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RMIT University

RMIT is an international university of technology, design and enterprise.

RMIT’s mission is to empower people and communities to adapt and thrive across generations, with education, research and civic engagement that are applied, inclusive and impactful.

With strong industry connections forged over 135 years, collaboration with industry remains integral to RMIT’s leadership in education, applied research and the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.

RMIT’s three campuses in Melbourne – Melbourne City, Brunswick and Bundoora – are located on the unceded lands of the people of the Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation. Other Victorian locations include Point Cook, Hamilton and Bendigo.

RMIT is redefining its relationship in working with and supporting Aboriginal self-determination. The goal is to achieve lasting transformation by maturing values, culture, policy and structures in a way that embeds reconciliation in everything the University does. RMIT is changing its ways of knowing and working to support sustainable reconciliation and activate a relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

As a global university, RMIT has two campuses and a language centre in Vietnam and a research and industry collaboration centre in Barcelona, Spain. RMIT also offers programs through partners in destinations including Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and mainland China, with research and industry partnerships on every continent.

RMIT has continued to consolidate its reputation as one of the world’s leaders in education, applied and innovative research. Released in 2022, RMIT is ranked 190th in the 2023 QS World University Rankings, 209th in the 2023 US News Best Global Universities Rankings and is in the world’s top 400 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). RMIT also ranked 22nd in the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, 22nd in the 2022 THE Impact Ranking and =53rd globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings.

For more information, visit rmit.edu.au/about.

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Education minister Dan Tehan wants research grants to articulate how the research would further the national interests of Australia. Lukas Coch/AAP

National interest test for research grants could further erode pure research

Gavin Moodie, RMIT University

A few days have now passed since we learnt that in 2017 the former Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, secretly rejected 11 grants recommended by the Australian Research Council. Naturally…
An impression of biodiversity sensitive urban design (BSUD) developed by the authors in collaboration with Mauro Baracco, Jonathan Ware and Catherine Horwill of RMIT’s School of Architecture and Design.

Here’s how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish

Georgia Garrard, RMIT University; Nicholas Williams, The University of Melbourne, and Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University

Australian cities are home to many threatened species but are also where biodiversity is being destroyed by development. But what if planning and design processes built nature into the urban fabric?
The community environment clearly has a large influence on child development, but exactly which factors are most important? Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive

Sharon Goldfeld, The University of Melbourne; Billie Giles-Corti, RMIT University; Geoffrey Woolcock, University of Southern Queensland; Hannah Badland, RMIT University; Ilan Katz, UNSW Sydney; Karen Villanueva, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Robert Tanton, University of Canberra, and Sally Brinkman, Telethon Kids Institute

Research has started to identify the key factors in creating communities that promote good early childhood development.
While local content makes up a small proportion of the Australian Netflix catalogue, Netflix has also heavily promoted Australian shows overseas, such as Hannah Gadsby’s standup show Nanette. IMDB

Local film and TV content makes up just 1.6% of Netflix’s Australian catalogue

Ramon Lobato, RMIT University and Alexa Scarlata, The University of Melbourne

While the figures may seem alarming, we should remember that, unlike free-to-air TV, subscription video-on-demand services are not regulated for local content.
Many of Australia’s biggest emitters have not yet engaged with the Emissions Reduction Fund. AAP Image/Dave Hunt

Big firms voice lack of faith in ‘cumbersome’ and ‘impractical’ Emissions Reduction Fund

Jayanthi Kumarasiri, RMIT University; Abeyratna Gunasekarage, Monash University, and Christine Jubb, Swinburne University of Technology

The federal government has signalled its intent to prolong the Emissions Reduction Fund. But surveys of business leaders reveal widespread cynicism about a scheme perceived as politicised and bureaucratic.
Men are more often the instigators for bringing smart home technology into the home and managing their operation. Shutterstock

One reason people install smart home tech is to show off to their friends

Jenny Kennedy, RMIT University; Larissa Nicholls, RMIT University; Paula Arcari, RMIT University, and Yolande Strengers, RMIT University

While networked entertainment systems, automated security, mood lights and voice-controlled thermostats make homes more secure and productive, they’re also just good fun.
As the dream of home ownership eludes more and more older Australians, this has big implications for retirement, pensions and government spending on rental assistance. Billion Photos/Shutterstock

When falling home ownership and ageing baby boomers collide

Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University; Gavin Wood, RMIT University, and Melek Cigdem-Bayram, RMIT University

Until now most people have eventually owned a home. But two trends – falling ownership and a growing aged population – will put the budgets of retirees and government under real pressure.
Australia is a long way from achieving responsible consumption and production – SDG 12 – and China exposed the reliance on shifting the problem elsewhere when it stopped accepting waste for recycling. Joe Castro/AAP

Business as usual? The Sustainable Development Goals apply to Australian cities too

Wendy Steele, RMIT University; Lauren Rickards, RMIT University, and Libby Porter, RMIT University

Australia has yet to properly acknowledge that the Sustainable Development Goals aren’t just an issue for other countries. The problems that demand our attention are much closer to home.

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