Youth and Community Partnerships - About Us

Youth and Community Partnerships (previously known as the NIECAP and CIECAP Group in Community & Regional Partnerships) was established in 1988 at RMIT University and is now one of a number groups in the Students Portfolio.

Activities are concentrated in two broad areas:

• Transition of young people from secondary school into post compulsory education, training or employment
• Enhancement of science and technology education in primary and secondary schools across all sectors.

We seek to build partnerships among schools, industry, this university, the training sector, governments and the local community. Through the facilitation of partnerships, an action research model has developed whereby projects provide an opportunity for reflection and ‘learning by doing’ that are responsive to the needs of local communities.

Manager

Ms Trish van Lint

Trish has been a Manager in Community and Regional Partnerships at RMIT, with particular responsibility for the university’s engagement with schools since 2000, and worked on projects in the group from 1995. Projects within the university and in the community are focussed on adding value to school education and supporting community initiatives around pathways for young people. Equity is an underpinning value of RMIT’s community engagement work with schools.

Prior to joining RMIT in 1995, Trish taught in secondary schools in the northern metropolitan area of Melbourne.

Contact Us

General Enquiries

+61 3 9925 7774

PO Box 71

Bundoora VIC 3083