About USP Lautoka Campus
USP Lautoka Campus is one of the two Distance & Flexible Learning (DFL) Centres of USP in Fiji, the other being Fiji Centre Northern in Labasa. USP Lautoka Campus represents the USP in the Western Divsion.
It offers courses mainly in the distance and flexible (DFL) mode. However, vocational courses, preparing students directly for labour market such as IT courses are also offered.
USP Lautoka Campus's Mission
The USP Lautoka Campus's mission is to:
- represent USP in the Western Division.
- provide relevant education to the local community, including formal tertiary education, professional development and vocational education and training.&
- inform and educate the local community through both non-formal and formal means about the social, political, economic and technical developments that have a direct bearing on its well-being.
History
USP Lautoka Campus, which came into existence in 2001 as a sub centre for the then Fiji Centre, became a full USP Centre of USP Fiji CEntre, at the begining of 2004. Over the years, it continued to operate as one of the three sub Centres of the Fiji Centre. During it establishment, the Centre was located on the first floor of the FNPF building on Drasa Avenue in Lautoka.
USP Lautoka Campus caters for a geographical area the extends from Rakiraki in the north of Viti Levu, via Tavua, Ba, Lautoka and Nadi to Sigatoka in the south of the islands, as well as the Yasawa groups. The two centres located at the extremes of the region, have mini library facilities looked after by the school librarians. The principals of these schools co-ordinate the local affairs of these sub centres, which includes other support to DFL students.
The New Location
USP Lautoka Campus has moved to a new site, opposite MH hyper market, Western House, Vidilo Street Lautoka. Unlike the old centre which had serious space problems, the new centre is much larger enabling us to offer more and better services. Our library can accommodate more students now with computers set up for students to do research over the internet .
Each student is required to book the PC for 2 hours before s/he can use the computers. Booking can be done with the security.Our computer labs are reserved for classes that are conducted during the day time. However, when the classes are not on, students can use the labs to access Moodle and studenet.Our new campus now also accomodates 3 computer labs.
Our spacious VBC room can now seat up to 70 students. It provides the students with the options of viewing the lessons on a 40-inch TV screen, or displaying it on a large screen with the help of an LCD projector. The new centre has a lecture room, now allowing us to hold lectures and public seminars in-house. An activity room is also available for cultural and leisure activities.
