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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025 Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
Oliver Mawhinney
44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.
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Standards and working conditions 24 February 2025 Fired for speaking up against a dictatorial Vice Chancellor
Tamara Osborne-Naikatini
Working as a Biology lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has always been a labour of love for me. Spread over thousands of kilometers of oceanic expanse and hundreds of lush tropical islands, spanning twelve countries in the (generally) South Pacific region, the university’s domain is truly...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 September 2023 Copyright in education: bringing the classroom to life
Dr Dara Dimitrov
As the daughter of a refugee, education as a necessity was drummed into me. ‘You need to get a good education’ was my father’s lead mantra. My father was denied that right, and although he spoke seven languages, he could barely read one. My father saw education as a way...
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Climate action and literacy 17 August 2023 Pacific educators stand in solidarity for climate justice and a just transition in first-ever climate conference
Pacific educators affirmed their commitment to climate justice and to advance a just transition during a conference hosted by Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) and the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) in Lautoka, Fiji on May 23-25, 2023.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 April 2023 Great steps forward for teaching and research at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
The 43rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded with major wins for the rights of teachers and researchers to adapt and choose materials for quality education and research. Education International participated together with member organisations CONADU (Argentina), AUSPS (Fiji),...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 November 2022 The Copyright Experience of the University of the South Pacific: a Union Perspective
Elizabeth Reade Fong
Legislation is meant not only to protect but to bring equity. And copyright legislation is not meant to be any different. However, the reality on the ground in a developing country like Fiji has only reinforced the inequity of access to and, more importantly, the use of information for learning...
The Copyright Experience of the University of the South Pacific: a Union Perspective
Development Cooperation Projects
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COPE Regional Youth Training Program
- Host organizations
- All COPE Affiliates
- Cooperating organizations
- COPE DC Partners – AEU, IEU, NZPPTA, NZEI
- Countries
- Fiji - COPE (Pacific)
- Start date
- 15 October 2019
- End date
- 17 October 2019
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Global Response
- Host organizations
- COPE
- Cooperating organizations
- COPE unions
- Countries
- Pacific Islands (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu)
- Start date
- 1 June 2019
- End date
- 31 October 2019
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FTU & FTA International Women’s Day Celebration
- Host organizations
- Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) and Fijian Teachers Association (FTA) - Fiji
- Cooperating organizations
- COPE DC Partners – AEU, IEU, NZPPTA, NZEI
- Countries
- Fiji - COPE (Pacific)
- Start date
- 8 March 2019
- End date
- 8 March 2019
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Capacity Building Workshop “Teachers Unions for Inclusion: Embracing Diversity and Promoting Safe Schools
- Host organizations
- Fijian Teachers Association (FTA), Fiji Teachers Union (FTU), Association of University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS)
- Cooperating organizations
- EI & UNESCO Bangkok Office
- Countries
- Fiji - Pacific
- Start date
- 3 December 2018
- End date
- 4 December 2018
Affiliates
Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff
AUSPSP.O. Box U49 University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus SuvaFiji Teachers' Union
FTUP.O. Box 2203 SuvaFijian Teachers' Association
FTAP.O. Box 14464 Suva