Impact Stories

After fleeing Afghanistan due to Taliban threats, Fahim Atayee's resilience and determination led him to Australia. Now, with support from the Northcote Trust Scholarship, he pursues his dreams while helping his family build a brighter future.

Support from the Withers-Needham Scholarship helped set Catrin Yako on the road to success in a traditionally male-dominated field.

Lily Jones’ dream of moving to Melbourne to study remained out of reach until she received the Sir William Tyree Engineering Scholarship.

A study tour to Vietnam is taking students out of their comfort zone to help them gain new perspectives on life and work.

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 Ian Howard Memorial Scholarship gives exceptional interior design students the opportunity to experience European furniture design and manufacturing first-hand.

The bequest of an intriguing Australian artwork celebrates the man behind RMIT’s longest-running scholarship program and deepens the family’s continuing ties with the University. It also set off some serious sleuthing by RMIT’s Art Collection team.

A young Phillip Zmood was studying industrial design in the early 1960s when he entered a cartridge drawing into the British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturer's Automobile Body Design Competition.

Filmmaker and RMIT alumnus Ling Ang challenges what it is to be a modern day philanthropist with her support of The Capitol.

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.

The Sir William Tyree Engineering Scholarship is giving students more than vital financial support through tough economic times.

Awarded the philanthropically-funded Environmental Thinker and Achiever Award in 2019, final year Environment and Society student Naomi Kelsey discusses what winning meant to her, and where she plans to take her career in climate change.

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.