Education

The number of applications for university places this year has fallen by 25.4 per cent in Western Australia, as a result of the change 12 years ago in the school starting age.

New housing developments in Perth and the state’s regional centres will increase the potential for future outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, a leading entomologist says.

Pre-school education is powerful, but child care has a different purpose.

Western Australian universities have featured prominently in an expanded research funding program announced by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne, with three resources-related centres scoring nearly $15 million between them.

Treasurer Mike Nahan has flagged the possibility of demolishing and replacing the outdated Royal Perth Hospital with a new tertiary health facility, after the state government was criticised for not setting aside $180 million for a major upgrade.

Just days after it strongly criticised plans for a new medical school at Curtin University, the Australian Medical Association is again at odds with the state government, this time over a restructuring of Healthway.

HBF has announced it will formally merge with its subsidiary HealthGuard, in an effort to save costs and boost efficiency.

WA architects who visit schools on a voluntary basis are incorporating lessons learned when designing new education facilities.

The new chair of the University of Western Australia’s Energy and Minerals Institute says scientists and researchers need to deliver tangible results to their industry partners.

Education services provider Navitas has acquired a majority 51 per cent stake in the University of Canberra College for $4.9 million.

A research centre linked to controversial Danish academic Bjorn Lomborg was to have been placed in the University of Western Australia through a "corrupt" process initiated by the prime minister's office, parliament has been told.

Olivia Humphrey’s tech business is making inroads in the US, without the need for venture capital investment.

WA universities are being recognised for taking a lead role in the provision of more family friendly workplace practices that encourage women back to work.

Universities need to arm graduates with a set of global skills to deal with unprecedented technological change, according to Deborah Terry.

WA’s private colleges are finding it tough to bounce back from the once-high $A and perception of the state as an expensive destination.

The listed education provider has weathered a tough 12 months, but investors will drive renewed support as long as it hits its full-year forecast.

Asset income rather than revenue from students will underwrite the future of WA’s public universities, but only if government policy catches up with the realities of higher education funding click through to see more on our universities feature.

The federal government has contracted four groups in Western Australia to run a new support network designed to lift completion rates for apprentices, but has caused disquiet by excluding a major group-training organisation from the scheme.

Brookfield Multiplex has strengthened its position as the state’s largest construction company after being named prefered contractor for the $207 million Karratha Health Campus, adding to six major projects it currently has underway worth about $2.6 billion.

BHP Billiton has committed $22 million towards influencing the perception of mathematics among girls and young women, in partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Students at the University of Western Australia have partnered with Nedlands-based money manager Viburnum Funds to set up a $20,000 student-run managed fund.

The state education minister has denied the opposition's claims classrooms will suffer as a result of job cuts at public schools.

The falling dollar is attracting foreign students and bolstering fees at WA’s universities, but it’s not clear whether this will restore their once-fat surpluses.

The state government has launched a major review of the Fiona Stanley Hospital after international service company Serco lost its contract to provide sterilisation work at the new facility.

Curtin University students will be given unprecedented access to the Fremantle Dockers in an alliance signed today, which also aims to connect the football team with academic staff.

Education services company Navitas has extended its reach into Sydney’s western suburbs, after signing a 50:50 joint venture agreement with the University of Western Sydney to establish a pathway college for international students.

Western Australia’s seventh biggest private school John XXIII College is seeking a new principal after announcing its leader of the past nine years, Anne Fry, has taken a position in Sydney.

Older Western Australians across all income levels are being subjected to growing levels of abuse, homelessness and cash grabs by relatives, according to legal professionals.

THE state’s biggest provider of first aid courses has transformed its service offering amid an influx of cut-price market entrants.

WA researchers are looking at ways to help breast cancer sufferers get back on track.

Ambulance ramping at Perth hospitals has not eased since the opening of the new $2 billion public facility at Murdoch, the state government concedes.

The University of Western Australia has established a new policy research centre with the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, which is headed by international climate change contrarian Bjorn Lomborg.