Earn and Learn at RMIT
‘Earn and Learn’ is part of RMIT's response to the Australian Universities Accord, which called for significant reform to the tertiary education system to create new pathways and models of education for different stages of life.
Mish Eastman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Vocational Education at RMIT, said that industry-based models had already seen successful outcomes at RMIT.
“From offering Free Diplomas for women in IT, to working with 79 Local Councils to retrain and upskill their workforce and offering a vocational and higher education qualification to Mechanical Engineering students, RMIT’s ‘Earn and Learn’ model has already seen great outcomes,” she said.
Professor Catherine Itsiopoulos, Deputy Vice-Chancellor STEM at RMIT, said the ‘Earn and Learn’ model was being implemented across a number of areas in STEM College.
“Alongside the Mechanical Engineering dual-degree pathway we have implemented alongside our colleagues in Vocational Education, we are proud to be delivering Queensland’s first nuclear medicine degree, which has recently expanded into Western Australia, and an Earn and Learn model for Computer Science students, with much more to come,” she said.
“It was wonderful to be able to have the Minister visit our campus, meet our students and program experts, and showcase our leadership in industry-based learning models – already so successful overseas – in Australia.”
The University is helping shape a new tertiary education system to better address Australia’s critical skills shortages and provide education opportunities for those who need to work alongside their studies.
Co-designed and delivered with RMIT’s industry partners, ‘Earn and Learn’ represents a win-win for employers and students, giving students valuable paid work experience and allowing industry to help shape the skills of the next generation of professionals.
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Story: Finn Devlin
