed establishing a university in Fiji.[5] In 1964, New Zealand proposed the establishment of a regional teachers' training college in Suva.[4]: 8 

In 1965, the governments of Great Britain and New Zealand appointed a "Higher Education Mission to the South Pacific", chaired by Sir Charles Morris, to investigate "the future education requirements of the South Pacific area" and recommend the type of level of institutions needed.[3][4]: 7  In 1966 the Mission reported back, recommending the establishment of "fully autonomous university comprehending within itself, as well as Faculties of Arts and Science, the Fiji School of Medicine, the School of Agriculture in Fiji, a College for the education and training of secondary teachers, the Pacific Theological College, and, in so far its activities in the field of diploma courses are concerned, the Derrick Technical Institute".[4]: 24  The Mission recommended that it be called the University of the South Pacific.[4]: 24  The former Royal New Zealand Air Force seaplane base at Laucala Bay in Fiji was recommended as a suitable location.[3][6] A subsequent report by Norman Alexander fleshed out the proposal, and in 1967 the Fijian government passed an ordinance establishing the university's interim council.[7] In February 1970 this was replaced with a royal charter.[8][9]: 46 

The university opened on 5 February 1968, with Colin Aikman as its first vice-chancellor.[5] Initially teaching was limited to preliminary courses, the equivalent of New Zealand's School Certificate and University Entrance.[9]: 40  Degree teaching began in 1969, with a school of natural resources, a school of education, and a school of social and economic development offering interdisciplinary courses.[9][3] The first graduation ceremony took place on 2 December 1971, with 49 students receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates.[5]

Campus in Port Vila, Vanuatu

In the 1970s the university began establishing regional extension centres to deliver continuing education, correspondence and extramural courses.[9]: 41  It also began to advocate for Pacific regionalism and adopt a distinct "Pacific flavour", with Vice-Chancellor James Maraj arguing that the university should become "truly a university of the peoples of the Pacific".[10]: 58–59  In 1976 it established the Institute of Pacific Studies under Professor Ron Crocombe to deepen students' awareness of Pacific identity and the region.[10]: 63 [3] Over the next 20 years, the institute published works by over 2,000 Pacific authors.[10]: 63  A foundation course in Pacific studies is still included in every USP undergraduate programme.[11]

In 1977 the government of Western Samoa leased the South Pacific Regional College of Tropical Agriculture in Alafua to the university to establish a school of agriculture.[12]: 56  It is now the university's Alafua campus.[13] In 1989 it opened the Emalus campus in Vanuatu,[10]: 103  which since 1996 has hosted the university's law school and the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute.[10]: 121  In 1991 the Republic of the Marshall Islands became the university's 12th member country.[10]: 106  An extension campus was opened there in 1993.[13] In 2012 the university opened a Confucius Institute at the Laucula campus in partnership with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.[14] In 2017 the university supplemented its governance arrangements with the University of the South Pacific Convention, providing for the recognition of the university by its member-states.[15] The convention came into force on 16 June 2018.[16]

Governance

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The university is governed by a council, chaired by the pro-chancellor. The council consists of the ministers of education of member states, additional representatives from Fiji, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand, staff and student representatives, and additional members co-opted by the council.[17] The titular head of the council is the chancellor, a position which rotates among the heads of state and heads of government of the university's members.[5] The Governor General of the Solomon Islands, David Vunagi, has served as chancellor since 1 July 2023.[18] An independent University Grants Committee meets every three years to advise member and donor countries on funding levels.[5]

The following people have held the role of vice-chancellor:[19]

Dispute with Fijian government

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In 2019, Ahluwalia raised concerns about mismanagement and abuse of office at USP under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor Rajesh Chandra.[20] An investigation by New Zealand accounting firm BDO substantiated the allegations, and the report was subsequently leaked online.[21] In June 2020, a special council meeting led by Pro-Chancellor Winston Thompson suspended Ahluwalia for unspecified "misconduct".[22] Staff protesting the suspension were questioned by Fijian police.[23] On 19 June Ahluwalia was reinstated by a full meeting of the USP council,[24] and the allegations against him were dismissed in September 2020.[25]

The Fijian government refused to accept Ahluwalia's exoneration and on 24 September 2020 halted all funding to the university.[26] On 4 February 2021, the Fijian government summarily deported Ahluwalia for being "a person who is or has been conducting himself in a manner prejudicial to the peace, defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, security or good government of the Fiji Islands".[27][28][29][30] In response to Fiji government interference in the regional university, Samoa has proposed moving USP's headquarters to Samoa.[31] Following Ahluwalia's deportation, Giulio Masasso Tu'ikolongahau Paunga was appointed acting vice-chancellor by the USP Council.[32] The Council also established a subcommittee to investigate the deportation.[33]

