News Articles for Curtin University

A historic overnight collapse in oil markets has not significantly shaken bigger ASX-listed energy producers today, but it does foreshadow continuing uncertainty for one of Western Australia's largest export industries.

Andrew Forrest has run a nimble and remarkably successful campaign to procure medical equipment from China, while WA's healthcare community has rallied to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Improving monitoring of potential COVID-19 cases in the community will reduce pressure on the healthcare system and stop transmission, according to proponents of a Western Australian telehealth consortium.

Curtin University has awarded a fire services maintenance contract to ARA Indigenous Services, a business established by former AFL player Michael O'Loughlin.

Curtin and Murdoch universities have introduced early semester breaks to prepare students and staff for a transition to online learning, in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Accelerator programs can help startups get moving, and WA is well placed to deliver.

The federal government today announced significant investments in the energy sector, with the awarding of $69.5 million to two new cooperative research centres, and the launch of the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre.

The difficulties facing Australia's tertiary education sector as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus demonstrate a great deal about the industry and how it is struggling to cope with change.

Ambitious entrepreneurs and sensible policies could make WA the world's pre-eminent location for data analytics, remote operations and high-tech industries.

An industry consortium including Woodside and two universities has confirmed Perth will be the hub of a new remote operations centre dedicated to the space industry.

A joint venture between diversified engineering consultancy Calibre Group and indigenous company Tocomwall has been contracted by the state government to develop a monitoring program for the Aboriginal rock art on Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula).

More than half of Western Australia's major universities are below the national average on measures of employer satisfaction, according to the results of the latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey.

Australian Vanadium has received a $1.25 million grant from the federal government to find ways to improve vanadium production.

Roborigger has successfully raised $5 million from Blackbird Ventures, an example of a Perth-based company seeking venture capital from out of state.

Biotech company Zelira Therapeutics has received commitments to raise around $4.6 million from a share placement, while rent.com.au is planning an underwritten $2.9 million rights issue.

The late Eric Lumsden, Jahna Cedar and Christine Simpson Stokes are among 76 prominent Western Australians to be awarded Australia Day honours this year.

Curtin University has received a $580,000 federal grant to undertake research and development of new methods for storing, producing and exporting green hydrogen.

Curtin University will get new equipment to support space and health research after receiving $1.4 million in government funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC).

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Leadership at UWA and Curtin University recognise the value international students offer the state.

An emerging battle for the future of WA's energy industry and efforts to revive Perth's street precincts have been among the defining themes of 2019.

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The University of Western Australia has selected Canadian academic Amit Chakma as its new vice-chancellor, replacing Dawn Freshwater who is moving to a new role in New Zealand next year.

Rare earth producer Lynas Corporation intends to sublease an industrial zoned property from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, three months after signing an agreement with the mining town to review potential sites for its cracking and leaching plant.

Curtin University has announced the departure of vice-chancellor Deborah Terry, who will take up the role of vice-chancellor at the University of Queensland.

West Tech Fest showcases WA's wide range of talent, ideas and successes in an increasingly competitive market.

A group of 11 academics and entrepreneurs have joined to found the Commercialisation Studies Centre, a member-run, resource centre and events hub designed to aid relationships between academics and entrepreneurs in Western Australia.

A move to use lasers to perfectly load rail cars is worth about $300 million to BHP and is an example of how the area around the town of Newman is world class in applying technology to resources.

Western Australia's latest initial public offering has brought together an unlikely pairing – a tech company that has been strongly supported by venture capital investors and a stockbroking firm that has traditionally focused on the mining sector.

Medtech startup VeinTech has won first prize at this year's Perth Biodesign course, for its invention of a device that improves cannulation, the process for intravenous vein access.

This month's edition of Office Hours focuses on property opportunities in WA's education sector, featuring interviews with Study Perth's Philip Payne and Curtin University's Tim Urquhart.

Curtin University has officially opened its Midland campus, part of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority's plan to reposition the former railway workshops as a medical and education hub.

International education is a $1.9 billion industry for WA, and there are plenty of innovative ideas about how to build the sector.

Curtin University has appointed Perth-based agencies Longreach Media and Carat Perth to work on the university's domestic media planning and buying.

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has announced a tender as part of a $70 million new supercomputing system to replace its existing Magnus and Galaxy supercomputers.

WA is uniquely equipped to become a global leader in the space industry, according to the state's scientist of the year.

One researcher's experience with mundane jobs has led to her researching how job design affects productivity.

A focus on safety and efficiency has helped Tensa Equipment spin-off Roborigger win an unprecedented three of four sponsored platinum awards at this year's Innovator of the Year ceremony, including the Business News ‘Great for the State' award.

Two researchers based at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will join the Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology as part of a $35 million investment courtesy of the Australian Research Council.

Wesfarmers' newly announced partnership with Rowing WA is part of a broad range of sports-related community programs gaining popularity in WA.