Education Minister Christopher Pyne has flagged a review of the demand-driven system for university places, sparking debate in the higher education sector over the nation's capacity to produce the high-skilled workers it needs.
More than 50 schools are set to shut across Western Australia on Thursday as teachers go on strike to protest the state government's treatment of education funding.
Plans to charge $4,000 per year for the children of 457 visa holders attending Western Australian public schools have been watered down after a backlash over the budget-boosting measure.
Construction group Pindan has secured a contract to build a $17 million student accommodation facility at Edith Cowan University’s Joondalup campus, adding to its order book for student housing fun
Human rights group UNICEF is appealing to the state government to reconsider its plan to charge 457 visa holders $4,000 a year to educate their children at public schools.
More heat is being applied to Education Minister Peter Collier, with the state opposition demanding an independent inquiry into allegations he tampered with an inquiry into alleged bullying behavio
The federal government has promised $22 million for seven new trade training centres at schools in Western Australia, part of Labor’s 10-year, $2.5 billion program aimed at boosting trade education.
Australia is the most expensive country for overseas students with a combined average cost of university fees and living costs totalling more than US$38,000 per year, according to recent research b
Perth-based education services provider Navitas has recorded a modest rise in net profit for the financial year, amid signs the international student market is returning to positive territory.
Negotiations between Western Australia and Canberra over the proposed schools funding plan are at a standstill, the prime minister's office has revealed.
Mining entrepreneur David Flanagan has been named as the fifth chancellor of Murdoch University, adding yet another resources player at the top of governance of Perth's tertiary education sector.
One of the challenges in running a university, like many not-for-profit operations, is the search for private benefactors to boost the funds available to offer their services.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ramped up her bid to encourage Western Australia to sign up to the federal government's schools funding plan, pitching a more generous offer to Premier Colin Barnet
Teachers are threatening strike action unless the Barnett government commits funding to help the transition of Year 7 students to high schools in 2015.
The Heart Foundation has launched a government-funded scheme designed to help Western Australian businesses promote healthy lifestyles among their employees.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is still hopeful most of the states and territories will sign up to Labor's schools funding reforms this week, despite the reluctance of Queensland and Western Australia.
