Name: Isimeli Waibuta Tagicakiverata
Email: isimeli.t@fnu.ac.fj
Position: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (TVET)

He joined the Fiji Institute of Technology (FIT) as a Research Associate and part time lecturer in 2004. Receiving a Fiji Government FAB scholarship, he went to The University of Newcastle in Australia to pursue his doctorate in TVET. In 2013 he returned to Fiji and rejoined FNU as Chief Research Officer TVET, and later as Acting Director TVET. In October 2017 he took on the role of Director NTPC and NPO Head for Fiji. He is also the APO alternate Director for Fiji. Then in 2023 he became Pro Vice Chancellor TVET. He is a member of FITVETA and IVETA and he is a current Board Member of the Centre for Appropriate Technology and Development (CATD).

 

Qualifications:

B.Ed, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
PGDipEd – The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Master of Arts (Education) - The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
PhD (TVET) – The University of Newcastle, Australia

Tagicakiverata, I.W., & Nilan, P., (2018). Veivosaki-yaga: a culturally appropriate Indigenous research method in Fiji, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2017.1422293 Tagicakiverata, I.W. (2016). International TVET Networking and Collaboration in the Pacific Region. In Yasin, Asfa & Shivagunde.R (eds). Emerging Trends in Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Lenin Media, New Delhi. pp. 180-191.