scholarly journals Key Emerging Issues in Higher Education, Fiji

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Prashneel Ravisan Goundar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
National University ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Heavy Workload ◽  
The University

Fiji, an island nation located in the South Pacific has three major higher education institutions namely, “The Fiji National University, The University of the South Pacific which is also ‘the oldest university’ in the country and The University of Fiji”. This paper reviews key emerging issues that are being encountered in higher education (HE) in Fiji. The key issues’ faced by these universities, is showing a similar trend in higher education internationally which this paper examines. Plagiarism continues to be a global phenomenon which the literature objectively highlights along with problems arising due to heavy workload and negligence of not incorporating inclusive education. The paper explores possible solutions to these issues drawing evidence from the available literature. Further research on individual universities would provide greater data for analysis as well as broader solutions to the issues.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL: Pacific media advocacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
The South ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Media Advocacy ◽  
Regional University ◽  
National University ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

IN SAMOA during July 2015, a new Pacific journalism education and training advocacy era was born with the establishment of the Media Educators Pacific (MEP) after a talkfest had gone on for years about the need for such a body. A draft constitution had even been floated at a journalism education conference hosted at the University of the South Pacific in 2012. The initiative created unity of sorts between the Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) media institutes from Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and the regional University of the South Pacific journalism programme. Founding president Misa Vicky Lepou of the National University of Samoa pledged at the time to produce a vision with a difference:

scholarly journals Do the Pacific Islands still need a Regional University?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Eric Groves ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
National Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The University

This article offers some background on a current issue in Pacific regionalism with reference to the problems of the University of the South Pacific (USP). The South Pacific region’s greatest assets are its people. The development of the region depends greatly on the education and training of its people. Training and education are important at all levels (primary, secondary and tertiary), particularly higher education. Higher education in the South Pacific region emerged after the post-World War II and independence movement period. This started with the University of Papua New Guinea being the first official institution of higher learning to be established in the South Pacific region. Its establishment paved the way for the founding of the USP which was designed to cater to the higher education needs of 14 Pacific Island states excluding Papua New Guinea. The formation of the USP meant that the member nations within the sphere of its coverage were not able to develop their own national institutions of higher learning due to the funding model of the USP donors. This was until Samoa went against the grain and established the National University of Samoa which triggered the emergence of national institutions of higher learning throughout the region

Inclusive Education in the University

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Marylin Figueroa Cruz ◽  
Gretel Vázquez Zubizarreta ◽  
Ivette Méndez Forns ◽  
María Jackeline Langarano Delá ◽  
Carlos Andres Loyola Romero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
The University

The attention to special educational needs (SEN), in and from the university context, promotes the inclusion in all areas of life, the development of a fair and equitable society, and the functions of the university fulfillment as a radiator of influences in the national and foreign environment. Based on this premise, three experiences from different universities that applied technological possibilities in the visibility, awareness, intervention, and satisfaction of SEN are presented in the chapter. It also examines how these practices have benefited the functions achievement of these higher education institutions, the development of the academic digital brand, and university positioning.

UK Learning Alliances

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Colin Biggs ◽  
Robin Brighton ◽  
Rachel Clark
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry ◽  
And Training

This article provides an overview of recent developments in the UK aimed at building learning alliances between universities and other higher education institutions, and employers. It begins by reviewing briefly the fuller range of types of linkages which can and do exist between higher education and industry, and what is driving them, and then focuses more specifically on teaching and the curriculum. The article exemplifies something of the plethora of effective linkages being developed in the UK, paying particular attention to the University of Warwick model, and discusses the factors which make success more likely. It also discusses the costs and benefits of linkage programmes for the interested parties. The article concludes by raising a variety of key issues which are currently presented by university—industry partnerships, and in the light of this discussion sets out some thoughts on future prospects for linkage programmes. While these latter speculations are made for the UK, it is likely that they will be relevant for many other countries undergoing similar sea-changes concerning the nature of work and training.

