Education

An ageing population and government cuts to funding have driven the aged care sector into unfamiliar territory.

A former Choice Industrial Training employee has been fined nearly $2,300 after being found guilty of falsely assessing candidates for high-risk work licences.

Spray-on skin technology provider Avita Medical has won a contract extension aimed at helping a US biomedical research organisation prepare for treating burns from a nuclear explosion.

Consulting groups Integral Development and Nous Group have won contracts to support development of independent public schools, as part of a range of programs that also include 20 principals per year attending a training program at Harvard University.

St John of God Health Care has agreed to sell its pathology division to private equity backed rival Clinical Labs, after acknowledging the sector was intensely competitive and difficult.

Sydney-based Pulse Health has backed out of plans to buy the Waikiki Private Hospital and the Westminster Day Surgery.

More checks and balances are needed to ensure sub-contractors on government jobs are getting paid, according to a report released today by Auditor-General Colin Murphy.

A creative approach to engagement is the latest weapon in efforts to get the health message out to men. 

Perth-based Avita Medical has expanded its Asian market, signing a deal to have its products distributed in Malaysia.

French hospitality education and training group Le Cordon Bleu has added a school in Perth to its list of more than 50 locations worldwide – the latest in a growing number of international groups bringing Western Australia’s entertainment and tourism offerings to a global audience.

St John Ambulance WA has bought a Perth-based healthcare company as part of a plan to provide urgent care centres across the metropolitan area, and help alleviate pressure on emergency services.

Perth-based education provider Navitas has renewed a program agreement with Edith Cowan University, while extending another for six months while it wraps up contract negotiations with the university.

Training and Workforce Development Minister Liza Harvey today questioned why university students in subjects like ancient history could get more financial assistance than trainees in industries like building and construction.

A professor and his research team focused on antibiotic resistance at the University of Western Australia are the latest recipients of award funding worth $US100,000 ($A138,000) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

A University of Western Australia-backed plan to build a major student accommodation facility in Perth's CBD has made major progress, with a Stirling Street proposal by developer Stirling Capital getting the nod from planning authorities.

An audit of registered training organisations specialising in high-risk work licences has found an alarmingly high level of non-compliance with regulatory standards.

Telstra Health has announced it has won the bid for the $220 million, five-year government contract to deliver the National Cancer Screening Register.

Murdoch University has partnered with a Perth company which plans to use cannabis as a medicinal product, a day after scientists from the University of Western Australia said cannabis use could damage a person’s DNA.

SPECIAL REPORT: Wealthy Western Australians have made some eye-popping philanthropic pledges over the years but none as large as one of Gina Rinehart’s recent moves.

SPECIAL REPORT: Activ Foundation and the Royal Flying Doctor Service are Western Australia’s two largest not-for-profit charities, yet they have very different approaches to philanthropy and fundraising.

PHOTO ESSAY: With our special report into Universities in next week’s paper, Business News has taken the opportunity to speak to some recent and soon to be university graduates about what looms ahead as they make the big transition into the workforce.

The long-standing head of major private school Aquinas College, Mark Sawle, is taking something of sea change to become principal of a regional independent school.

SPECIAL REPORT: The people who lead Western Australia’s universities agree the sector faces enormous change, with emerging technology and potential new entrants among the biggest challenges.

SPECIAL REPORT: The opening last month of a WA-backed college in China, and the visit this week by a high-powered WA delegation to Indonesia, highlight the state’s renewed focus on the multi-billion dollar international education market.

Balcatta-based PS Structures has won a $28.5 million contract for expansion work at Churchlands Senior High School, which is suffering from capacity constraints.

Curtin University expects to start building up to 1,400 new student accommodation beds at its Bentley Campus by the middle of next year, after officially putting out the call for development partners for the first phase of its Greater Curtin vision today.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state government is pursuing major reforms to the training sector, at a time when national data on traineeships and apprenticeships tells a surprising story for WA.

Local company FIRM Construction has won a $15.1 million contract for work on the second stage of Joseph Banks Secondary College in Banksia Grove.

Young medical entrepreneur Michael Winlo has returned from New York with plans to expand a unique clinical testing business in Nedlands.

Two of WA’s most successful charity events raised a total of $4.6 million this month, but not all fundraisers are achieving similar results

The state government has awarded building and construction contracts to a number of local businesses, including Perkins Builders, with the combined value of the contracts worth about $37.3 million.

Perth-based law firm Jackson McDonald has honoured a former partner by funding an emerging cancer researcher as part of a record $4 million in grants announced by the Cancer Council WA today.