For many students, discovering the right career pathway begins with a conversation. For Varanisese Michelle Vakula, that conversation is an opportunity to listen, understand a young person’s aspirations, and help them see possibilities they may never have considered. As an Outreach Specialist at the Fiji National University (FNU), Ms Vakula has spent the…Read More

The Fiji National University (FNU) is looking at how it can strengthen its role in preventing violence against women and girls through education, research, student engagement and community work.  This was highlighted during the National Action Plan for Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (NAP PVAWG) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Training and Consultation…Read More

  The Fiji National University is where Pravin Akhil Narain journey began. More than a decade after first walking into FNU as a Media and Journalism student in 2012, Narain has returned to the University in a different capacity – as a Master’s by Research student, exploring the evolving relationship between journalism, citizen journalism, misinformation,…Read More

  A simple question from a schoolgirl recently reminded Acting Manager Outreach, Vijayta Sharma, why she loves what she does. After completing an outreach session at a school in the West, a female student approached her and asked, “Madam, what do I study if I want to be like you?” For Ms Sharma, the question…Read More

  A single sentence from a biology teacher, changed the course of Monisha Shivani Prasad’s life. It was an ordinary Form 5 biology class at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Suva, when the topic of ship captains came up. Her teacher, Mrs Davui, remarked that she had never seen a female captain before. The words…Read More