Education

Some parents overlook the importance of their children developing coping skills and resilience.

With the federal government withdrawing its relief for the childcare sector, a new report argues increasing funding could bolster Australia’s economic recovery.

Mergers can bring universities back from the brink.

Murdoch University has signalled it will cut staff ahead of 2021, one day after Curtin University confirmed it was considering widespread redundancies.

Approximately nine in ten graduates from WA's universities are in full-time employment three years after finishing their studies, according to new, federally-funded survey data.

University arts students have been told to "mix and match" subjects as the federal education minister tries to double their fees.

Adolescent lying may be a normal phase of growing up, but it nevertheless requires careful management by parents and educators.

Four schools and a TAFE in the Pilbara have received $93.5 million in state government funding today, including in Roebourne and Karratha.

Giving students the opportunity to use their problem-solving skills in real world settings has been the foundation of All Saints’ College’s initiative ‘The Agency’, which allows students to undertake work opportunities within the school.

It’s time to rethink how we motivate students to achieve, and whether current strategies are doing more harm than good.

TAFE education injects $92 billion to Australia's economy each year, according to a report that calls for a major increase in funding to the sector.

Western Australia’s public schools have been hit hard by the growth in funding for non-government schools during the past decade, according to a new report.

Choosing the right school for your child is among a parent’s most important jobs.

Thousands of university staff jobs could have been saved if the government had not cut the sector out of JobKeeper wage subsidies.

The state government is spending $167.4 million in upgrades to TAFE colleges around Western Australia, while also announcing reforms to skills, training and workforce development.

The University of Western Australia’s new vice-chancellor plans to shift the institution’s focus.

Scott Millar did not have a lot of experience or credentials at the age of 14 when, spurred on by a school project, he started selling trinkets and jewellery at his local markets.

Western Australian universities are facing the prospect of diminishing returns as fee overhauls and fewer international students weigh on the sector’s growth prospects.

Boards are increasingly playing a more meaningful part in influencing the culture at their schools.

The state government will provide up to $6,000 in financial support to employers that take on an apprentice or trainee previously displaced due to COVID-19.

Some of Western Australia’s most prominent private and independent schools have amassed financial reserves worth tens of millions of dollars in recent decades, with endowment fees supporting the ongoing investments of their associated foundations.

Public schools in Bayswater, Kenwick and Lathlain are among 29 set to be designated as independent public schools from semester two.

School leaders can no longer view social media as an add-on, but rather embrace it as a must-have.

Students in Western Australia are among those least likely to have been affected by remote learning arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from The Grattan Institute.

With_Architecture Studio has secured the contract to design a $60 million secondary school in Piara Waters, which will open to year seven students in 2023.

New research from StudyPerth suggests enrolments of international students in the state’s schools could have as much value to the wider economy as that provided by the tertiary sector.

Curtin University will join Cisco, Optus, and La Trobe University to establish a new cross-industry alliance aimed at using their collective resources to address changing digital infrastructure and stimulate economic activity.

WA’s universities are not the only businesses bearing the brunt of fewer international students, with the economic fallout likely to extend to the state’s property, retail and transport sectors.

The state government will no doubt take comfort from polling that suggests most Western Australians are happy with closed borders.

Murdoch University has withdrawn legal action against staff and senate member Gerd Schröder-Turk after the academic had reportedly criticised the university’s admission processes for international students.

OPINION: Finding the balance between a school’s governance and management requires clear communication and an agreed direction.

Curtin has continued its slow improvement while UWA's standing has dropped in the latest QS World University Rankings.