Regional areas are expanding, and yet not enough attention is being paid to improving rail access to capital cities. This affects the liveability of the areas.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
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.
Links
Displaying 901 - 920 of 1970 articles
In a Journey to Freedom, 13 artists give expression to the experience of imprisonment. In Zero, artists are seeking to escape the past.
The Romans may not have had a symbol for zero, but bees understand what it means beyond just the simple assumption “there’s nothing there”.
From 2020, ANU will require students to meet co-curricular requirements alongside ATAR. This significant policy shift is meant to improve equity of access, but won’t change much.
Australia is the only country in the OECD that allows specialists complete freedom to set their own fees. This puts patients at risk – but the government can help protect them.
Research into food sharing in Melbourne shows these networks are highly productive and produce many benefits. But policy and the law have yet to catch up.
Australia’s recently announced review of its national fuel stockpiles is timely indeed. The country is almost totally reliant on oil being shipped through some of the world’s most contested regions.
How social media is beginning to shape the way the public commemorates tragedies like the Manchester attack.
An MP from Japan’s governing party recently commented that single women were a burden on the state. But many young women, and men, are rethinking the lure of married life.
A new film examines the gender imbalance in Australia’s music industry. The women interviewed tell some confronting stories but the documentary points to a better future.
In the face of shocking footage of animals dying on ships, it seems impossible that our live export trade will remain as it is. Here are three areas to address.
While planning policies and practices have contributed to marginalising Indigenous people, planners can now work with them to ensure they have their rightful say in shaping Australian communities.
Making older Australians the cornerstone of budget measures is a calculated political tactic.
With a federal election looming within a year, our panel looks at what each state and territory has been handed in the budget - and why it matters.
On Q&A, social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley said “about 30%” of homeless people have a job. Is that right?
Whoever replaces the directors resigning at AMP and the Commonwealth Bank will likely be drawn from a small pool of people.
Good public access for Melbourne Airport and others like it depends on not fixating on one solution, like a single rail line, but instead developing multiple options integrated with the city’s needs.
We all know that tap water is better than buying bottled water, from an environmental standpoint at least. But what should you drink it out of? A single-use bottle, used multiple times, might be best.
There are health risks associated with cannabis use, but there’s no evidence use will increase if it’s legalised.
Rather than trying to out-compete each other, flowers may work together to attract bees en masse. It’s the sort of approach that is effective in the world of advertising too.
Authors
-
Research Fellow, Media & Communications, RMIT University
-
Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University
-
Research assistant, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
-
Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
-
Deputy Director, Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT Univeristy, RMIT University
-
PhD candidate in popular music studies, RMIT University
-
Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
-
Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
-
Director, Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT University
-
Research Fellow, College of Business and Law, RMIT University
-
Lecturer in Politics and Communication , RMIT University
-
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
-
Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University
