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Artists impressions of the new Mount Lawley ECU campus redevelopment.

The future of ECU’s decommissioned Mount Lawley campus revealed

The masterplan includes between 900 and 1100 homes, which will be a mix of medium-density terrace housing and some apartment towers alongside a new shopping precinct.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Edith Cowan University’s new Perth CBD campus. The main foyer.

Inside the ‘biggest of its kind’ university campus in the heart of a major CBD

The newest university campus in Perth boasts zero noise and vibration despite its location on top of a noisy bus port and two railway tunnels in the heart of the CBD.

  • Victoria Laurie
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
ECU City will extend from Perth Busport to Yagan Square.

How Perth’s first inner-city university campus is reshaping the CBD

Infrastructure Australia has predicted 16,400 students will be based in the Perth CBD by 2030, up from 9200 in 2025.

  • Holly Thompson
Demountables at Indooroopilly State High School in 2023.

‘Like a sore thumb’: Cost of demountables in Queensland state schools revealed

The booming south-east has received the bulk of the spending, but concerns remain about the effect of demountables on student wellbeing.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Teyl luculentus, a type of trapdoor spider, hadn’t been sighted in three decades.

Rare trapdoor spider discovered on WA scientist’s doorstep

Although cutely called the citrine trapdoor for its small size, glossy sheen and bright orange or yellow gem-like appearance, Teyl luculentus hadn’t been sighted in three decades.

  • John Kidman
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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 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
With matching double degrees in mechatronics and engineering, the 25-year-olds turn heads as they help design and build the Scitech Discovery Centre displays that engage minds young and old in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Formula one, two: Meet the Perth twins driving the next generation in STEM

With matching double degrees in mechatronics and engineering, the 25-year-olds turn heads with their Scitech Discovery Centre designs – including a rac car that hits 100km/h in four seconds.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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