Dark Clouds on the Horizon: Neoliberalism in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Nicole Barbour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
The South ◽  
Dark Clouds ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Critical Autoethnography ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

In the face of our current political and economic environment, particularly in the context of education, community, and arts, dark clouds on our horizon have fast become storms, storms raining down on us in the South Pacific with a force and subsequent devastation that is soul destroying. Some days I feel we might be in the eye of the storm and other days a glimmer of light sparkles off the rain from the aspirational agendas of UNESCO. But most days, it is dark clouds and storms. Thundering requests for more evidence, gales of economic cuts poorly disguised as enhancement projects, and rain that no arts educator can withstand alone. Where is the sheltering umbrella for an arts academic in the university? This article is a critical autoethnography of hope embodied, a practice of withdrawing to the shelter in my own skin to survive this storm. Or at least, this article is an attempt to find hope.1

scholarly journals Equal Opportunities and Inclusion in Higher Education Institutions of Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Saeteros ◽  
E. Ortiz ◽  
A. Saeteros ◽  
M. Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Right ◽  
Educational Inclusion ◽  
The University

This article aims to place the theme of equal opportunities and educational inclusion in Higher Education Institutions, analyze the challenges of universities regarding guaranteeing these rights, all within the framework of what is established in the different instruments international and national, to show their state of art in view of the need to implement policies and actions in order to respect, protect, guarantee and promote the right to higher education through the conditions of full equality for all the actors that are part from the university community, various orientations, initiatives, advances, potentials and difficulties arise that arise in the challenge of achieving inclusive universities. Despite advances in international and national legislation, it is still a pending challenge for Higher 302 Education Institutions to guarantee equal opportunities and inclusive education. Key Works: Equality. University inclusion. Inclusive education. Excluded groups. Keywords: disability, diversity. Resumen Este artículo, tiene como propósito situar a la temática de la igualdad de oportunidades y la inclusión educativa en las Instituciones de Educación Superior, analizar los retos de las universidades respecto a garantizar estos derechos, todo ello en el marco de lo establecido en los diferentes instrumentos internacionales y nacionales, que muestre su estado de arte ante la necesidad de implementar políticas y acciones con el fin de respetar, proteger, garantizar y promover el derecho a la educación superior a través de las condiciones de plena igualdad para todos los actores que forman parte de la comunidad universitaria, se plantean diversas orientaciones, iniciativas, avances, potencialidades y dificultades que se presentan en el desafío de lograr universidades inclusivas. A pesar de existir avances en la legislación internacional y nacional, aún constituye un reto pendiente para las Instituciones de Educación Superior el garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades y la educación inclusiva. Palabras claves: Igualdad. Inclusión Universitaria. Educación Inclusiva. Grupos excluidos. Palabras clave: discapacidad, diversidad.

scholarly journals Pacific journalism education and training - the new advocacy era

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Mackenzie Smith
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
News Media ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
National University ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University

For years, journalism education training in the Pacific has relied on donor funded short courses and expatriate media educators but in recent times this has been changing with the growth of more journalism schools at both universities and technical institutes and a more home grown actively qualified staff and proliferating research programmes. These changes can be reflected with the establishment of the new advocacy group, Media Educators Pacific (MEP). This is chaired by Misa Vicky Lepou, the president and she is also the head of journalism at the National University of Samoa. This body has a mission to promote and deliver the highest professional standards of training, education and research in media and journalism education relevant to the Pacific and beyond. In a region where the news media and journalism education have been forced to confront major hurdles such as military coups, as in Fiji; ethnic conflict, as in the Solomon Islands; and two rival governments and the ruthless crushing of student protests in Papua New Guinea in June 2016, major questions are faced. Along with critical development issues such as climate change and resources degradation, what are the challenges ahead for teaching contemporary journalists? These were some of the issues explored by this panel at the Fourth World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) conference in Auckland in July 2016. The panel was chaired by the Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie. Speakers were Emily Matasororo of the University of Papua New Guinea, Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific, Misa Vicky Lepou of the National University of Samoa and Charlie David Mandavah of the Vanuatu Institute of Technology. Eliki Drugunalevu of the University of the South Pacific provided a summing up.

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