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Universities in WA are paying their top executives more than Premier Roger Cook.

The WA university executives paid more than our state premier

A new report has revealed university executives’ pay, as union figures raise concerns over a lack of scrutiny of those in the top jobs.

  • Holly Thompson

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An artist impression of Australia’s new high-performance hockey centre on the Curtin University campus.

Deal finally done to build home of Australian hockey in Perth

The new deal comes after protracted negotiations that spilled out into a public row between the state government and Curtin University.

  • Hamish Hastie
UWA Perth, with graduating student homepage image.

WA’s sandstone university records worst global ranking in a decade

Seventeen Australian universities tumbled in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025 – seven of which experienced their worst performances since 2016.

  • Holly Thompson
Curtin PhD candidate Anthony Clarke and Professor Chris Kirkland at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ not originally from Wales: WA-led research

The enormous stone travelling 750 kilometres or more is a globally exciting finding that transforms our understanding of transport, trade and society 5000 years ago.

Composite image: The everlasting season brings with it a rush of visitors to regional WA. INSET: Thelymitra porphyrosticta, Southern Queen of Sheba.

Are our selfies killing WA’s best assets? Scientists say yes

A desperate attempt is under way to protect rare species from social media-driven nature tourism and influencer culture.

  • Claire Ottaviano
WA universities have made the top rankings globally for certain subjects, but one in particular stands out.

Which WA university courses made it to the global top 100?

Two Perth universities sit near the top of a prestigious global subject rankings list for a specialised field related closely to the state’s mining sector.

  • Holly Thompson
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Maisy Grierson, 13, is a student studying psychology at Curtin University.

Meet Perth’s youngest university students, born in 2010

Maisy Grierson grad-skipped twice during school before being accepted into Curtin University at just 13 years old.

  • Holly Thompson
The plagued Bentley regeneration project has failed to get off the ground in 13 years.

After 13 years and seven housing ministers, it’s back to square one for Perth’s biggest urban infill project

In the midst of a housing crisis, why is the WA government allowing 25 hectares of vacant land in a Perth inner suburb to lay fallow?

  • Sarah Brookes, Heather McNeill and Hamish Hastie
Leaders of WA universities have said the way forward was not to make higher education free, but to adjust the system to make it more equitable.

WA’s most sought-after uni degrees for 2024

New data has revealed what degrees were the most popular in WA, with some receiving over a thousand applications.

  • Holly Thompson
Alternative pathways to university are important, but they need to be done right.

Five WA university courses you probably haven’t heard of

For future students unsure of what they want to study, or those who are just curious, here are some of the more obscure university courses on offer in WA. Several are the first of their kind in Australia.

  • Holly Thompson

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