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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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Heading for failure: shifting the burden of social development programs to business enterprises may prove to be a huge mistake by India’s national government. Shutterstock

India’s grand experiment in corporate social responsibility is heading for trouble

Monika Kansal, CQUniversity Australia; Ameeta Jain, Deakin University; Mahesh Joshi, RMIT University, and Pawan Kumar Taneja, FORE School of Management

India requires large enterprises to spend 2% of their profits on corporate social responsibility projects. It’s a bold idea, but looks doomed to fail.
Residents of the outer suburbs like the green spaces and sense of community, but lament the lack of access to transport and other services. theskaman306/Shutterstock

Living ‘liveable’: this is what residents have to say about life on the urban fringe

Leila Mahmoudi Farahani, RMIT University; Billie Giles-Corti, RMIT University; Cecily Maller, RMIT University, and Melanie Lowe, Australian Catholic University

Much of the growth in our cities is in the outer suburbs, now home to around 5 million people. And that creates problems like traffic that detract from the advantages residents see in living there.
The majority of Australian universities have implemented or beefed up existing policies to respond to sexual assault and harassment since 2017. www.shutterstock.com

Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there’s more to be done

Nicola Henry, RMIT University

Universities have done a lot over the last two years to respond to the high rate of sexual assault and harassment on campus, but we still don’t know whether rates of incidents have dropped.
A cake made to farewell the last tenant to leave the Sirius building, which was built in Sydney at a time when governments saw the need to invest directly in public housing. Ben Rushton/AAP

Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter

Kathleen Flanagan, University of Tasmania; Chris Martin, UNSW Sydney; Julie Lawson, RMIT University, and Keith Jacobs, University of Tasmania

If we recognised social housing as infrastructure as essential as transport links, schools and hospitals, not properly investing in it could become unthinkable.
The fire in the Melbourne CBD on Monday was a reminder of the urgency of developing a system that guarantees only materials that meet building safety standards are used. Bekah Jane/Twitter

Cladding fires expose gaps in building material safety checks. Here’s a solution

Kevin Argus, RMIT University and Usha Iyer-Raniga, RMIT University

Fortunately, no lives were lost in the latest cladding fire in Melbourne, but it’s a stark reminder of the urgent need to track and verify that building materials comply with safety standards.
To help draw bees’ attention, flowers that are pollinated by bees have typically evolved to send very strong colour signals. Shutterstock

Our ‘bee-eye camera’ helps us support bees, grow food and protect the environment

Adrian Dyer, RMIT University and Tanya Latty, University of Sydney

Bees need flowers to live, and we need bees to pollinate our crops. Understanding bee vision can help us better support our buzzy friends and the critical pollination services they provide.
Gillette backed up its campaign by US$3 million in charitable donations, but the brand has been criticised for appropriating the #MeToo movement. Proctor & Gamble

Post Gillette: other brands are better at matching practice with talk, but don’t get the publicity

Jessica Vredenburg, Auckland University of Technology; Amanda Spry, RMIT University; Joya Kemper, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Sommer Kapitan, Auckland University of Technology

Gillette recently made headlines with their controversial campaign against toxic masculinity, but other brands appear to be better at taking action.
The solar boom continues, but not necessarily because of government policy settings. AAP Image/UNSW

Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets

Alan Pears, RMIT University

Australia’s government insists it is on track to surpass its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. But while that may be true, it will only happen with some clever accounting.
Lochiel Park in Adelaide was Australia’s first large-scale attempt to create homes that use near net zero energy. Stephen Berry

When the heat hits: how to make our homes comfortable without cranking up the aircon

Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Aimee Ambrose, Sheffield Hallam University; Graeme Sherriff, University of Salford, and Stephen Berry, University of South Australia

Air conditioning changed both building design and people’s active management of home temperatures. A return to houses designed for our climate can keep us comfortable and cut energy use and emissions.

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