FIJI National University (FNU) vice-chancellor Professor Nigel Healey has resigned.
In a statement yesterday, the university confirmed the FNU Council would appoint an acting vice-chancellor as the university waited for the arrival of a new vice-chancellor.
Dr Rajesh Chandra, the chancellor and chair of FNU council, said Prof Healey’s resignation would be effective from March 31, 2020.
Prof Healey joined FNU on August 1, 2016.
Dr Chandra said FNU would commence an international recruitment process for Prof Healey’s successor shortly and would ensure that FNU recruited the best person to build on its vision for the future to be Fiji’s premier national university.
“Nigel has been an outstanding vice-chancellor and an important part of the FNU family,” he said.
“He has rationalised and modernised the university’s core learning, teaching and research systems and processes, as well as the administrative and management structure and systems.
“The Fijian Government has increased its contributions to FNU very substantially in the last few years, allowing an unprecedented expansion of its physical and virtual resources.”
He said Prof Healey had built a very good team and cultivated a positive relationship with staff and students, as well as with the stakeholders.
“I know Nigel has found this role one of his most challenging and rewarding in his career and he leaves a great legacy.
“The council found him to be an excellent leader who related to the council very well.
“We will all miss him as we embark on the next decade of FNU’s expansion and transformation into a premier university.”
