scholarly journals News from the Australasian Section of the Society for Conservation Biology

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Tish Silberbauer ◽  
Andy Mack ◽  
Karen Firestone
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Biology ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The University

The Pacific nations are isolated, not only in a biogeographical sense, but also in terms of interaction with the broader conservation community. To help address this sense of isolation, increase communication within the Australasian section of the Society for Conservation Biology, and to bring recognition to those working in conservation in this area, the Australasian Section has initiated a "Bula (hello) Column" from the South Pacific. In this issue, Craig Morley, from the University of the South Pacific, gives us an overview of current programmes and some of the challenges faced by conservation scientists in the Pacific.

scholarly journals FORUM: Account transfer

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Elesi Rabuni
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The University

"We are in receipt of your letter dated 28 April 1998 requesting that the balance of the Pacific Journalism Review account SPA 1407 of K1783.42 be transferred to the University of the South Pacific. Rregrettably we cannot accommodate this request..."

scholarly journals UTILIZATION OF BREADFRUIT AS GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR PRODUCT

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alminda Magbalot-Fernandez ◽  
Saikat Kumar Basu ◽  
Hewage Perera ◽  
Losan Madar ◽  
Lutgarda Palomar
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Proximate Analysis ◽  
Food Technology ◽  
Gluten Free ◽  
The South ◽  
Crude Fibre ◽  
Hedonic Rating ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The University

Along with recent health challenges, there is a need to develop more convenient, nutritious, ready-to-eat and tasty breadfruit products to increase available food source and minimize postharvest losses. Hence, this study was conducted at the Food Technology laboratory of the University of the South Pacific, Alafua campus to evaluate healthy product innovations from indigenous crops of the Pacific Island Countries which include breadfruit. The different gluten-free breadfruit flour products developed at the Food Technology laboratory, University of the South Pacific, Alafua campus, Apia, Samoa were breadfruit cookies, breadfruit cake and breadfruit polvoron (powdered candy). The breadfruit flour was analyzed for proximate contents and its products were tested for acceptability of taste using a nine hedonic rating scale. Proximate analysis of the breadfruit flour revealed a higher protein (6.56%), ash (4.78%) and crude fat (1.84%) but lower DM (85.29%) and crude fibre (4.10%) contents than fresh crushed breadfruit. Sensory tests revealed that thirteen percent (13%) of the 30 panels disliked (<5) the breadfruit cookies and polvoron (powdered candy) while eighty-seven percent (87%) rated the products as acceptable (<5) based on a nine-point hedonic rating scale. Moreover, seventeen percent (17%) disliked (<5) the breadfruit cake and eighty-three percent (83%) liked (>5) the product based on a ninepoint hedonic rating scale. These showed that these gluten-free breadfruit flour products are nutritious and tasty with great potential for commercialization.

scholarly journals Learners' access to tools and experience with technology at the University of the South Pacific: Readiness for e-learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shikha Raturi ◽  
Robert Hogan ◽  
Konai Helu Thaman
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
The South ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Pacific Island Countries ◽  
The University

<span>Technology in higher education has become exceedingly popular and useful; however, a digital divide generally applies to the use of technology in education in many developing countries. The Pacific Island countries differ in their technological capacities and infrastructure, with the Fijian capital Suva being most technologically and infrastructurally advanced compared with other towns in Fiji and in other Pacific Island countries. This led the researchers to investigate access to e-learning tools and experience with technology amongst a group of 92 students, ranging from 18 to over 55 years of age, enrolled in postgraduate courses in education at the University of the South Pacific. A survey consisting of questions on age, gender, qualification, professional experience, ethnicity and access to and experience with technology was carried out for one cohort. The findings indicate an encouraging level of readiness for e-learning.</span>

scholarly journals REVIEW: A smoothing journey of wit, serious social issues

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-182
Author(s):  
Lisa Tamanisau
Keyword(s):  
Short Fiction ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Arts And Culture ◽  
The University

Review of Niu Waves, edited by Robert Nicole. Pacific Writing Forum and the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture, University of the South Pacific. Niu Waves is a collection of short fiction and poetry by a group of writers who are dominantly products of Fiji but who are also a part of the Niu Waves Writers' Collective. This was formed in 1995 "to encourage and nurture young writers from the Pacific region" and is informally headquartered at the University of the South Pacific. 

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.

Transcending the colonial gaze: Empathy, agency and community in the South Pacific photography of John Watt Beattie1

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
British Colonialism ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
The Church

For three months in 1906, John Watt Beattie, the noted Australian photographer – at the invitation of the Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, Cecil Wilson – travelling on the church vessel the Southern Cross, photographed people and sites associated with the Melanesian Mission on Norfolk Island and present-day Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. Beattie reproduced many of the 1500-plus photographs from that trip, which he sold in various formats from his photographic studio in Hobart, Tasmania. The photographs constitute a priceless collection of Pacific images that began to be used very quickly in a variety of publications, with or without attribution. I shall examine some of these photographs in the context of the ethos of the Melanesian Mission, British colonialism in the Solomon Islands, and Beattie’s previous photographic experience. I shall argue that Beattie first exhibited a colonial gaze of objectifying his dehumanized exotic subjects (e.g. as ‘savages’ and ‘cannibals’) but with increased familiarity with them, became empathetic and admiring. In this change of attitude, I argue that he effectively transcended his colonial gaze to produce photographs of great empathy, beauty and longevity. At the same time, he became more critical of the colonial enterprise in the Pacific, whether government, commercial or church.

Book Review of Teaching and Learning with Technology: Pushing boundaries and breaking down walls

Open Praxis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 569
Author(s):  
Ramesh Chander Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
The University ◽  
Learning With Technology

Book review of Teaching and Learning with Technology: Pushing boundaries and breaking down walls, edited by Som Naidu and Sharishna Narayan and published in 2020 by The University of the South Pacific Press.

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