Web Directory > Pacific > Education

• ANU Pacific Institute : [web site]
  An Australian National University umbrella group which brings together staff and students working in areas of research relating to the Pacific region and its peoples. Includes information about seminars, workshops and events.
  
  
• Centre for Māori and Pacific Development Research
  Research institution at the University of Waikato.
  
  
• Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies
  Interdisciplinary research and teaching programmes at the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. The web site includes the online Oceania Newsletter, supporting bibliographic database and links. Covers Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South East Asia.
  
  
• Commonwealth of Learning : COL in the Pacific
  Commonwealth of Learning is helping developing nations, including small island states in the Pacific, to improve access to quality education and training. The website includes news and features, programmes abd services, knowledge resources and information about the Commonwealth of Learning organisation.
  
  
• Oceania newsletter
  Oceania Newsletter is published by the Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Nijmegen. This newsletter includes progress reports on research projects of members and affiliated members of the CPAS as well as short articles on topical issues concerning the Pacific. It also contains announcements of workshops, seminars, conferences and exhibitions on the Pacific, and a list of recent publications on Oceania. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Pacific Archive of Digital Data for Learning and Education : PADDLE
  Full text access to a comprehensive collection of Pacific education material, developed as part of the PRIDE Project (Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education). The focus is to provide access to education policy, planning and development material.
  
  
• Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance
  PIAS-DG promotes research and learning in the fields of Development Studies, Governance and Pacific Studies, particularly as these relate to the needs of Pacific Island countries. Includes information on courses of study, projects, seminars and conferences.
  
  
• Pacific Islands literacy home page
  Site of LINCS, literacy partners in the Pacific, has details of literacy resources and programs in the Pacific. LINCS literacy partners in the Pacific provides information technologies in the context of literacy instruction and a database of materials.
  
  
• Pacific Open Learning Health Net
  Information about the POLHN programme of distance education courses for health professionals in Pacific Island countries. Includes background documents created by the POLHN task force, student orientation information about POLHN, a course listing, news releases, an online public forum, a Biomedical engineers' forum, course resources and online discussion boards.
  
  
• Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
  A nonprofit corporation dedicated to helping Pacific schools improve educational outcomes by providing research and development opportunities, training, technical assistance, information resource activities and evaluation services. The site provides information about and resources related to PREL's work in the following areas: arts & humanities; assessment & accountability; culture & diversity; educational technology; family & community; health; mathematics & science; planning & policy; professional development; reading & language; school reform; and workforce development. The PREL Online Library contains web-based resources to support Pacific educators in their work, and in their own learning.
  
  
• Pacific Theological College : preparing pastor-scholars for the churches of Oceania
  The inter-denominational, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, graduate theological school for Oceania.
  
  
• Pasifika Education
  Part of the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland. It provides teacher education programmes. Monthly e-Bulletin and power-point shows available online.
  
  
• Polynesian Cultural Center
  The PCC site showcases South Pacific island cultures, with re-created villages, exhibits and hands-on activities. It includes information on Mormon missionaries of Hawai`i, and offers online tickets to the Centre.
  
  
• Polynesian Languages and Literature Group
  POLLI is a group of people sharing an interest in Polynesian languages. Includes includes texts in Polynesian languages and general information about these languages.
  
  
• PRIDE Project
  Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) is funded by the European Union and New Zealand Agency for International Development to improve children's education in Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
  
  
• School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies = Te Tumu
  Otago University's School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies. Course information, staff, policies and practices.
  
  
• South Pacific Board For Educational Assessment
  Information about the SPBEA that was established to deliver assessment and examination services to Pacific countries.
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme : Pacific Centre
  Website of UNDP Pacific Centre includes news, events, publications, and information about the Pacific Centre's work.
  
  
• United Nations System Based in Fiji
  Website of United Nations in Fiji includes information about UN in the Pacific, events, news and links to other UN agencies and publications.
  
  
• USP law
  University of the South Pacific School of Law site. Information about the school, its staff and courses. Also includes online legal materials: a range of judgments, legislation, treaties, conventions and agreements from countries in the South Pacific region.