13/03/2013
12/03/2013
Council Reform and the Financially Sustainable Universities in PNG
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| Sir Nagora Bogan, the new UNITECH Chancellor with members of the management team and staff. |
While the government today deliberates among other things on how to react to the UNITECH SRC student petition, which is widely supported by the UNITECH staff, we can reflect briefly on the bigger picture.
Why do episodes like my deportation lead to these expressions of much wider discontent? As a foreign university executive I will confine my remarks here to university governance, and not make comments on national governance issues.
It is no secret that the state of the universities in PNG leaves much to be desired, and is mission critical. The precarious situation at UPNG is widely known, for example, and was recently reviewed by Scott MacWilliam.
11/03/2013
My Second Unlawful Deportation
Déjà vu revisited: Factor X & another deportation - Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG ATTITUDE
Keith Jackson in the PNG Attitude blog did a piece on my second deportation.
With my first (8 February) and second (9 March) forcible and arbitrary deportation, we are talking here about the systematic violation of a rather fundamental human right, Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, reads,
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In this piece I make an appeal directly to PM, who did so much to try to make peace at UNITECH.
I believe if we involve the main stakeholders (including my person), the type of mis-communication regarding my return, as well as the undignified battles of words in the press (e.g. "He is VC" "No he is not VC"), which we saw last week can no longer occur.
Keith Jackson in the PNG Attitude blog did a piece on my second deportation.
With my first (8 February) and second (9 March) forcible and arbitrary deportation, we are talking here about the systematic violation of a rather fundamental human right, Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, reads,
- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
- (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Please do not be scared to leave your comments and opinions. Subscribe to our blogs with your email and you will get regular updates.
In this piece I make an appeal directly to PM, who did so much to try to make peace at UNITECH.
I believe if we involve the main stakeholders (including my person), the type of mis-communication regarding my return, as well as the undignified battles of words in the press (e.g. "He is VC" "No he is not VC"), which we saw last week can no longer occur.
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