Category: Education

France and Australia fraternize…

Posted by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

The US ambassador visits New Caledonia and Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Culture, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

Denise Campbell Bauer, is in Noumea from Tuesday 24 October. She will then travel to Papeete. This...

New Caledonia and the SPC strengthen their ties

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Education, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, and the President of the South...

The University of New Caledonia opens up further to the Pacific zone

by Ted Wood | Aug 25, 2023 | Area, Culture, Education, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific

The University of New Caledonia has just received substantial financial support from the French...

Traditional medicine at university

by Ted Wood | Aug 3, 2023 | Area, Education, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Pacific

A course in ethno-medicine will be offered next year to students at the University of New...

Three researchers from the University of New Caledonia among the most cited scientists in the world in 2021

by Ted Wood | Dec 14, 2022 | Area, Education, New Caledonia

Three researchers from the University of New Caledonia have made it onto the Standford list. The list distinguishes the scientists who have had the greatest impact in 2021, on a global scale. As it does every year, the...

Students will not have exams at the end of the year

by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Education, New Caledonia

They will be assessed throughout the year in a continuous assessment The health crisis has caused a small school revolution in New Caledonia. For 2021, the two confinements have made young people miss two months of teaching....

Covid-19: More fatalities in French Polynesia than in Australia

by Ted Wood | Nov 11, 2020 | Breaking News, Education, French Polynesia, Healthcare

French Polynesia has more Covid-19 deaths than the world average. To that day, 49 people have died...

Former Caledonian High Commissioner at the Elysée Palace
Former haussaire Patrice Faure has been appointed to the strategic position of director of the Élysée cabinet. The new arrival is a 56-year-old former non-commissioned officer who worked for the DGSE (secret service). He was prefect in the Morbihan region and above all high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, where he was responsible for organizing the referendum on self-determination. He greeted the French President in French Guiana in 2017 with a resounding: "The problem with the French administration is that there are more underpants than balls!