Postgraduate students – apply for a funded international remote internship with Think Pacific
BU is offering postgraduate students the opportunity to apply for a fully funded remote online internship with award-winning organisation Think Pacific this summer. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable work experience and improve your global skills whilst travel is limited.
The deadline to apply for this opportunity is 23:00, Wednesday 9 June 2021 (BST). Further details about the remote internship and how to apply are below.
International remote internship with Think Pacific in Fiji
Think Pacific work in partnership with the Fijian Government and major Fijian NGO s to tackle international development issues. They support Fijian government ministries, businesses and charities, to implement the Fiji National Development Plan and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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For the first time in Fiji’s history our national debt level has exceeded the GDP. It is time to ask where the borrowed billions are going :Mahendra Chaudhry, Leader Fiji Labour Party .
It had become quite clear even before the Covid pandemic struck, that government finances were in a precarious state, business confidence had fallen to record lows and banks had tightened up on credit.
Government revenues were down – substantially below Budget – creating large fiscal deficits which were funded by both internal and external borrowings. There were no signs of recovery from this downward spiral as our exports had plunged, tourism earnings had peaked and investment levels remained stagnant.
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Exporting marijuana for medicinal purposes recommended during Uni Fiji round table discussions
Exporting marijuana for medicinal purposes recommended during Uni Fiji round table discussions
Acting Vice Chancellor for Uni Fiji Professor Shaista Shameem and Uni Fiji’s Professor Tupeni Baba.
The idea of possibly exporting marijuana for medicinal purposes as an alternative to earn export funds has been recommended during the round table discussions held at Uni Fiji in Saweni.
Fiji’s National Development Plan post COVID-19 has been organized by Uni Fiji and had academics and stakeholders from the private sector taking part in it. While speaking after the discussions, the Acting Vice Chancellor for Uni Fiji Professor Shaista Shameem says it is not about people going into the dope industry but it is marijuana for medicinal purposes which is a big industry in the world.
Alternative Industries To Tourism Need To Be Explored: Shameem It’s not about people going into the dope industry as such, but it’s marijuana for medicinal purposes, which is a big industry in the world and the suggestion was that we should look at that from that perspective so that it can earn us the export funds that we need by salote qalubau University of Fiji Acting Vice Chancellor Professor Shaista Shameem
2021-03-27
Alternative sources of income and sustainable industries were discussed during the University of Fiji’s Roundtable on ‘Education and Economic Growth: Remodelling Fiji’s National Development Plan post-COVID-19’.