The state government has announced plans for the private sector to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools, using a contracting model that has previously been employed in four other states.
Work has begun on a $30 million redevelopment of student accommodation venue Agricola College in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, partly funded by the state government’s Royalties for Regions scheme.
The Motor Trade Association of WA wants to establish a training facility in Perth’s southern corridor following its merger with the Motor Industry Training Association last year.
The University of Western Australia Student Guild has dismissed a staff member over financial irregularities after bringing in forensic accountants from BDO to undertake a special analysis of its 2013 accounts.
Murdoch University has taken the extraordinary step of referring its vice-chancellor Professor Richard Higgott to the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission following an internal investigation.
The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia have reported the outlay of funding worth more than $6.5 million.
POP philosophy enterprise The School of Life is tentatively considering Perth as its second permanent Australian centre, with a temporary school testing the local waters.
Perth-based tertiary education group Navitas is set to move its administrative headquarters to Brookfield Place, leasing the entire eighth floor of the 45-level tower.
Bankwest today launched its new charity, which will raise funds for community initiatives, as well as a scholarship program that aims to better the lives of Western Australians, and has pledged $1 million per year to the charity for five years.
Anytime Fitness has added to the growth in convenience health clubs in Western Australia with plans to lift its number of outlets to 34 by the end of 2014.
A device designed to reduce the amount of gold lost through the extraction process has won the top prize at Curtin University's commercial innovation awards.
The National Tertiary Education Union has argued that the impact of the federal budget cuts would leave Western Australia's universities almost $500 million worse off.
Education Minister Peter Collier has embarked on a bold strategy aimed at reallocating his $4.6 billion budget among the state’s 700 secondary and primary schools. It is a move fraught with political risk.
Education provider Navitas has announced a ten year agreement with Florida Atlantic University to establish a pathway program for international students on its main Boca Raton campus.
The heads of Western Australians universities have publicly warned the proposed legislative changes to higher education could reduce the level of public good universities provide and threaten more expensive fields of study such as medicine and science.
Education provider Navitas has confirmed it is in advanced negotiations with US-based and other global learning institutions, saying it would reveal details of a partnership as early as this week.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced plans to educate new recruits from the indigenous community in a new federal government program based on the GenerationOne employment model.
