Goal 4 - Quality Education

The aims of this research partnership between Melbourne Water and RMIT University is to help prevent aquatic pollution.

Animation in Cambodia is a project delivered jointly with the NGOs FutureSense & Challenges Abroad.

Most litter that ends up in Port Phillip Bay comes from the catchments. Education is an integral tool for achieving long-term change in community behaviors and reducing litter in waterways and the Bay.

The air quality project was initiated in 2019 by the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, and implemented and executed by RMIT University in coordination with UNICEF Vietnam, Saigon Innovation Hub and Clean Air Asia.

RMIT is partnering with the Hungkuang University HKU (Taiwan) and delivering annual short course programs on: Integrated Water Management and Sustainable Development Goals, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (environmental system and issues, climate change), and Introduction to membrane technology for wastewater treatment and related researches on the use of membranes.

The Accounting, Organisations and Society (AOS) course is a great example of commitment and innovation to meaningful education around the SDGs.

RMIT is partnering with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) to undertake a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Work Integrated Learning placement opportunity.

In recent years, Vietnam’s economy experienced rapid growth and integration into the global economy.

With 22.84 million school aged children not attending school, and a 58% adult literacy rate, Pakistan faces severe challenges to achieving the SDG 4 (ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all).

Pakistan is a postcolonial nation-state whose complex and diverse society makes it an ideal context for realizing the spirit of pluralism, and developing a respect for diversity as a source of strength, not a weakness and threat.

The status of girls’ education in the rural areas of Balochistan province in Pakistan is alarmingly low from the perspective of access, enrollment, retention and quality in the schools.

The Greenhouse and Sustainability Program (GSP) connects multi-disciplined Honours and Masters students with industry partners in real-world problem solving.

The partnership between RMIT School of Engineering and Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) provides opportunities for engineering students to learn about global perspectives in engineering through real projects and to participate directly in community-based programs and initiatives focused on sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

The Sustainable Urban Precincts Program (SUPP) was a $128 million project to reduce energy and water use, significantly lowering greenhouse gas emissions associated with RMIT campus operations.

This project examines the discourses and practices around corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs among community stakeholders in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (SBC) aims at improving the knowledge of sustainable construction, and to support and mainstream sustainable building solutions.

The Jean Monnet Sustainable Development Goals Network, hosted at the RMIT’s EU Centre, brings together international and national researchers, policy think tanks and Non-Government Organisations who share a primary interest in enhancing the effective contribution of the EU to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia Pacific.

Nanotechnologies – the purposeful engineering of matter close to the atomic or molecular scale – have given rise to great expectations in recent years, unlocking new research opportunities in areas as diverse as energy, healthcare, electronics, food, and construction.