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Curtin University human resources management lecturer Dr Sandra Martain plans to take part in industrial action at the university amid negotiations on a new enterprise bargaining agreement.

Impasse over pay, work conditions pushes staff at WA’s biggest uni to brink of industrial action

Hundreds of lecturers at Curtin University have pledged to stay off campus as semester one begins over claims of unsustainable workloads, unfair pay and “draconian limitations” on work-from-home opportunities.

  • Holly Thompson

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Nationally, ATAR-only admissions were most common in Engineering and Natural and Physical Sciences (72 per cent). While courses in Creative Arts, Education and Agriculture had the lowest proportion of admissions made solely on ATAR (41–43 per cent).

The WA university courses costing students more than $250,000

The fees paid by international students are up to seven-times that of domestic students, Commonwealth government data shows.

  • Holly Thompson
Curtin University has lowered the bar for entry when it comes to year 12 English.

‘Years of instability’: WA students doubt ‘benefits’ of university merger plans

Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University are in the firing line for a merger, with Edith Cowan University likely exempt due to the opening of its new inner-city campus. 

  • Holly Thompson
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - 2021/09/19: Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) in a shallow pond in boondall wetlands. (Photo by Joshua Prieto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

One of Australia’s worst pests is on the march to the Pilbara. But we have a ‘unique’ chance to stop them

A new study predicts that without containment efforts, cane toads will infest up to 75 per cent of the Pilbara within three decades.

  • Holly Thompson
It’s real money, and it’s being left on the table by organisations that are slow to act on gender equality.

The power of balance: Why Australia can’t afford to drag its feet on gender equity

It’s real money, and it’s being left on the table by organisations that are slow to act.

  • Alan Duncan
The mining sector, which runs the majority of operations in WA, had one of the lowest rates for gender equity.

This change can boost the bottom line – but one WA sector is slow to act

Gender-balanced leadership can boost company value by close to $93 million, according to a new report. But WA’s mining companies are well below the curve.

  • Holly Thompson
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Dylan Storer, Curtin Student Guild President outside UniLodge Kurrajong Village.

Students shocked by ‘indefensible’ rent hikes at Curtin accommodation

“Refreshed” accommodation options have been described by the student guild as “nothing more than a coat of paint dressed up as an upgrade worthy of thousands of dollars a year”.

  • Holly Thompson
ECU City Campus/ Juno House general manager Christy Foo homepage image.

‘Sleepy city’ no more? Investors look west as ECU Perth prepares to open

Investors are increasingly looking west to build new student accommodation as the new campus gives businesses hope it represents a wake-up call for the city.

  • Holly Thompson
Curtin University Professor and Murujuga rock art emissions study statistician Adrian Baddeley.

Rock art expert breaks silence over Burrup emissions study controversy

A leading statistician on the Murujuga emissions study has spoken to support an 800-page report days after blasting bureaucrats for “unacceptable interference”.

  • Hamish Hastie
Curtin University offered the most places, followed by UWA.

WA university vice chancellor joins ‘million-dollar club’

Another vice chancellor at a WA university has increased their salary and now joins the “million-dollar club”, according to the latest annual reports. .

  • Holly Thompson