Annual Conference: A decade of building partnerships The Australian Technology Network of Universities is holding an annual conference from January 29 to 31 at Curtin University.
WHILE the WA Business News Innovation forum in the January 17 edition provided some interesting debate, opinions expressed in the article ‘Pathway to commercialisation’ on university research commerci
Professor Stephen Martin (pictured) has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of strategy and planning at Curtin University of Technology, replacing Professor Greg Craven.
Curtin University of Technology has appointed prominent former federal politician Professor Stephen Martin as its deputy vice-chancellor strategy and planning, replacing professor Greg Craven.
Technology companies typically emerge from universities and other research institutions, but one WA success story that evolved away from the limelight was ThinkSmart.
A light rail network connecting East Perth and Subiaco is the subject of a report released this month by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
While Western Australia’s mining stocks and their investors enjoy a bull run, emerging technology companies with new ideas are finding it harder to attract investor attention.
It's hard to believe that, just five or six years ago, the Perth International Arts Festival was in a rebuilding phase after a multi-million dollar loss had shaken the morale of the festival team.
Some charities and non-government agencies in the human services sectors are set to benefit from a boost in funding, after a revision of the state government’s indexation policy delivered an extra $36.3 million for organisations over the next three years.
As student enrolments are finalised for the new academic year, Western Australian universities are on track to meet their targets, despite a continuing decline in the number of applications from mature aged students.
The state government is looking to open a Small Business Training Institute in Perth later this year to provide small business managers and owners with access to a one-stop-shop business training facility.
Western Australia is on the verge of a plant breeding revolution, following the signing of two historic agreements between WA and Zhejiang University in China.
LEN Buckeridge’s BGC Construction has won a $73 million contract for the development of a basketball and athletics complex at AK Reserve, to replace facilities at Perry Lakes stadium.
The environmental approvals process remains problematic for industry in Western Australia, with the increasing regulatory standards likely to present a growing challenge for the state’s miners.
The Perth arm of international architecture firm Woods Bagot has been awarded the design contract for a $200 million biotechnology precinct at Murdoch University.
The head of the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Water Research, Jorg Imberger, is one of the state’s best known scientists, so when he starts talking, smart people stop to listen.
This week’s climate change summit in Bali has put the issue at the top of the political agenda, but many in the business sector are unsure how to plan for the challenge.
More than four decades after it was started by general practitioner Kevin Cullen, the landmark Busselton population health study is the subject of growth plans that could substantially broaden the use of its valuable data.
Architectural firm Woods Bagot has been commissioned to design a new $200 million Biosecurity and Agricultural Research Facility at Murdoch University.
Curtin University of Technology is hosting the tenth annual Australian Technology Network of Universities Conference from January 29 to 31 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Claremont-based online book company Ebooks Corporation has won two major supply contracts with companies in the publishing and book retailing industries.
NAVITAS Ltd, formerly IBT Education Ltd, has continued its rapid growth by acquiring the University of Melbourne’s Hawthorn English Language Centre for $4.73 million.
The resources sector is again at the forefront of community initiatives, with BHP Billiton Ltd committing $5 million to fund resources research and education at the University of Western Australia Business School.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health in Mongolia have sought the help of Curtin University of Technology's Professor Jeffrey Spickett to manage an environmental disaster in a rural Mongolian village.
High-profile company director Tony Howarth has been elected president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australia's peak national employer and business organisation.
Administrative and clerical staff numbers in the Department of Education and Training has grown by more than seven times that of teaching staff under the current State Government.
