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Partner with RMIT

At RMIT’s College of Design and Social Context we’re passionate about working in partnership with business, industry, the cultural sector, policymakers and communities, to create new knowledge and advance innovative solutions to sector and societal challenges, on a local and global scale.

Urgent challenges face us, from finding new ways to manage resources sustainably, to better design that inclusively supports living. From greening our urban environments and accelerating digital literacy, to policies that better shape our future.

By partnering with us across a range of areas including research, commercialisation and developing your future workforce, we accelerate your capability and capacity to solve.

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Ways to engage

Partnering with the College of Design & Social Context offers you and your organisation access to exceptional talent and fresh perspectives, world-class facilities, and ground-breaking research.

Below are some of the ways you can collaborate with us

PhD, Student Placements and Work Integrated Learning Experiences

Provide industry-relevant education and training to support a strong and vibrant talent pipeline.

Access to Talent

Showcasing outstanding student outcomes at bi-annual exhibitions. Connecting you with work-ready graduates, career fairs and upskilling bootcamps. A place to advertise jobs.

Mentoring through Learning and Teaching Programs

Mentoring, advice, industry teaching, prizes and scholarships, to ensure curriculum and graduate readiness that aligns with industry needs.

Workforce Training

Upskilling employees with accredited education or non-accredited training.

Industry Advisory Groups

Influencing the future of education and your industry.

Research and Innovation with Impact

World-leading research that translates into growing your business and sustaining your future. DSC Research Domains.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

Cutting edge facilities in which to explore innovation – world-leading media studios and edit suites; games and AV labs; robotics workshops; exhibition galleries; and The Capitol Theatre.

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Interested in working with the College of Design and Social Context to develop opportunities for your organisation?

Contact our Industry Engagement Team

DSC partnerships focus on three key multidisciplinary domains:

Design and Creative Industries

Social Change, Care and Justice

Urban and Built Environment

Across each domain we lead new partnerships and collaborations that respond to real-world problems, to expand current knowledge, through a flexible and interdisciplinary approach.

Our partner network includes:

Urban Design and Construction Partners
Social Policy, Innovation and Enterprise Partners
Government/Policymaking Partners
Arts and Culture Partners
Placemaking Partners
Practice Research Symposium Global Partners

Explore our partnership outcomes

RMIT partners with Qantas to establish national first safety academy

Society and Environment

24 Oct 2024

RMIT will partner with Qantas to establish a national first safety academy, upskilling professionals across all high reliability sectors in Australia, including transport, energy and medicine.

Shorter menus could reduce food waste and save cafes thousands: study

Society and Environment

23 Oct 2024

A new Australian study of small to medium sized cafes has found making small changes could prevent hundreds of tonnes of food waste while saving struggling businesses thousands of dollars.

Indian education minister visits RMIT during Australian trip

Society and Environment

23 Oct 2024

The Indian education minister has visited RMIT, to explore best practice research and industry partnerships.

RMIT partners with London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to boost cross-border tech innovation

Business and Entrepreneurship

22 Oct 2024

The new agreement will connect the White City and Melbourne Innovation Districts to create new opportunities and strengthen economic growth.

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We welcome new partnerships that align with our mission to bring creativity, technology, and enterprise together.

Partnering with DSC is a straightforward process. Here's how you can get involved:

Step 1

Express Interest: reach out to our Partnership Team to express your interest in collaborating.

Step 2

Collaborative Planning: work with our team to develop a partnership plan that aligns with your objectives and student learning outcomes.

Step 3

Engage and Collaborate: develop knowledge and understanding of each other through engagement with our students, researchers or learning and teaching and over time build strength, capability and transformative impact, together.

Step 4

Celebrate Success: showcase the outcomes and celebrate the impact of our collaborations.

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Contact our team

General Enquiries for Partnered Projects can be directed to: dsc.industryengage@rmit.edu.au

Otherwise, please contact the team:

Belinda Anson, Director of Strategic Partnerships – belinda.anson@rmit.edu.au

Chelsea Denny, Partnerships and Engagement Officer – chelsea.denny@rmit.edu.au

Find out more about student placements and interns

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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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aboriginal flag

torres strait flag

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.

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