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.
Success in attracting students has prompted a Canadian university to call off a deal with Navitas for the establishment of McMaster University College.
The Telethon Institute of Child Research has been awarded a $9.7 million grant by a national medical council to undertake an unprecedented program of research into pregnancy and early childhood.
PERTH-BASED education services company Navitas has defied the global economic slowdown by reporting a lift in interim profit to a record level and outlining plans to pursue further international growth.
West Perth-based Green Rock Energy, ARC Energy and Worsley Alumina are some of the preferred applicants chosen by the state government to harness geothermal energy in the Perth Basin.
Sirtex Medical says it is continuing to pursue the recovery of its legal costs and expenses of over $5.5 million as proceedings against the University of Western Australia and Bruce Gray approaches its third year.
HAMES Sharley director and newly appointed member of the Order of Australia, Warren Kerr, has called for more research to be undertaken in complex building design, particularly in the area of health.
PLANS for the first children's advocacy centre to be built in Australia have been stymied by bureaucratic red tape, threatening the centre's March 2010 opening date.
Premier Colin Barnett has appointed Justice Christopher Steytler to the role of Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission, taking over from Malcolm McCusker.
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club’s theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club’s theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club’s theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
CHILDREN'S charity Variety WA has involved young volunteers in its succession planning strategy to ensure the future of the not-for-profit organisation in Western Australia.
Comedian Mary G, Professor Fiona Stanley and local government chief executive Ricky Burges are just a few of the names appointed to a new, nine-member Indigenous Implementation Board to be chaired by Lieutenant General John Sanderson.
AUDITOR General Colin Murphy has called on the WA Department of Health to improve the way it buys services from non-government and not-for-profit organisations, following an audit of the department's purchasing practices.
What does a typical day at work involve? I check e-mails and answer those that need immediate action, then check appropriate articles in scientific journals.
The state government has confirmed that the University of Western Australia will be the headquarters of a new $20 million radio astronomy research centre that is designed to help WA win the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array project.
Western Australia has received little in the federal government's $4.7 billion nation building package designed to help combat the affects of the global financial crisis, receiving a total of $318 million.
THE failure of one commercial venture could provide a boost for a new and potentially much larger venture at the University of Western Australia, which is the likely headquarters of a $20 million radio astronomy research centre.
