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The Perron Institute is kicking commercial goals, courtesy of big sales royalties and a planned ASX listing.

The City of Rockingham is facing the potential loss of one of its iconic natives.

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 pharmaceutical and medical technology sector in WA has launched an industry association, more than one year after the state government promised its own growth plan for the industry.

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.

Murdoch University has informed staff that vice chancellor Eeva Leinonen will step down later this year to become president of Maynooth University in Ireland.

Universities shed tens of thousands of jobs and lost close to $2 billion this past year as travel restrictions and funding changes dampened the sector's bottom line.

Peter Tinley has warned against a decline in Asian language education, weeks after Murdoch University reversed a decision to axe its Indonesian major.

Stronger relationships between WA's small businesses and universities will help students finding employment in a post-COVID-19 economy, according to Murdoch University vice-chancellor Eeva Leinonen.

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.

Murdoch University has informed staff it will begin offering voluntary redundancies as part of efforts to seek $25 million in cost savings ahead in 2021.

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

UWA has revealed it will reduce its executive team as part of an effort to seek $70 million in savings.

Murdoch University has confirmed it will discontinue face-to-face lectures in 2021.

Hesperia, in partnership with Birchmead Property Group, has acquired Lot 118 within the Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct, to deliver approximately 120 residential apartments.

Perth podiatrist turned entrepreneur Rachael Ferguson has been named the 2020 First Amongst Equals winner, the highest honour at the Business News 40under40 Awards.

The pandemic has cut through university bureaucracies, but sector leaders have stressed border openings are key for Australia to maintain its competitiveness in education.

Perth's largest drug testing company plans to nearly double capacity as WA attracts attention from global pharmaceutical companies.

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.

Using seaweed products to replace plastic is just one of many Western Australian ideas under exploration to improve ocean health.

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

Recent research on the recycling of building materials in Western Australia has highlighted a pressing need to help facilitate behavioural change across the state's construction sector, which is estimated to produce more than 1.5 million tonnes of waste each year.

Murdoch University has withdrawn legal action against staff and senate member Gerd Schröder-Turk after the academic had reportedly criticised the university's admission processes for international students.

Curtin has continued its slow improvement while UWA's standing has dropped in the latest QS World University Rankings.

A breakdown in talks between universities and the national teaching union is unwelcome news for WA's higher education sector.

WA's university sector is concerned with the lack of federal support for international students, warning that choices made now could cause years of damage to the country's economy and reputation.

International border closures could crack the foundations of WA's student accommodation sector, but operators remain optimistic as projects progress.

SPECIAL REPORT: Improving the potential of WA's nutrient-depleted soils has been a career-defining passion for John Howieson.

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.

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.

Kununurra and Mandurah could be hubs for renewable hydrogen production, while the gas could be blended with natural gas already supplied through the state's main transmission pipeline, as part of a series of projects revealed today.

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