Former University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Alan Robson is among a group of leading academics appointed to advise the federal government on reducing red tape in the tertiary education sector.
The state’s public universities are bracing for a likely fall in revenue next year, with the number of eligible domestic school leavers set to fall as a result of a change to the school starting age a decade ago.
Online education provider iCollege expects to begin trading within days on the Australian Securities Exchange as the company wraps up a reverse takeover of DGI Holdings.
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has led a rally of thousands of disgruntled educators in Perth, who have closed more than 100 schools with a strike protesting education funding cuts.
Education provider Navitas has recorded its strongest ever first-semester university programs enrolment figures, with the company attributing the growth to supportive regulatory and visa policy settings.
The University of Western Australia has recruited BHP Billiton executive Peter Lilly to head up its ambitious ‘engineering zone’ project, which comes with a likely cost of $250 million.
Perth residents can now see how their hometown stacks up against the world’s greatest cities via a ground-breaking online project, which compares life in global urban centres.
The University of Western Australia will receive a $17 million donation from BHP Billiton for its New Century Campaign, with the engineering faculty and busines school to be the main beneficiaries.
Education provider Navitas has extended its collaboration with La Trobe University, signing a 10-year renewal for its international student partnership.
A slowdown in mining investment has many companies cutting costs, but this hasn’t stopped WA Skills Training owner Bob Butson from making a $5 million investment in new premises in Welshpool.
The federal government will go back to the drawing board on schools funding from 2015 after finding what it says is a $1.2 billion shortfall in Labor's scheme.
The University of Western Australia has received another massive donation, with freight magnate Greg Poche gifting $10 million for a new centre for indigenous health.
Almost all of Western Australia’s independent schools have increased their fees and enrolled slightly more students than last year, according to Business News’ Book of Lists research.
The University of Western Australia has again dominated WA's portion of the latest round of federal government research grants, though the state's funding share continues to be underweight relative to its population.
Education ministers from states yet to sign up to the Gonski school funding overhaul are meeting with federal minister Christopher Pyne to discuss the matter.
Education Minister Christopher Pyne says the coalition government will investigate whether it is sensible to on-sell $23 billion of HECS debt to the private sector.
Education services provider Navitas has forecast a 10 per cent lift in its underlying profit for the 2014 financial year, warning that its costs will be higher as it carries out a broad restructure.
Former federal resources minister Martin Ferguson has joined the board of trustees of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute.
Esslemont Cockram has won a $28 million contract to build new facilities at Willetton Senior High School, the largest of six construction contracts for education and training centres awarded recent
The possible privatisation of Higher Education Contribution Scheme debt could see Australia become like the United States, where degrees are unaffordable for many, the National Union of Students says.
FIFTEEN years after the late Harry Perkins' efforts to create the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research bore fruit, the not-for-profit will take his name in a major rebranding move.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has further enhanced his credentials as one of the nation’s leading philanthropists with a pledge of $65 million to Western Australia’s universities.
