News Articles for Edith Cowan University

Research into green energy and local manufacturing is set for a boost with the opening of ECU's new engineering laboratories.

ECU's business and economics discipline has climbed in new global university rankings, cracking Times Higher Education's top 250 list of providers for the first time.

University students are looking for better value for money from their tertiary experience.

Edith Cowan University, the City of Joondalup, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA are among groups backing a newly established leadership program for Perth's schoolgirls.

Edith Cowan University has released the first designs of its 11-storey city campus along William Street.

Avicena Systems, Vix Technology and East Metropolitan Health Service were among the winners at the annual Incite Awards for WA tech.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Carolyn Turner, Luke Forrestal, Benny Tsung, Tony Chamberlain and Bojan Bogunovic.

The promise of ongoing federal funding for Western Australia's preschools is clouded by a lack of details, according to an academic in education studies at Edith Cowan University.

WA's public universities have largely maintained their position in the latest QS World University Rankings, despite what has been a difficult period for the nation's higher education sector.

Recovering from COVID-19 is shaping up to be a long haul for WA's universities.

A series of property developments promise to reshape the city, but what else is needed to revive the CBD?

The lack of a unified development overview plan for the city was flagged at a Property Council event today as one key issue hindering Perth's evolution.

Local architect Silver Thomas Hanley will co-design ECU's new city campus, alongside national agency Lyons and UK-based studio Haworth Tompkins.

Improving outcomes for others has been a driving force in Michael Henderson's professional and personal life.

A big ransomware attack that blocked fuel supplies in the US and a partnership with US company Honeywell have delivered a boost for Perth startup Sapien Cyber.

Fifty Perth-based companies and organisations - including education institutions, numerous local startups and not for profits and mining giants have been announced as finalists for the INCITE Award

Four WA universities contribute significantly to the defence sector, operating together as ‘team WA'.

A prominent Australian academic and architectural consultant has questioned the wisdom of using city deals to relocate universities into CBDs.

UWA overcame a loss of international students and lack of federal wage subsidies to report a $55.1 million operating surplus in the year to December.

All but one of WA's five major universities have slipped in new global rankings compiled by a UAE-based consultancy firm.

The final report from the aged care royal commission suggested a needs-based system.

South 32 chief executive Graham Kerr and WA's chief nursing and midwifery officer Robina Redknap took out the top prizes at ECU's distinguished alumni event overnight.

The linear route from high school to uni is no longer the only course to follow

Whether to improve employment opportunities, secure a bigger salary, or simply scratch an educational itch, interest in postgraduate study is growing.

While the impacts of the federal government's tertiary fee overhaul will become clearer through 2021, early signs are that it has had little effect.

A third of uni students were unhappy with their overall experience of tertiary education last year, a national survey has found.

A mix of good fortune and good management meant WA emerged from the recent lockdown in good shape. How likely is it to happen again?

Increased population, greater economic diversity, and more recognition of Perth's achievements are keys to the city's future.

Edith Cowan University has opened expressions of interest for a lead architect and lead designer to work on its recently announced campus relocation.

Australia could lose more than 400,000 international students by 2022 if travel restrictions remain in place, according to a new report from the Mitchell Institute.

With the question of when international students will return to Australia still up in the air, ECU is preparing for a return to normal.

Taking inspiration from the venture capital sector to shake-up cultural funding could support the tireless work of emerging talent, and unleash creativity.

The state government has signalled it will develop a new cybersecurity operations centre to improve the detection of, and response to, cyber threats.

Edith Cowan University has confirmed it will relocate to Perth's CBD by 2025.

Interviews with ridesharing and food delivery workers have found their experience is more nuanced than both critics and advocates have made out.

Mergers can bring universities back from the brink.

Murdoch University has signalled it will cut staff ahead of 2021, one day after Curtin University confirmed it was considering widespread redundancies.

Approximately nine in ten graduates from WA's universities are in full-time employment three years after finishing their studies, according to new, federally-funded survey data.

Western Australian universities are facing the prospect of diminishing returns as fee overhauls and fewer international students weigh on the sector's growth prospects.

WA's universities are not the only businesses bearing the brunt of fewer international students, with the economic fallout likely to extend to the state's property, retail and transport sectors.