Drivers of Change - Environment

Tom Bentley speaks about the Drivers of Change, specifically Environment. Slides from his presentation, extra animations and illustrations are used to aid his speaking points and provide extra information.

Audio:

Ambient music plays throughout.

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RMIT logo animates in and out.

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Hand drawn graph displaying the 'Drivers of change'.

Zooms into specific topic – Environment.

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Environment;

- physical

- economic.

How do we address cost and equity?

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Environment. How our physical and natural surroundings are changing and how they are impacted by our choices and activities.

Tom Bentley, Executive Director Policy, Strategy and Impact at RMIT Speaks:

The decisions that governments are making, especially in Victoria to try to build a city that can support and accommodate this population

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The Victorian Government has begun the biggest infrastructure- building program since 1950.

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.. and also to stimulate sustainable economic growth, create jobs and livelihoods for all means that our immediate environment is changing very fast but also the shape of city is changing.

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Success factors for enterprise precincts:

- infrastructure

- affordability

- anchor institutions

- quality of place

- accessibility

- diversity and inclusion

- critical mass

- competitive advantage

- collaboration

Tom Bentley Speaks:

As all of this changes and we occupy more of the CVD and upgrade our infrastructure and do amazing things in urban innovation and digital infrastructure and so on, are we reinforcing or are we reducing inequalities of access to tertiary education and what do we want to do about that?

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Graph displaying how the enrolment in higher education is geographically distributed. The location with the highest percentage of enrolments being the City with 34.6%.

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Challenges…

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As we switch to a digital economy and society, how do we address the growing costs of land, energy and materials?

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What role should RMIT play in improving the urban environment, and ensuring equitable access?

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Illustration outlining RMIT’s 3 Directions;

Direction 1. Life Changing Experiences

Direction 2. Passion with Purpose

Direction 3. Shaping the World.

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RMIT logo animates in and out.

Audio:

Ambient music fades to silence

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