Two senior Training Instructors Swaran Ravindra and Ashutosh Maharaj from Fiji National University’s (FNU) National Training and Productivity Centre’s (NTPC) were guest presenters during an online seminar hosted by the University of West Indies earlier this month. The IT professionals spoke about Ethics in Information Technology to 70 university students. In his presentation, Maharaj highlighted…Read More

This Accord calls upon we, the world’s universities and colleges to embed the Sustainable Development Goals into our education, research, leadership, operations, administration and engagement activities. We, the SDG Accord Signatories, recognise: The indivisible and interconnected nature of the universal set of Goals – People, Prosperity, Planet, Partnership, Peace That, as educators, we have a…Read More

Fiji National University (FNU) graduate Pranish Kumar believes that his personal character, positive mental attitude, good work habits and above all, his education at FNU’s College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies (CBHTS) have led him to his successful career.  Originally from Coral Coast Sigatoka, Kumar had set his sights on a career in the…Read More

The Fiji National University (FNU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Toby Wilkinson has categorically rejected claims made on social media that students residing at the hostel on Nasinu Campus do not have food. “There is simply no truth in this claim,” stated Professor Wilkinson. “We have repeatedly made it clear that the welfare of our students is our…Read More

Fijian Seafaring History Ever since people of Lapita culture of the prehistoric Austronesians paddled their canoes across the Pacific and settled in our land, Fijians have had a passionate attachment to the sea. The seafaring culture was truly embedded in islanders when navigators like James Cook visited Lau Islands in 1774 and the arrival of…Read More