Education

Students at more than a third of Western Australia's regulated registered training organisations (RTOs) have been exposed to range of serious breaches, including being taught by unqualified trainers and passing courses despite submitting incomplete or incorrect written assessments.

The first sod has been turned at the Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute in Nedlands, with Cockram Construction set to begin work under a $30.3 million contract.

The government has announced the introduction of a simplified international student visa framework, which involves reducing the number of visa sub-classes from eight to two, to boost Australia's international education sector.

Perth-based online health directory and booking service HealthEngine has reached a new milestone, with the company making its one millionth online booking through its application.

Construction of the $360 million St John of God Midland Public Hospital has been completed on time and on budget, with Brookfield Multiplex handing the keys to the state government and the hospital operator today.

Ambulance ramping will be banned at three Perth tertiary hospitals from July 1 to cut down on patient waiting time.

With apprenticeship completion rates below 30 per cent in some industries, the business sector is continuing to push for reforms to vocational education and training.

A looming shortage of skilled technicians in the oil and gas industry is the latest opportunity local business Blue Tongue is planning to tackle.

Everyone wants the vocational education and training system to be simpler and more responsive to the market's needs; can Liza Harvey and Jim Walker deliver? Click through to see more on our Apprentices and Training feature.

Australia's largest ever philanthropic donation is bearing fruit, with the first five recipients of the Forrest Foundation research scholarships announced at the University of Western Australia today.

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.