Western Australian universities are facing the prospect of diminishing returns as fee overhauls and fewer international students weigh on the sector’s growth prospects.
The state government will provide up to $6,000 in financial support to employers that take on an apprentice or trainee previously displaced due to COVID-19.
Some of Western Australia’s most prominent private and independent schools have amassed financial reserves worth tens of millions of dollars in recent decades, with endowment fees supporting the ongoing investments of their associated foundations.
Students in Western Australia are among those least likely to have been affected by remote learning arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from The Grattan Institute.
With_Architecture Studio has secured the contract to design a $60 million secondary school in Piara Waters, which will open to year seven students in 2023.
New research from StudyPerth suggests enrolments of international students in the state’s schools could have as much value to the wider economy as that provided by the tertiary sector.
Curtin University will join Cisco, Optus, and La Trobe University to establish a new cross-industry alliance aimed at using their collective resources to address changing digital infrastructure and stimulate economic activity.
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.
Murdoch University has withdrawn legal action against staff and senate member Gerd Schröder-Turk after the academic had reportedly criticised the university’s admission processes for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.
More than 3,000 apprentices and trainees will be eligible for free courses of up to six months as part of the state government’s latest effort to safeguard the future of Western Australia's workforce.
