University of the South Pacific

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The University of the South Pacific
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Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies in Suva
Type Public
Established1968;56 years ago (1968)
Chancellor David Vunagi
Vice-Chancellor Pal Ahluwalia
Academic staff
400 [1] : 22 
Administrative staff
1,114 [1] : 22 
Students29,918 (2017) [1] : 17 
Undergraduates 16,721(2017) [1] : 17 
Postgraduates 2,933 (2017) [1] : 17 
Location
Suva
,
Fiji (main campus)
Website www.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]

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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

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]

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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

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

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]

Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked USP in 1001-1200th for 2024. [41]

In 2021, the university was ranked in 1001-1200th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. [42] The university claimed that this translated to being ranked in the top 10% of universities in the world, [43] leading to criticism that they were exaggerating their ranking. [44]

Campuses

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The Pacific Studies Bure at Laucala
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Campus in Teaoraereke, Kiribati
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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. [45] 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. [46]

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.

CentresTownCountryEstablished
USP Cook Islands Rarotonga Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 1975
USP Emalus Port Vila Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
USP Kiribati Teaoraereke Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 1978
USP Marshall Islands Majuro Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 1993
USP Nauru Yaren Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 1987
USP Niue Alofi Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 1972
USP Samoa Apia Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
USP Solomon Islands Honiara Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
USP Tokelau Atafu Flag of Tokelau.svg  Tokelau 1984
USP Tonga Nuku'alofa Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1971
USP Tuvalu Funafuti Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 1970

Faculties and courses

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

Notable academics and staff

Notable 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.

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