Education

The University of Western Australia has selected Canadian academic Amit Chakma as its new vice-chancellor, replacing Dawn Freshwater who is moving to a new role in New Zealand next year.

Curtin University has announced the departure of vice-chancellor Deborah Terry, who will take up the role of vice-chancellor at the University of Queensland.

Crothers Construction and Badge Constructions have begun work on two separate school upgrades, worth a respective $10 million and $9 million.

The state government today announced it will provide $30 million in funding over five years to the The Clontarf Foundation, allowing the sports academy to operate in 30 Western Australian schools as of 2020.

A series of award wins for student-developed web app Collective Care have brought attention to Seton Catholic College's project based learning class.

OPINION: Self-trolling represents a disturbing new social platform for students who turn to self-harm to express their emotional trauma.

Rio Tinto has partnered with Amazon Web Services and startup accelerator BlueChilli to develop a four-year national program designed to prepare young Australians for a digital workforce.

Curtin University has officially opened its Midland campus, part of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority's plan to reposition the former railway workshops as a medical and education hub.

St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls has purchased a 7.4 hectare property in Pemberton for its new Yeagarup Campus.

Curtin University has appointed Perth-based agencies Longreach Media and Carat Perth to work on the university's domestic media planning and buying.

International School of Western Australia principal Maria Coate has taken a period of leave following the opening of a WorkSafe investigation.

OPINION: Businesses need to step up and work with schools to support initiatives and programs to counter online bullying.

A suggestion by the Productivity Commission that Australia should employ wellbeing leaders to oversee mental health policy has raised debate over how schools can best approach mental health.

One researcher's experience with mundane jobs has led to her researching how job design affects productivity.

OPINION: Businesses that place emphasis on corporate social responsibility, or CSR, are attracting a growing share of consumer goodwill and spending.

Wesfarmers' newly announced partnership with Rowing WA is part of a broad range of sports-related community programs gaining popularity in WA.

The McGowan has reversed one of its first policy initiatives, announcing over the weekend that Perth will once again be classified as a ‘region', making it easier for international students to gain work after their studies.

Lyndsey Scott's career pathway is unusual, to say the least, and quite likely unique.

A paper has argued Australia should replace its tertiary ranking system with a common curriculum and individual learner profiles.

OPINION: Undermining successful co-workers is not unique to schools, but it goes some way to explaining the under-representation of women in leadership roles.

International students' tuition is one of the state's biggest services exports, though we are losing market share to other states.

The University of Western Australia's 10-year-old Aspire program has worked hard to open the minds of thousands of students from disadvantaged backgrounds to the possibilities offered by tertiary studies.

OPINION: Identifying student with an entrepreneurial bent and streaming their skills would bring a multitude of benefits.

Treasurer Ben Wyatt says Curtin University's $500 million investment in new facilities is indicative of the evolution of universities to provide a wider benefit to surrounding communities.

A training institute that had operations in Western Australia has been slapped with a record $26.5 million penalty and must repay $56 million to the federal government over "callous" student recruitment tactics.

Mining services company Breight Group has established a specialist training centre in Belmont to lift the skill level of workers undertaking maintenance and shutdowns on mine sites.

A recent Grattan Institute report has proposed a $1.6 billion reform package to make careers in teaching more attractive to students with strong ATAR scores.

OPINION: Listening to feedback can be confronting, but failure to do so can be detrimental to a school's performance.

FIRM Construction and McCorkell Constructions have secured school contracts, while Broad Construction and Devlyn Constructions will undertake works for government departments, amid $23 million of new deals announced over the past fortnight.

Synergy has secured a substantial electricity supply deal with the North Metropolitan Health Service, one of several electricity contracts awarded by government agencies in the health and education sectors in recent months.

Former University of Western Australia chancellor Alex Cohen has been remembered as one of the state's most respected medical figures.

Some of Western Australia's top private schools are feeling the effects of the state's ongoing economic malaise, recording a decline in enrolments in recent years.