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RMIT becomes Midsumma Festival Major Partner

RMIT is proud to partner with Australia’s leading LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival as it marks 30 years of the Midsumma Pride March – one of many events celebrating pride and unity.

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RMIT community comes together to celebrate the Class of 2025

With Sneaky Sound System setting the scene and honorary degrees awarded to two outstanding leaders from the art and business communities, the 2025 RMIT Melbourne Graduation Ceremony was full of highlights.

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RMIT celebrates completion of first phase of initiative to upskill local council workers

Last week, RMIT University celebrated the completion of the pilot phase of our ‘Earn and Learn’ model for the local government workforce.

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The Hon. Nick Staikos, Minister for Local Government in Victoria, and RMIT educator Tina Manolitsas.

RMIT becomes Midsumma Festival Major Partner

RMIT is proud to partner with Australia’s leading LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival as it marks 30 years of the Midsumma Pride March – one of many events celebrating pride and unity.

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RMIT community comes together to celebrate the Class of 2025

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RMIT celebrates completion of first phase of initiative to upskill local council workers

Last week, RMIT University celebrated the completion of the pilot phase of our ‘Earn and Learn’ model for the local government workforce.

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RMIT extends partnership with Cricket Victoria to continue Melbourne Cricket Education Academy

Business and Entrepreneurship

06 Jan 2026

RMIT University and Cricket Victoria have announced the extension of their partnership alongside the Melbourne Cricket Education Academy (MCEA), which will continue to provide students with an exclusive pathway that combines study with real-world experience.

RMIT becomes Midsumma Festival Major Partner

Society and Environment

19 Dec 2025

RMIT is proud to partner with Australia’s leading LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival as it marks 30 years of the Midsumma Pride March – one of many events celebrating pride and unity.

Louise Adams recognised with honorary doctorate at 2025 graduation

Society and Environment

18 Dec 2025

RMIT has awarded Louise Adams, Aurecon Chief Executive Officer, the Doctor of Business honoris causa, acknowledging her leadership in engineering, gender equality and Australia’s partnership with Vietnam.

RMIT community comes together to celebrate the Class of 2025

Society and Environment

18 Dec 2025

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Media releases and expert comments

Children of different nationalities play online games or read social networks on mobile phones.

Age-led social media bans are not enough to prevent harm

Society and Environment

15 Dec 2025

Is the federal government’s social media ban for under 16’s enough to reduce digital harm? An RMIT expert argues that age limits alone miss the real risk - platforms designed to keep young people engaged – and that Australia should prioritise evidence-based, design-led regulation to build safer digital environments.

Outside an RMIT building with trees lining the footpath

Statement: Bondi Beach Attack

Society and Environment

15 Dec 2025

The devastating attack at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 targeted at the Jewish community has shocked Australia and the world.

The challenges with Greg Lynn's retrial

Society and Environment

12 Dec 2025

Greg Lynn this week successfully appealed against his conviction and sentence for the murder of camper Carol Clay in March 2020. An RMIT criminology expert explains the challenges of a new trial.

Research impact

Aussie invention predicts power line faults that can cause bushfires

A powerline fault detection system designed at RMIT University is helping to prevent bushfires and blackouts in North America, Europe and Australia.

3D-printed spine disc ‘has given me my whole world back'

RMIT researchers collaborated with a medical device company and a surgeon to successfully deliver a 3D printed vertebral cage to a patient with severe back pain.

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Podcasts

Art, Design and Media

Hear from academic experts, successful alumni and guest speakers in the fields of communication, journalism, art, creative media, design, fashion and textiles.

Barely Gettin' By

Historians, millennials, and friends Dr Emma Shortis and Dr Chloe Ward spend a lot of time getting angry at the way public discussion about history and politics is dominated by the same voices. So they started a podcast.

Better Place: Talking International Law

Better Place is an interview series with international law practitioners from around Australia and the world.

Mint and Burn

The RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub podcast 'Mint & Burn' offers an academic analysis of the decentralised digital economy, including blockchain and other decentralised technologies.

Space for Change

Listen to leaders, innovators and researchers discuss the drastic changes in health and justice systems, the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-racism, LGBTQ+ and long-term institutional responses to our social, urban and economic challenges.

Talking Design

Talking Design is a fortnightly podcast produced by leading design writer and commentator Stephen Crafti.

Talking Innovative Justice

Talking Innovative Justice is a resource for law students featuring Rob Hulls, guests from across the legal landscape, and lectures from leading industry figures.

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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