DSC Higher Degrees Research Symposia

3-5 December | Presented in partnership with the Parsons School of Design, featuring designed focussed panels and including presentations from a growing cohort of PhD candidates from RMIT’s Schools of Design and Fashion & Textiles.

27-30 November | PRS Europe hosted three live examinations and a keynote panel of esteemed practitioners at the Barcelona Design Museum, as well as 39 HDR presentations from RMIT, QUB and EKA across the weekend.

20-25 October | PRS Australia welcomed a new chair, Professor Daniel Palmer. More than 100 creative practice candidates presented their research with one Masters and nine PhD examinations and four enlightening panel discussions.

20-24 October | Urban Futures & Social Change Symposia comprised of forty HDR Milestone presentations and a collection of interactive workshops and engaging panel discussions.

19-21 September | Engaging with partners, practitioners and collaborators in Vietnam and across Asia, this event included two live PhD examinations, candidate presentations as well as research focussed workshops for researchers at all stages of their careers.

2-7 June | PRS Australia comprised of six live and in-person examinations, one hundred and seventy-nine candidate presentations, three panel discussions for creative practice researchers and a Keynote from A/Prof Kate Scardifield.

2-6 June | Three collaborative workshops took place as part of this symposium preparing candidates for strategic publications, working ethically with AI, and the post-PhD life.

2-6 June | This candidate-led symposium included a research poster competition and twenty-six milestone presentations from Education, Global, Urban and Social Studies, and Media and Communication.

15-18 May | With HDR candidates from RMIT, BAU and Queen's University Belfast, PRS Europe May 2025 included two live examinations from the School of Architecture and Urban Design and a Keynote by Prof Harriet Harriss, Pratt Institute.

28-30 March | PRS Asia in Ho Chi Minh City features a keynote on craft, a PhD examination from the School of Architecture and Urban Design, and milestone and work-in-progress presentations by candidates from the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT Australia and RMIT Vietnam.

2-3 December | Presented in partnership with the Parsons School of Design (New York) and including presentations by PhD candidates from RMIT’s School of Design and the School of Fashion & Textiles.

21-25 November | Held in Spain, this PRS instalment included presentations by PhD and Masters by Research candidates from RMIT University, Queens University Belfast and the Estonian Academy of Arts.