Education

Teachers are threatening strike action unless the Barnett government commits funding to help the transition of Year 7 students to high schools in 2015.

Western Australia’s universities are facing new challenges in attracting international students, with the high Australian dollar and rising costs of living in the state contributing to a drop in en

After a quarter of a century in the city, Perth’s science education centre is on the move.

Navitas CEO Rod Jones and Sandfire Resources director John Evans have sold large parcels of shares this week, with Mr Jones reaping $48.5 million from the sale of part of his Navitas stake. 

Shedding light on the social impact of Western Australia’s remarkable growth will be a priority focus for the new economics research centre at Curtin University.

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.

Western Australia’s public universities have continued to grow through a difficult period for the higher education sector, which was hit first by the GFC and then by adverse federal government immi

Premier Colin Barnett says the federal government is trying to take over state schools through its proposed funding plan.

Premier Colin Barnett says Prime Minister Julia Gillard has shown a low regard for students in his state in the federal government's school funding plan.

Education services provider, Navitas has reported 19 per cent growth in full time student enrolment in the company’s northern hemisphere colleges.

The education sector has hailed an “outstanding report” on strengthening and sustaining Australia’s international student market from the Michael Chaney-led International Education Advisory Council

Western Australia appears set to follow Victoria and opt out of Julia Gillard's proposed Gonski school reforms, if Premier Colin Barnett is re-elected in March.

Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says the federal government's Gonski education reforms should be fast-tracked and the necessary funding drawn from a redesigned mining tax.

Curtin University vice-chancellor Jeanette Hacket has announced her intention to retire in August, after working at the university for 30 years.

Premier Colin Barnett has revived plans for a university in Midland at the historic Railway Workshops if the Liberals win the March 9 state election.

Perth-based global education services provider Navitas is confident of lifting its earnings following a pick up in student enrolments, despite posting softer first-half results. 

High school students will be required to meet minimum literacy and numeracy standards in order to graduate, under reforms to the state's education system announced by the Barnett government today.&

Education services provider Navitas has executed an agreement with a New Zealand university to set up an international college at the latter’s Christchurch campus.

Parliament is considering legislation to set up a new school funding system but there is still little detail available about how that will work.

More than $1 trillion could be lost to the Australian economy in the next 80 years if education improvements are not made now, a new report warns.

A University of Western Australia research team has been awarded this year’s WA Innovator of the Year award, for its development of a gene technology that greatly improves the quality of life of pe

The University of Western Australia has again rec­­eived the lion’s share of research funding allocated to WA universities by the Australian Research Council, claiming the seventh-highest allocatio

Chief Justice Wayne Martin has been appointed as the inaugural chair of Curtin University's new law school, which will offer four-year Bachelor of Laws degrees beginning next year.

NEALE Fong has returned to health management in a major way, making it clear that his appointment to run the Peel Health Campus was not a stop-gap fix after recent turmoil.

Curtin University’s Graduate School of Business is continuing to scale up the ranks of institutions with the best Master of Business Administration programme.

The economic ties between China and Australia are extending beyond the resources sector to financial services, education, tourism and agriculture, the federal government says.

Western Australia won't hand control of its education system to Canberra and won't be dictated to by the prime minister, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Schools supplier Campion Education has agreed to purchase the stock of one-time market leader Wooldridges, bringing to an end any hopes of reviving the Wooldridges business and delivering a return

After a three year term in the chancellor's role at Curtin University Jim Gill is set to be replaced by Chevron Australia executive Colin Beckett at the end of the year.

Doric Contractors has been named as the preferred contractor for the $118 million construction of the new Busselton hospital, adding to its recent spate of contract wins.

The University of Western Australia has been ranked among the world’s top 100 institutions of higher learning, joining four other Australian universities on the list.