Saracen Mineral Holdings managing director Raleigh Finlayson has received the top honour at Business News' 2018 40under40 awards, named First Amongst Equals ahead of a diverse field of Western Australia's young business and community leaders.
Three high-profile business people have resigned from the board of Perth Modern School, just weeks after two other board members did not seek re-election, as the fallout from a governance dispute and a review by KPMG continues.
Perth's smallest university has beaten its four bigger rivals in a national employment and satisfaction survey, which found its graduates earned more than other students
Edith Cowan University is the first beneficiary of the state government's much-touted innovation strategy, with $800,000 earmarked for a cyber security hub at Joondalup.
Western Australian universities will receive 8 per cent of the $333.5 million in federal government funding announced today to support new research projects nation-wide.
Edith Cowan University is hoping to bolster its presence in defence industry research, with the appointment of former air vice-marshal Andrew Dowse as director of defence research and engagement today.
Perth-based education provider Navitas has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Swansea University to replace its existing royalty-based pathway program with the Welsh university.
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Perth entrepreneur Paris Mitchell has packaged his past experiences with addiction and substance abuse into a series of educational presentations and workshops for schools, not-for-profit agencies and corporates.
Chief scientist Peter Klinken, oil and gas veteran David Agostini and public sector commissioner Mal Wauchope are among the 36 Western Australians to join the alumni of recipients of the Queen's birthday honours.
SPECIAL REPORT: The number of international students coming to Perth has grown strongly over the past four years, but WA is still underperforming, particularly in the university sector.
The two-speed economy that hampered Western Australia during the peak years of the mining boom continues to linger in sectors where labour markets lack flexibility.
Representatives from some of the world's most innovative companies will touch down in Perth next week to share their insights into the ‘internet of things' at Perth's inaugural eight-day Festival of the Web.
Scientists at Edith Cowan University's Electron Science Research Institute have received a $1.6 million federal grant to enable further development of a new type of solar glass that offers significant potential for agriculture.
Navitas chief executive Rod Jones says he has been impressed by the company's ability to retain earnings despite the closure of two university joint ventures in Australia, with the education provider growing net profit and maintaining guidance for the 2017 financial year.
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The state's oldest medical research institute will change its name in recognition of the philanthropic contribution by one of the state's most prominent families over many years.
New research from Edith Cowan University has found that Western Australia's contemporary music scene is worth nearly $1 billion to the state's economy.
Perth universities have called for the completion of a clear and comprehensive strategy targeting international students before they would contribute more money to joint marketing of the city as a study destination.
Not-for-profit group Leadership Western Australia chose the recent NAIDOC week celebrations to launch a new program tailored to building the leadership skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Leadership WA chief executive officer Robin McClellan spent 10 minutes discussing leadership with Edith Cowan University pro vice-chancellor, equity and indigenous, Colleen Hayward, who said the ability to listen was an important tool in developing good leaders.
Perth-based education provider Navitas has renewed a program agreement with Edith Cowan University, while extending another for six months while it wraps up contract negotiations with the university.
The Perth office of global law firm Clyde & Co has continued its commitment to local artists with the announcement of a winner in its annual art project.
PHOTO ESSAY: With our special report into Universities in next week's paper, Business News has taken the opportunity to speak to some recent and soon to be university graduates about what looms ahead as they make the big transition into the workforce.
SPECIAL REPORT: The people who lead Western Australia's universities agree the sector faces enormous change, with emerging technology and potential new entrants among the biggest challenges.
SPECIAL REPORT: The opening last month of a WA-backed college in China, and the visit this week by a high-powered WA delegation to Indonesia, highlight the state's renewed focus on the multi-billion dollar international education market.
