Education

Education services provider Navitas has secured its eighth partner in North America following today’s announcement that it has signed an agreement with the University of Idaho.

Local not-for-profit group Ausum Initiatives has teamed up with Kulbardi, a partly owned and managed Aboriginal office supplies company, to deliver an intensive entrepreneur program for young Aboriginal men and women.

Dawn Freshwater has been named vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia, filling the role left vacant when Paul Johnson departed the institution last year.

Local disability services provider Kira has appointed not-for-profit executive Vik Jeyakumar to lead the organisation as its new chief executive from February 6. 

There are vacant CEO positions at two ASX-listed healthcare businesses, with Peter Gregg resigning from his role at Primary Health Care and Gilman Wong sacked from Sirtex Medical following an investigation into his share trading with the business.

SPECIAL REPORT: More than 5 million jobs in Australia are at risk of digital disruption during the next 20 years, with a range of industries having already exchanged human capital for automated software and machinery. 

SPECIAL REPORT: Several high-profile schools have announced plans for restrained fee changes, including some freezes and reductions, in order to stay competitive after several years of weak economic performance in Western Australia. 

SPECIAL REPORT: As Australian businesses grapple with a rapidly evolving and increasingly digitised economy, educators are shifting focus to the skills required in an uncertain future. 

BGC Construction, EMCO Building and Adco Constructions are among a number of local builders which have received a combined $48.3 million worth of contracts for work on police stations and new public schools.

Treasurer Mike Nahan says most of the 10,000 defects at the new Perth Children’s Hospital revealed in public documents have been fixed, but he’s hesitant to pinpoint when the already delayed facility will finally open its doors.

Brightwater Care Group CEO Jennifer Lawrence joined Business News for lunch at Julio’s to discuss some of the challenges facing the aged care and disability services sectors.

Perth could have a world-class integrated breast cancer treatment and research centre by 2020 if a local not-for-profit group is successful in raising more than $5 million. 

Perth-based Orthocell has raised $4 million to fund ongoing development of its regenerative medicine products.

The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.

Staff at Perth's ageing Princess Margaret Hospital are said to be under strain as maintenance work slows and supplies run low in anticipation of the move to the long-delayed new children's hospital.

The Arcadia music festival and its giant scrap metal spider landed at Elizabeth Quay last weekend and lit up Perth’s dance scene, but there is more to the fire-breathing robot than meets the eye. 

The state government has announced a $30 million upgrade of Margaret River Senior High School to boost its capacity to 1,200 students.

Girls will be eligible to attend secondary school at Guildford Grammar from 2018, more than 40 years after admission was extended to both genders at the campus’s primary education facilities.

Medibank boss Craig Drummond has committed to halting the decline in the private health insurer's market share by overhauling its approach to customers.

Perth-based companies K2fly, Zelda Therapeutics and Impression Healthcare have wrapped up their first day of trading on the ASX after completing reverse takeovers, with Impression, which counts John Worsfold as a director, the only one to post a gain.

Bayswater-based recycling company Resource Recovery Solutions was fined $85,000 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the death of a worker in September 2013, when the roof of a unit inside its plant collapsed under the weight of debris.

Western Australia needs to sell itself better as a destination for international students, with the state’s share of foreign students studying in Australia plunging over the past 13 years, accordin

WA’s disability service providers are continuing to innovate despite being left in limbo pending a decision on the implementation of the NDIS.

A small school in Coolgardie has not let its remote location compromise the ability to provide opportunities for students beyond the classroom.

Plans for a $27.3 million, three-storey preparatory school at Christ Church Grammar School in Claremont have received provisional approval.

Freedom and flexibility are in high demand for Western Australians when it comes to working from home, according to new research from telco giant Telstra.

Parents of children with severe disabilities are demanding answers from Western Australia's Disability Services Commission after funding for their care centre was cut.

A neuroscience-focused business that has been backed by the Perth-based Trevisan family has made a solid debut on the ASX after completing a $7 million initial public offering led by Azure Capital.

Medical not-for-profit company Linear Clinical Research was among a diverse group of businesses to win plaudits at the recent WA Industry and Export Awards.

Lions Eye Institute founder Ian Constable has been recognised by the University of Western Australia which will name a new senior academic role after him.

The state government has said the new Perth Children’s Hospital, which has been plagued by delays, won’t open before February next year.

Private health insurer Medibank Private no longer has any investments in tobacco companies.