Education

The annual reports of WA’s four public universities reveal wide variations in their income streams and financial performance.

The state government has revealed the new leadership structure of the five Tafe colleges that will be administering 70 campuses as part of a reform project.

Australia's fledgling medicinal cannabis market continues to gain momentum, with MGC Pharmaceuticals planning an entry.

Education provider Navitas has reaffirmed its full-year $163 million earnings guidance after reporting flat overall student enrolment numbers for the first semester of the year.

AS contributions to science go, the Busselton Health Study is among Western Australia’s most significant offerings.

Political leaders would do well to read a recent UWA report, which targets unsustainable expenditure and plots a prudent economic pathway.

Medibank Private has hired Craig Drummond, an experienced banker who helped transform National Australia Bank, to run Australia's biggest private health provider.

Shares in TW Holdings slumped sharply today after it announced a backdoor listing of medical cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings, the second deal of this type involving members of the Washer family.

The University of Western Australia will proceed with its renewal program, including the consolidation of eight faculties into four, after a previously announced move to reduce staff was halted by industrial action.

John van Bockxmeer has been named a 40under40 finalist for his commitment to creating healthier WA communities. He has also been recognised with the Inspiring Possibilities award. 

It appears Water Corporation employees know the value of precious liquid more than most, with the government-owned entity recording the most blood donations of any Western Australian organisation for a fifth year in a row.

Private health insurers will increase their premiums by more than 5 per cent within weeks after winning approval from Health Minister Sussan Ley.

Medical marijuana company MMJ Phytotech has tapped investors for a $5 million capital raising to fund its entry into the Australian market.

A recent participant in Fortescue Metals Group’s VTEC program has notched up another notable achievement, having slipped into the role of ‘chief executive for a day’ as part of the miner’s unique approach to creating opportunities for Aboriginal people.

A private company backed by Curtin University has announced a breakthrough in the treatment of several cancers in small animals, with trials set to commence in humans and dogs. 

The future of a not-for-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre considered among the strictest in Australia is in doubt due to a planning dispute.

Profit has soared at Australia's biggest private health insurer Medibank Private, thanks to premium rises and a crackdown on improper health insurance claims.

Almost 80 contract variations worth more than $81 million tripled the cost of a Department of Health central computing services contract, with issues including more than 60 per cent of data racks going unused, the auditor general revealed today.

The Lions Eye Institute is developing a study aimed at ameliorating high rates of short sightedness among Asians, while at the same time attracting more overseas students to Western Australia’s universities.

Healthy employees bring obvious benefits to the workplace, but how their personal medical details are used may have unintended consequences.

Two separate UWA studies have unearthed surprising findings about what drives frustrations between drivers and cyclists, and how liveable Perth is (and could be) in terms of ‘walkability’.

Perth is now home to 19 Piddington Justice Fellows, the first graduating cohort of a program that connects recent law graduates struggling to find compulsory work experience with cash-strapped comm

Richard Johnson reckons he’d be a millionaire if he had a dollar for every time an adult walked into his laboratory at Rostrata Primary School and said: “Wow, I wish I had this when I was a kid.”

More than 140 local health and medical research institutions are set to benefit from an $8 million grant provided by the state government.

Murdoch University is seeking to capitalise on WA’s growing health industry with a new course aimed at creating better management and leaders.

A custom mouthguards maker that boasts AFL coach John Worsfold as a director has announced plans to list on the ASX through the reverse takeover of Perth-based explorer Mount Magnet South.

Crescent Capital Partners-controlled National Dental Care has entered the Western Australian market through the acquisition of Perth-based DB Dental for an undisclosed sum.

Perth-based regenerative medicine company Avita Medical says it will be able to focus more on its core ReCell technology after completing the sale of its respiratory business for $2.47 million.

Education provider Navitas has posted a solid half-year result but expects earnings to remain in line with its FY15 result, with contract losses to affect the business over the next six months.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA’s Energy Apprenticeships Group has kicked off with 16 process operator apprentices to begin their four-year training today.

Disability services provider Rocky Bay has taken over the services of 45-year-old agency Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Western Australia.

Parents who send their children to private schools in 2016 are paying on average 2.2 times more than they did a decade ago.