Education

A heritage-listed building in Subiaco will be refurbished as an expanded Bob Hawke College classroom, as part of the $15 million expansion of the school.

A Perth-based businessman has donated $100 million to Murdoch University’s veterinary school, which will be used to overhaul the facility.

OPINION: There is a lot to like about the dual-sector university model used elsewhere in Australia, but WA has been a non-starter.

Perth-based student resources player acquired by private equity-backed rival Year 13, amid plans to take their joint offering to the huge US market.

OPINION: Equipping the next generation for future careers will require us to look beyond the classroom.

A Curtin University-operated hub, partly funded by the state government’s $40 million agreement with Chevron, is set to support major projects aimed to decarbonise the state.

Some Western Australian universities have weighed in and welcomed the federal government’s increased threshold for international students’ intake for 2026.

A study from Curtin University is set to change the research on stuttering, after the discovery of a genetic link to predict which family members will live with the speech condition.

The federal government has pledged to reduce all student debts by 20 per cent, which would wipe more than $16 billion owed by millions of Australians.

A private boys’ school will soon build a new aquatic centre, including a water polo pool, after a development assessment panel greenlit the $12 million proposal.

ANALYSIS: The launch of a federal government commission reflects the start of tertiary education reform.

OPINION: Failure to embrace AI in tertiary learning risks hampering graduates’ prospects.

OPINION: Universities that place too great a focus on the global market risk missing opportunities at home.

A Curtin University alumnus is making tracks with an AI-powered app to monitor sea turtle populations.

There’s a schism between the digital haves and have nots in classrooms across the state.

OPINION: The institutions tend to operate less efficiently when they pursue changes to their structures.

The Perth biotech company has welcomed a US academic for a series of talks at universities across the country.

A long-running English college for international students has closed its doors and called in a liquidator, citing federal government visa settings as a factor hampering its enrolment numbers.

The University of Western Australia is one step closer to establishing campuses in India, after a grants commission approved its proposal to open the international branches.

The state government has appointed Colleen Hayward to chair a taskforce aimed to tackle workload pressures for teachers.

The Piddington Society has doubled down on its face-to-face learnings after 10 years of providing a practical legal training course.

OPINION: The transactional approach of many universities to alumni relations is an unnecessary, self-inflicted wound.

The state government has committed $669 million towards school infrastructure across Western Australia, to be allocated in the upcoming budget.

The state government has announced a $34 million funding for free full-time kindergarten enrolments, with a trial to be conducted in 10 locations.

The state government has announced more than $100 million will be allocated in the upcoming budget, to keep TAFE courses free or low-fee in 2026.

OPINION: The transactional approach of many universities to alumni relations is an unnecessary, self-inflicted wound.

The federal government’s commitment to improving early childhood education continues as data is collected on preschool students.

The state government has contracted an architect for the new Brabham High School, as it moves on the multi-million dollars’ worth of education funding pledged during the election.

OPINION: Universities’ first job is to provide quality education; promoting the campus ‘experience’ should be a secondary concern.

The state’s major project assessment body has flagged that an East Perth Primary School will not be enough on its own to address future education needs of the inner-city population.

A Melbourne cybersecurity company has opened a Perth office it hopes will help alleviate the sector’s worker shortfall.

Fewer international student enrolments means universities will need to find new funding sources.