{"id":294037,"date":"2025-11-19T04:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/294037\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T04:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:10:05","slug":"future-scientists-at-risk-as-physics-numbers-drop-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/294037\/","title":{"rendered":"Future scientists at risk as physics numbers drop \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FNU-physics-.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Photo Credit: FNU]<\/p>\n<p>Declining interest in physics in the Pacific has raised concern about the region\u2019s future scientific capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Fiji states action is now needed.<\/p>\n<p>At the IUPAP Pasifika Summit in Nadi, Vice-Chancellor Professor Shaista Shameem said many students see physics as too hard.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She said the subject was still exciting, relevant and central to solving real problems.<\/p>\n<p>She also noted that physics drives climate modelling, renewable energy work and new technology. These areas are crucial for Pacific countries acing rising climate threats.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Shameem pointed to UniFiji\u2019s growing programs and research. She highlighted Associate Professor Ramendra Prasad\u2019s work on the IPCC\u2019s Seventh Assessment Report as an example of regional impact.<\/p>\n<p>The summit brought together Pacific delegates and global partners including IUPAP President Professor Silvina Ponce Dawson and ICTP representatives.<\/p>\n<p>They agreed the region needs fresh pathways, stronger partnership and new teaching styles to attract young physicists.<\/p>\n<p>UniFiji adds that it remains committed to building STEM skills and strengthening regional expertise.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo Credit: FNU] Declining interest in physics in the Pacific has raised concern about the region\u2019s future scientific&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[64,63,292,128],"class_list":["post-294037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-physics","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-physics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}