Education

INNOVATIVE fundraising events are becoming increasingly important for benevolent organisations in light of the decline in income from traditional fundraising appeals, as reported in last week's WA Business News.

India presents opportunities Australia, and WA, must be prepared to capitalise on.

Black Swan State Theatre Company has appointed Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief Sam Walsh as its new chairman while University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Alan Robson has joined its board.

Residents in Esperance can breathe a sigh of relief after an independent expert review found the export of nickel through the town's port did not pose a health risk.

SINCE the downturn began engulfing the world's economies late last year, Western Australia's educational institutions have noted significant increases in demand from international students.

THE international economic downturn has filtered through to charities, with a national survey revealing more than half of not-for-profit organisations are recording a slump in donations.

THE West Coast Eagles is offering business people the opportunity to gain a private insight to the club's success through a unique leadership program for senior executives.

A REVIEW of capital works, an efficiency dividend and a growing reliance on Commonwealth funding; it might sound like the state government but it's actually Western Australia's oldest tertiary educational institution.

A PROPOSAL by the City of Wanneroo could provide a solution to the growing concerns of developers over requirements to preserve habitats of the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo.

INCREASING demand for student housing has prompted a number of Perth universities to commit to expanding their on-campus accommodation.

The $1.8 million Karara iron ore project has joined with Central West TAFE in Geraldton to launch a partnership for education, vocational training and skills development to bring new employment opportunities to the region.

The state education department says it will not meet its 3 per cent budget cuts amid an influx of new students, teacher shortages and a forecast deficit of $50 million.

WA-based the Feral Brewing Company last night won five trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards, racking up half of the 10 trophies won by the nation at the world's second largest international beer competition.

AFTER a busy two years building a substantial research team and getting through a series of early trials, the start-up biotechnology business founded by Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall, Ondek, is seeking around $10 million to fund the next phase of its deve

Students may want to rethink about enrolling at a prestigious university with a new study finding that graduates from prominent universities do not necessarily receive higher starting salaries.

Research into plant disease and breeding led John Gladstones to viticulture and fostered the beginnings of the wine industry in the South West.

True business innovation relies more on hard work than a flash of genius (part one of a two-part feature).

CONSTRUCTION, hospitality and technical industries in the Mid West will get a boost when building of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Project telescope begins in June.

A failure to invest in the good times may come back to bite ... again.

MORE than 750 people filled the front steps of Parliament House last month to witness one of Western Australia's most successful young mining entrepreneurs recognised in the WA Business News 40under40 Awards.

GLOBAL education services provider Navitas will open its sixth college in the United Kingdom later this year as it executes a deal with the University of Plymouth.

YOUTH Achievement Australia has spent the past three decades developing programs aimed at empowering the nation's youth to become business leaders.

Navitas has executed an agreement to open its sixth college in the United Kingdom which will open in September this year.

Attorney General Christian Porter today announced the appointment of Kenneth James Martin QC as a Judge in the General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

The economic downturn presents great opportunities for innovation.

Rather than being career driven, Margaret Seares says serendipity has played a big part in her success to date.

Education services provider Navitas has executed an agreement with the University of Portsmouth in the UK to establish International College Portsmouth.

Globally, high-capacity broadband is the infrastructure on which 21st century business will be built.

A PH.D project at the University of Western Australia hopes to change the way houses in bushfire-prone areas are designed by developing a structure that can survive a fire without human intervention.

Attorney General Christian Porter has today appointed Judge John Chaney to the Supreme Court of Western Australia and as president of the State Administrative Tribunal.

Western Australia's crucial trade and investment relations with Japan will be the focus of Premier Colin Barnett's four-day visit to Japan, which begins on Monday.

A NUMBER of Western Australian universities are looking to actively increase the numbers of international students coming to WA from India, citing the sub-continent as a key area for future growth.