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Articles

  1. 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...

    Copyright in education: bringing the classroom to life
  2. 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.

    Pacific educators stand in solidarity for climate justice and a just transition in first-ever climate conference
  3. Equity and inclusion 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),...

    Great steps forward for teaching and research at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
  4. 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
  5. Union renewal and development 12 June 2022

    Solidarity sparks union renewal programme in Asia-Pacific

    Thanks to the support of the Australian Education Union (AEU), the Education International’s Asia-Pacific (EIAP) regional office/Council of Pacific Education (COPE) was able to organise a strategic planning meeting on trade union renewal for members of the Fiji Teachers’ Union and the Fijian Teachers’ Association.

    Solidarity sparks union renewal programme in Asia-Pacific
  6. Standards and working conditions 4 February 2022

    Fiji: Teachers’ union sharp reply to Minister on undermining the positions of school leaders

    The Fiji Teachers’ Union (FTU) has responded firmly to the announcement by Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, Premila Kumar , on 20 January of a change in the minimum qualification requirement (MQR) for secondary school leadership positions. In particular, the union condemned the change as sudden and insufficiently motivated...

    Fiji: Teachers’ union sharp reply to Minister on undermining the positions of school leaders
All articles: Fiji

Development Cooperation Projects

  1. 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
    COPE Regional Youth Training Program
All Development Cooperation Projects: Fiji

Resources

Name Date Type Lang

Access and Use of Teaching and Research Materials from A Copyright Perspective in Fiji and the Philippines

Executive summary
26 September 2023 file Download
Research findings
26 September 2023 file Download

Education and copyright: Perspectives from the classroom

15 March 2023 file Download

Union Renewal in the Education Sector: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific

10 August 2021 file Download

Affiliates

  1. Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff

    AUSPS
    http://www.usp.ac.fj tel: +679 323.21.60 fax: +679 323.15.12
    P.O. Box U49 University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus Suva