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UWA International Space Centre director Danail Obreschkow and space centre researcher Sascha Schediwy proudly show off the state’s best at WA Space Week.

Out of this world: What’s drawing Earth’s best space minds to WA

The state government has pumped $25 million into the WA research centre helping to build the world’s largest telescope.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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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
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
Independent Member for Curtin Kate Chaney, talking to Jesinta Burton in City Beach.

Kate Chaney on duty to family, falling into politics – and not putting up with crap

Kate Chaney talks about what her prominent West Australian political family taught her, and about being bold on climate policy in a mining town.

  • Jesinta Burton
International students Vedant Gadhavi and Ayushi Patel at Monash University.

Labor facing growing resistance to international student caps

The Albanese government is planning sweeping reforms to cap foreign enrolments for 2025 – but universities and students are rallying in opposition.

  • Noel Towell
UWA researchers say a new portal, released ahead of winter, will allow the public to see coastal erosion and flooding forecasts.

WA coastal erosion and flooding now predictable seven days in advance

Predicting near-future coastal erosion and flooding events is now akin to checking your daily weather forecast with a new early warning portal.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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Shark Bay dolphins

Dolphins that play together get the girls together, WA study finds

The wonder of a good wingman and the power of play are clear in the world of Western Australia’s world-famous bottlenose dolphins, a global research team finds.

  • Charlotte Vinson
The university has reported wage theft to the Fair Work Ombudsman.

UWA to repay $10.6 million after admitting superannuation underpayments

The university’s admission led Australia’s major tertiary education union to call for urgent reforms.

  • Holly Thompson
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
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

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