Education

The new UWA campus in India. Photo: Supplied.

Education 4 hours ago

UWA Mumbai opens its doors

The University of Western Australia has launched its first international campus, opening in Mumbai in a move Roger Cook hailed as a step for WA-India relations.

Artist impressions of the proposed Peter Moyes project. Images: EIW Architects

Education 2 days ago

Private project pipeline adds up

WA schools flags infrastructure projects to cater for growing population numbers.

Education 2 days ago

Charting a course for convergence

OPINION: Today's workplace increasingly requires skills that cross traditional educational boundaries.

Murdoch University has signed an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Education 03 Sep 2026

Murdoch Uni to backpay staff $5m

Murdoch University will backpay almost $5 million to more than 2,100 employees, who were underpaid for 10 years.

Education 02 Sep 2026

When honours turn to dishonour

OPINION: Honours should be awarded with care and with a willingness to review them when circumstances change.

Education 25 Aug 2026

Boys are failing, and we’re failing them

OPINION: Many boys and young men are underachieving and often failing, falling prey to negative role models and influencers.

Parkerville Grove School opened earlier this year.

Education 25 Aug 2026

Trauma-focused school puts WA on map

A new secondary school provides a different educational model for students in WA.

Property 21 Aug 2026

ECU City, Multiplex win national construction award

The $853 million ECU City Campus has continued to take out top honours, with the latest gong naming the Multiplex development the best construction project in the country.

Sabine Winton (centre right) playing Quenda Quest with Lakeland SHS students. Photo: Michael O'Brien

Education 21 Aug 2026

Program to boost students, industry link starts

An innovation challenge to boost the collaboration between industry and Western Australian schools have entered its fifth year.

A merger of The University of Western Australia and Curtin and Murdoch universities is under discussion.

Education 19 Aug 2026

The executive price of uni mergers

OPINION: The cost of executive payouts must be considered before any merger is approved.

A render of ETI’s Joondalup facility. Image: Doepel Marsh

Education 05 Aug 2026

Campus approval narrows workforce gap

An education provider has received approval for its plan to grow the renewable energy sector's labour supply.

Education 05 Aug 2026

A lesson universities need to learn

OPINION: The tug-of-war between universities' academic and research priorities shows no sign of slowing.

Jason Clare (left) and Tony Buti are pushing for reforms in the university sector. Photo: Nadia Budihardjo

Education 22 Jul 2026

WA, feds appear misaligned on mergers

ANALYSIS: The federal and state governments' push for tertiary education reform seems to be going in different directions.

Education 22 Jul 2026

Campus cuts can take too big a slice

OPINION: Job cuts are increasingly viewed through the lens of workplace health and safety.

Render of the Brabham Senior High School. Picture: WA government

Education 21 Jul 2026

Brabham school build begins

Construction of a $144 million high school in the north-eastern suburb of Brabham has begun.

Jeff Sharp says Curtin University is the first partner to roll out Octave's program.

Education 09 Jul 2026

Curtin, Octave unite to address skill gap

Curtin University has partnered with Octave Intelligence in an initiative to tackle the skills shortage in the construction sector, becoming the first institution to sign up to the program.

Hammond Park's Great Beginnings childcare centre is under the G8 Education group.

Education 08 Jul 2026

Fair Work chases G8 for $2m

A national childcare operator with dozens of locations in Perth has been accused of underpaying more than 1,400 workers, with the alleged total exceeding $2 million.

Deals 06 Jul 2026

College founder's $9m house buy as PE deal struck

International education entrepreneur Alberto Tassone has paid $9 million for a Peppermint Grove home, as a private equity player emerged with a majority stake in the school he co-founded.

Tony Buti is understood to be visiting Adelaide to speak about university mergers.

Exclusive 03 Jul 2026

Buti pursues WA uni merger in SA, Canberra

Attorney General Tony Buti has travelled to South Australia for meetings with the chiefs of merged universities, ahead of a potential decision about amalgamating WA institutions.

Qoria co-founder and managing director Tim Levy.

Education 02 Jul 2026

Qoria shareholders back $1.7b Aura merger

Shareholders of Qoria Limited, the ASX-listed school cybersecurity software company founded in Perth, have backed a US firm's billion-dollar takeover of the company.

Education 01 Jul 2026

New chairs for TAFE councils

The state government has appointed Amanda Reid, Libby Lyons and Jim Walker as chairs of several of the TAFE colleges' governing councils.

ECU was not included in the merger analysis. Photo: Peter Bennetts

Education 01 Jul 2026

Mergers must deliver a better system

OPINION: Any discussions about university mergers should step back and look at the big picture.

Talk of a merger of two or three of the state’s public universities has ramped up in the first half of 2026.

Education 01 Jul 2026

Uncertainty surrounds university merger plans

There's a noticeable lack of detail from the state government about the likelihood of a tertiary tie-up.

Education 24 Jun 2026

Scheme rewards the learning journey

OPINION: A UK student loan scheme may work here if the right conditions are met.

Defence Economy 23 Jun 2026

Defence West in AI partnership

Defence Minister Paul Papalia has announced a partnership between Defence West and UK-based Faculty's fellowship program, to boost AI skills for the sector.

A render of the proposed Treeby East primary school in Jandakot. Image: WA Department of Education

Contracts 18 Jun 2026

Universal wins $33m school work

Universal Constructions has booked a $33 million contract with the state government over a new primary school.

QS World University Rankings 2027 included UWA in the top 100, with Curtin University, Murdoch University, ECU also ranked.

Education 18 Jun 2026

UWA holds spot in global rankings

The state's oldest university has held on to its ranking on a top universities' list around the world, but others have slipped.

Tony Buti says universities have had a challenge retaining their social licence. Photo: Nadia Budihardjo

Education 18 Jun 2026

United VET, uni system talks ongoing

A stronger connection between vocational training and traditional tertiary pathways in education remains a focus.

Education 11 Jun 2026

Ex-US envoy joins Murdoch uni

A former United States envoy to Western Australia has joined Murdoch University in a senior global engagement role.

Education 10 Jun 2026

Nimble approach needed for AI

OPINION: Caution about AI is understandable but must not become an excuse for delay.

Tony Buti speaking at the CEDA event on higher education pathways. Photo: Nadia Budihardjo

Education 04 Jun 2026

Buti on standards, dodges uni merger talks

Education Minister Tony Buti has cautioned against universities lowering their standards while remaining tight-lipped on potential mergers.

Education 04 Jun 2026

Sector faces ongoing cyber risk

ANALYSIS: The auditor general's warning to WA's universities and TAFEs could serve as a wake-up call to bolster security controls, if not already under way amid recent cyber-attacks.

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