Shares in Navitas were higher after the education service provider executed a 10-year deal with the University of Newcastle to establish the Newcastle International College.
The administrator of GEOS Perth says the school will not be re-opened, displacing nearly 500 international students enrolled in English language courses at the school that operates out of St Mark's International College in Highgate.
Ernst and Young has been appointed voluntary administrators to private English language school GEOS Perth and eight other affiliated companies, affecting a total of 2,300 students from a number of countries.
AUTISM West Support Inc has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise awareness of the neurobiological disorder, following the opening of a new Autism West Centre in Nedlands last month.
THE Diabetes Research Foundation of WA has embarked on a $1.2 million fundraising initiative to finance research designed to tackle the escalating health and financial toll of diabetes in Western Australia.
Education services provider Navitas has secured a memorandum of understanding with Charles Darwin University, enhancing the company's global presence to develop further educational programs.
CURTIN University is the sole Western Australian representative in a list of top 100 MBA programs around the world, compiled by the intelligence division at The Economist.
IT services provider Empired will build on its presence in Victoria after securing a $3 million contract with the state government's Department of Education and Early Childhood Development for infrastructure outsourcing services.
The University of Western Australia has taken its long-running legal dispute with Dr Bruce Gray, a former staff member and founder of profitable biotechnology company Sirtex Medical, to the High Court.
TEACHING is widely regarded as a recession-proof profession.And it appears those companies that turn a profit from private education have also come out largely unaffected by the economic downturn.
Nomad Building Solutions says it has secured work valued at $43.3 million that includes a contract for the federal government's Building the Education Revolution project.
IF prominent businessman Michael Chaney's actions are anything to go by then Western Australia's corporate sector is poised to enhance its social responsibility through the new Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia.
KING Neptune has been waiting a long time for this.Amid much anticipation of rapid development, a six-metre high statue was built almost three decades ago, facing southward from a promontory at Two Rocks towards Perth, 60 kilometres distant.
The Barnett government has named 34 state schools that will have independent status within the public system as part of a new policy to give more grass roots control to the school.
Western Australia will be aiming for a hat-trick as 19 state finalists, including iron ore heiress Gina Rinehart and Challenger Tafe chief Liz Harris, are revealed in this year's Telstra Australian business women of the year.
The University of Western Australia has joined a national network of university business schools, guided by some the state's leading businessmen and women, that aims for academic excellence for a social purpose.
Western Australia's bid to host the $2.5 billion Square Kilometres Array project has been given a further boost, with IBM agreeing to develop an IT system to process and store radio astronomical data produced by the project.
US-based education services provider Kaplan has acquired the Murdoch Institute of Technology, which prepares students for entry into Murdoch University, from the Alexander Education Group.
THE Small Business Development Corporation has received $2 million for a business resilience program, designed to provide hands-on training, support and guidance to small business operators.
