Education

A former primary school site is about to deliver an eight-figure windfall to the state government in an upcoming sale to developers.

Griffith University has acquired the first large development site in the former Commonwealth Games Athletes Village on the Gold Coast for an $80 million facility that will specialise in design and manufacturing.

Students at the University of Wollongong will soon share their campus with retirees as part of a $500 million deal with Leadlease to build an integrated health and wellbeing hub.

After ditching the idea of a “flotel”, the University of Tasmania will repurpose the old Commerce Building at the Sandy Bay campus as it scrambles to find enough accommodation for students.

Timber buildings are the flavour of the month in the tower design and construction world, and the University of New South Wales is the latest group to jump in on the trend.

A hotel in Hobart’s CBD will be transformed into student accommodation after the budget travellers’ favourite was bought by the University of Tasmania for an undisclosed sum.

Hobart City councillor Holly Ewin has called on the University of Tasmania to prioritise students already living in residential accommodation for rooms in Hobart next year.

A school linked to the controversial Church of Scientology is selling off its netball court and grounds for a million-dollar sum.

A Victorian man has just made the quintessential dream of ruling the schoolyard a reality. He’s bought the former Speed school, about 140km southeast of Mildura in the state’s north, complete with chalk boards and …