Following Ahluwalia's deportation, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi announced that Samoa would be willing to provide a new home for the university.[34] On 25 May the university's council issued a new three-year contract to Ahluwalia and relocate the vice-chancellor's office to the Alafua Campus in Apia, Samoa.[35] In August 2021 the Fijian government announced that it would not fund the university as long as Ahluwalia was vice-chancellor.[36]

Following the 2022 Fijian general election, the new government led by Sitiveni Rabuka revoked the prohibition order on Ahluwalia[37] and reinstated funding to USP.[38] In March 2023 former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and former police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho were charged with abuse of office for allegedly terminating the police investigation into the 2019 claims of financial mismanagement.[39][40]

Protest and Strike Action 2024

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In second half of 2024, the relationship between the USP Staff Association and the Vice Chancellor got bitter after Dr Osborne-Naikatini was sacked for expressing an opinion about the lack of due processes being followed for the renewal of the contract of the Vice Chancellor.[41] This issue led to USPSA calling for removal of Vice Chancellor Pal Ahluwalia from the university and call for strike action with 95 percent majority vote to go to strike.[42]

Rankings

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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked USP in 1001-1200th for 2024.[43]

In 2021, the university was ranked in 1001-1200th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[44] The university claimed that this translated to being ranked in the top 10% of universities in the world,[45] leading to criticism that they were exaggerating their ranking.[46]

Campuses

[edit]
The Pacific Studies Bure at Laucala
Campus in Teaoraereke, Kiribati
Campus in Honiara, Solomon Islands

Despite its multi-campus nature, the USP is not a university system. It is a single university with several branches across the Pacific Region. USP's Laucala campus in Fiji is the main campus of the University, also serving as its administrative centre.[47] USP's main campus, called Laucala, lies on Laucala Bay in Fiji's capital of Suva. It also has two other satellite campuses in Fiji: Labasa and Lautoka. The Alafua campus in Samoa hosts the School of Agriculture and Food Technology. The Emalus campus in Vanuatu is the location for the School of Law.[13] The Nuku-alofa campus in Tonga is where the Institute for Education, directed by Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is based.[48]

USP operates 11 regional centres based in Pacific islands countries. The region served by USP covers 33 million km2 of the Pacific Ocean, an area more than three times the size of Europe. In contrast, the total land mass of territories served corresponds to the area of Denmark. Populations of member countries vary from Tokelau with 1,500 people to Fiji with more than 900,000 people. (The population of the region is about 1.3 million.)

The following are the extension campuses of the university, aside from its campuses in Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu.

Centres Town Country Established
USP Cook Islands Rarotonga  Cook Islands 1975
USP Emalus Port Vila  Vanuatu
USP Kiribati Teaoraereke  Kiribati 1978
USP Marshall Islands Majuro  Marshall Islands 1993
USP Nauru Yaren  Nauru 1987
USP Niue Alofi  Niue 1972
USP Samoa Apia  Samoa
USP Solomon Islands Honiara  Solomon Islands
USP Tokelau Atafu  Tokelau 1984
USP Tonga Nukuʻalofa  Tonga 1971
USP Tuvalu Funafuti  Tuvalu 1970

Faculties and courses

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After undergoing a restructuring process in early 2021, USP is organized into eight main faculties that include the following disciplines:

Notable academics and staff

[edit]
See also: Category:Academic staff of the University of the South Pacific

Notable alumni

[edit]
See also: Category:University of the South Pacific alumni

USP has produced a number of graduates that have played important roles in the South Pacific region. Its alumni include Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Elizabeth Iro, WHO Chief Nursing Officer, Ludwig Scotty, former President of Nauru; Bikenibeu Paeniu, former Prime Minister of Tuvalu; ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, former Prime Minister of Tonga; Joe Natuman, former Prime Minister of Vanuatu; archaeologist Tarisi Vunidilo, Solomon Islands women's activist Alice Pollard, women's rights activist Michelle Reddy, and Tongan environmental scientist Netatua Pelesikoti.

Contemporary Pacific Art Collection

[edit]

USP has a large Contemporary Pacific Art collection, including works by Rennie Peyroux, Mike Tavioni, Eruera Nia, Ian George, Kay George, Mahiriki Tangaroa, Apii Rongo, Varu Samuel, Krick Barraud, Joan Gragg, Nanette Lela’ulu, Johnny Penisula, Filipe Tohi, Sam Thomas and Dominique Crocombe.[52]

See also

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