Education Portfolio

Education Portfolio

The Education Portfolio provides support services to our programs, including professional development of academic staff, improvement of the student experience and learning and teaching outcomes.

The Portfolio is headed by Professor Sherman Young, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Vice President who leads the planning and implementation of the University’s strategies related to RMIT’s academic programs and the  student experience. The Education Portfolio leads RMIT’s learning and teaching strategy, drives academic quality, and delivers services that enhance the student experience, support success across diverse learning pathways, and build educator capability.

The Education Portfolio plays a key role in empowering students to access education, participate actively in the life of the University and build successful futures beyond graduation. The provision of a stimulating and satisfying experience for students is a priority for the University.

The Portfolio is responsible for:

  • development and implementation of the Education Plan in accordance with University strategy as it relates to best practice in learning and teaching, student experience and academic staffing
  • development and implementation of policy relating to academic profile and its impact on academic programs and staff
  • leadership and management of relevant initiatives deemed as priorities in the RMIT Strategy and Strategic Execution Plan
  • provision of learning and research resources through the RMIT University Library
  • overseeing the provision of academic and personal support to students to meet the needs of different student cohorts, on and offshore, across the student life cycle
  • leading and coordinating University strategies to widen participation in tertiary education 

The Education Portfolio supports the following groups.

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The Academy sits within RMIT's central Education Portfolio, under the leadership of the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor Education. It is RMIT's centre for Educator excellence. The Academy is responsible for the delivery of the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education providing a rigorous, accredited pathway for staff to grow and be recognised as educators throughout their careers. The Academy works in close partnership with colleges to embed a culture of educational excellence that  is  discipline-informed and college-valued.

The Academy is also RMIT's home for educational research – providing a coordinated, university-wide space to generate, apply and disseminate evidence-based practice that strengthens teaching and enriches the student experience. The Academy supports academics to pursue scholarly inquiry into their teaching practice and contribute to the broader field of tertiary education.

The Centre for Education Innovation and Quality (CEIQ) partners with RMIT’s Colleges, Schools, and Organisational areas to co-design educational strategy and deliver a University-wide approach to learning, teaching, and academic quality. 

CEIQ drives the learning and teaching components of RMIT’s Education Plan, steering transformational educational experiences through consistent, coherent, and innovative pedagogy, curriculum, technologies, and staff development.

CEIQ provides resources that support educators and professional staff in delivering exceptional learning experiences in their courses and programs. By embedding academic quality frameworks, processes, and practices into our work, and supporting staff capability development, we ensure a culture of academic quality and compliance across the University.

This integrated approach empowers our academic and teaching community to focus on delivering high-quality education, equipping our students with the skills and knowledge they need for life and work. 

For further information, visit the CEIQ worklife page.

The Generative AI Lab for Education (GAILE) at RMIT was established with a sector-facing mission: to guide and enable human-centred adoption of AI in education

We’re building GAILE as a catalyst for transformation to build understanding of where AI creates real and impactful value. With a focus on how AI can amplify the work of educators and, in turn, better support and empower students.

Together we will:

  • For AI: build educator capability and confidence to innovate with AI. 
  • With AI: enhance teaching, learning, curriculum and assessment. 
  • About AI: foster critical, ethical and societal understanding. 

In collaboration with students, staff, industry and government, GAILE fast-tracks initiatives from concept to implementation with clarity and pace. We’re not just responding to AI, we’re building a community to shape it, always asking how it amplifies human expertise and enriches student learning.

The Office of the DVC Education supports the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education (DVCE) and the Education Portfolio leaders in achieving their strategic goals and delivering high-quality education outcomes through providing a range of collaborative support, such as planning, execution, coordination, analysis, communication, engagement, advice, and project facilitation. 

The ODVCE also serves as a central hub within the portfolio, facilitating communication and interaction between the Education Portfolio and a number of key internal and external stakeholders, including Operations Portfolio Business Partners, governance committee secretariats, vendors, and external partners.

For further information, visit the Office of DVCE worklife site.

RMIT University Library shapes the education and research experience by transforming how students and staff discover, access, use and create knowledge. The Library provides resources, facilities, information services and academic skills support to meet the learning, teaching and research needs of our community globally. 

Find out more on the RMIT University Library website.

The Students Group, led by the Executive Director, Students, holds institutional responsibility for the design and delivery of coherent, consistent student support and services across the full student lifecycle - from enrolment to graduation. This spans frontline service and advising, mental health and wellbeing, careers and employability, campus life, sport and recreation, academic integrity, and student inclusion, diversity, equity and access.

The Students Group also leads university-level initiatives to improve student satisfaction with student support and services, and stewards RMIT’s student voice and partnership framework - ensuring students are active participants in shaping the support and services that affect them.

Find out more about RMIT’s support for students.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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