Fiji National University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba

14/09/2026

📜Vice-Chancellor's Weekly Message.
Be blessed!

13/09/2026

I returned from a productive week in Perth, Western Australia, where I attended the 51st ACIAR Policy Advisory Council meeting – PAC51.

PAC51 was an enriching week of engagement; from a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony with Noongar Elders at Herdsman Lake, to meeting ACIAR Commissioners, farming and agribusiness stakeholders at Anameka Farms in Tammin, and senior leaders and researchers from Curtin University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia.

We also connected with InterGrain, representatives of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, John Allwright Fellows studying in Western Australia, and attended the University of Western Australia Farmridge Open Day.

It was a week of learning, meaningful connections and new opportunities.

Vinaka vakalevu, ACIAR, for a memorable PAC51!

05/09/2026

FNU's Natabua Campus Choir yesterday received their new uniforms, donated by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor.

There is something special about hearing our FNU voices come together in song.

We are working towards establishing choirs across all our campuses, alongside other cultural activities that will give our students and staff opportunities to express their talents and celebrate who we are.

To our Natabua Choir, wear your uniforms with pride and continue using your voices to bring joy to our FNU Vuvale. I look forward to hearing you and other campuses choir sing.

Vinaka vakalevu.

04/09/2026

I was pleased to join the Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry yesterday for the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fiji National University (FNU).

This partnership is about bringing people, knowledge and ideas together. One of the exciting possibilities we are exploring is a practical ‘Blue Hub’ for applied learning and innovation, where students, government, scientists, researchers, communities, farmers, industry and development partners can work together on issues that matter to Fiji.

The MoU provides a strong foundation for collaboration in fisheries-related training, research and development, industrial attachments, workforce development, shared research and training facilities, research publications and postgraduate supervision.

For me, this is about creating more opportunities for our students to learn from real-world experience, for researchers to work alongside industry and communities, and for good ideas to move from research into practical solutions.

There is great potential in this partnership, and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together for Fiji’s blue economy and for the generations to come.

03/09/2026

“The MOU gives us a five-year platform to connect and exchange ideas and expertise, fisheries-related training, the identification of research and operational gaps, industrial attachments for FNU fisheries students, joint research and development, the sharing of appropriate research and training facilities, publication of research outcomes, workforce capacity building and, where needed, co-supervision of postgraduate students."

Honourable Alitia Bainivalu
Minister for Fisheries and Forestry

03/09/2026

"We are hopeful that there will be three key areas we can work on and progress before December this year. These include having our team visit Colo-i-Suva Forest, while also exploring the potential of agriculture and mariculture in Fiji. We could perhaps begin with Navua Aqua Farms, where there has already been significant interest in opportunities for collaboration among the farms."

Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba
Vice-Chancellor
Fiji National University

03/09/2026

A new ‘Blue Hub’ could soon bring students, researchers, industry and government closer together to grow Fiji’s blue economy.

The vision took shape yesterday as the Fiji National University (FNU) and the Ministry of Fisheries, Fiji signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at FNU’s Nasinu Campus.

The partnership opens up opportunities for fisheries training, research and development, industrial attachments, workforce development, shared facilities, research publications and postgraduate supervision.

The MoU is about bringing people and ideas together, from students and scientists to communities, farmers, industry and development partners, to work on Fiji’s priorities and turn research into solutions that can make a real difference.

With a shared focus on learning, innovation and sustainable use of our marine resources, FNU and the Ministry are looking ahead to new possibilities for Fiji’s blue economy.

02/09/2026

A Call-to-Action!

"Do not let today end in agreement. Let it end in a document. A Call-to-Action, naming what must change, that can be carried to the Ministry, to the Vanua and to the Great Council of Chiefs. If you produce it, this University will carry it."

Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba
Vice-Chancellor

📍Reframing the National GBV Response
PIHRS 2026

02/09/2026

“Fiji National University is ready to play a part today in signing with you and committing everything FNU is. We at FNU are of the view that whatever we do with the Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways, will be additive. The MoU today also says that agriculture remains central to Fiji's food and nutrition security."

Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba
Vice-Chancellor
Fiji National University