Stories of impact

With the support of the Ngarara Willim Centre and RMIT scholarships, Harrison is rebuilding his life and future, proving how care, culture and community can help a young person believe in themselves.

Scholarship support has helped Ella achieve something she long thought impossible.

A scholarship is helping Eirene Hu pursue her engineering dreams – and she’s already considering how she can pay it forward.

From a childhood marked by illness and learning challenges, to studying screen and media at RMIT

Celebrating 10 years of the Boeing Scholarship, RMIT and Boeing continue to explore new frontiers in aerospace, STEM and research.

An RMIT book published with open access is helping miners in southern Africa fight for justice and compensation.

It’s a shapeshifting, increasingly prevalent crime that spans international borders, is hard to police and has often been dismissed as trivial or, worse, blamed on its victims.

Vietnam's first International University, RMIT Vietnam, was born out of two transformational gifts from The Atlantic Philanthropies.

The Professor John Jackson Scholarship reduces the financial pressure on students, helping them focus fully on learning.

RMIT alumni Thomas Preuss and Philip Francis have left a gift to RMIT in their Wills. Their legacy will benefit RMIT students for many years to come.

Hendrikus Berkers has been connected to RMIT for most of his life. Now he’s continuing that connection as a mentor and donor.

Deeply passionate about the power of journalism and education, Charlotte Kahane created a legacy at RMIT dedicated to the next generation.

The Milan-Melbourne Exchange Program is providing architecture students with rare access to world-leading expertise in textile architecture.

A decade long partnership has given emerging architects international experience and brought new ideas home to Melbourne.

Thanks to the generosity of donors, Australia’s architecture and design history is being brought to new audiences.

Receiving the Milan-Melbourne Travel Scholarship taught Eugenie some lessons she never anticipated.

Dr Crispin Szydzik likes to describe his work as “tiny plumbing”. But while the technology he works with is small, its potential is huge.

RMIT researchers are developing breakthrough techniques to detect ovarian cancer earlier and personalise treatments.

RMIT researchers are bringing healthcare – and hope – to thousands of people affected by limb loss and other disabling conditions.

Philanthropic support is helping to improve outcomes for infants injured around the time of birth.

Backing from Calleo Indigenous is helping First Nations students break through systemic barriers and pursue careers that reflect their ambitions, strengths and identities.

A passionate believer in the power of education to unlock personal and public prosperity, Jacques Nasser AC has never forgotten the boost he got studying Business at RMIT.