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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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The Papunya elders who organised the event were less concerned about their team winning and more about ensuring each community got a fair go. Barry Judd

The Aboriginal football ethic: where the rules get flexible

Tim Butcher, Griffith University and Barry Judd, RMIT University

Sports weekends are where family connections are sustained, and culture is infused into Australian football games played on country.
Connecting the city and regions, long-distance commuting is a significant factor in regional centres. Peter Mackey/flickr

Commuters help regions tap into city-driven growth

Todd Denham, RMIT University

Long-distance commuting may help promote the development of regional cities by boosting local populations, skills and incomes.
Artists protest George Brandis’ cuts to funding … after a tumultuous year, where to next for the arts sector? Paul Miller/AAP

Friday essay: where to now for Australian culture?

David Pledger, RMIT University

The arts sector has mobilised to highlight the damage inflicted by Coalition funding cuts and the value of art to society. It’s unclear how a narrowly elected Turnbull government will value culture but artists have found their voice.
After the likes of Joan Jett, Janis Joplin and Debbie Harry, why are women in rock still marginalised? Shutterstock

Harder, faster, louder: challenging sexism in the music industry

Catherine Strong, RMIT University

Why are women still marginalised in the rock industry? There are many reasons - from a male dominated music canon to belittling attitudes - but women are speaking up and lobbying for change.
Three more years for Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition. AAP/David Moir

Election 2016: what will a re-elected Coalition government mean for key policy areas?

Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne; Ben Spies-Butcher, Macquarie University; Deborah Ralston, Monash University; Diana Perche, Macquarie University; Emmaline Bexley, The University of Melbourne; Glenn C Savage, The University of Melbourne; Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne; Jago Dodson, RMIT University; Jim Gillespie, University of Sydney; Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW Sydney; John Wanna, Australian National University; Mary Anne Kenny, Murdoch University; Merlin Crossley, UNSW Sydney; Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Robyn Eckersley, The University of Melbourne; Susan Irvine, Queensland University of Technology, and Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, The University of Melbourne

What’s in store for key policy areas, from health to education to infrastructure to asylum seekers, under a returned Coalition government?
How well did our experts’ predictions match the results at the ballot box? AAP/Richard Wainwright

State of the states: what were the issues and seats that mattered in Australia’s state and territories?

Anne Tiernan, Griffith University; David Hayward, RMIT University; Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong; John Warhurst, Australian National University; Natalie Mast, The University of Western Australia; Richard Eccleston, University of Tasmania; Rob Manwaring, Flinders University, and Rolf Gerritsen, Charles Darwin University

We reconvened our State of the states experts to respond to the results of the 2016 federal election.
How effective are drug-detection dogs in minimising harm? AAP/Paul Miller

Why drug-detection dogs are sniffing up the wrong tree

Peta Malins, RMIT University

Drug-detection dogs don’t stop most drug use. And they have been shown to encourage more dangerous practices, criminalise and traumatise marginalised groups, and render all as potential suspects.

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