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RMIT Europe has been named a partner in two new Erasmus+ projects that are aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education as well as examining the skills gaps in generative AI in both higher and vocational education.

RMIT University’s coffee concrete innovators have won an award at Universities Australia’s Shaping Australia Awards in the Problem Solver category, after tallying the most votes from the public.

A new industry report has found audiences and journalists are growing increasingly concerned by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism.

RMIT Europe is partnering with EIT Urban Mobility to launch the second edition of the Emerging Leaders program, putting a call out to senior leaders from city councils across Europe to nominate high-potential team members to join the six-month journey.

RMIT and ACCIONA have signed a partnership agreement to drive innovation and build skills for a sustainable future.

Researchers in the DIAMETER project will develop digital platforms focused on augmented sustainability and circularity of additive manufacturing and machining processes.

A new strategic collaboration with UPM will allow students to enrich their academic experience in an international environment.

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

Barcelona's internationally renowned superblock model is aimed at improving the sustainability and liveability of the city for people, place and planet.

The third edition of the Future Europe Series – a thought leadership program in the context of European investment in Victoria, Australia – has launched in Milan, Italy.

The latest report out of the Future Europe Series delivered by RMIT Europe and the State of Victoria’s European Trade and Investment office, has made recommendations in skills and talent, innovation and digitalisation for French companies investing in Victoria, Australia.

The DREAM+PLAN program will spearhead a new community of visionary changemakers across Europe and Australia. 

RMIT has announced that the €7.2 million (AU$11.9 million) Australia-Spain Network for Innovation and Research Excellence (AuSpire) has been approved for funding by the European Commission.

Professor Laurene Vaughan, a practising designer, researcher and educator, has joined RMIT’s European Innovation Hub in the role of Research Director.

As our cities heat up, we must urgently find ways to think and act differently to better address the impacts of climate change particularly for those most marginalised, according to RMIT urban futures expert Professor Wendy Steele.

RMIT Europe has contributed to a European project aimed at empowering citizens to live a healthy and active lifestyle.

Meet RMIT alum Monique Zytnik, an award-winning global internal communication expert and author of the newly released Internal Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Australian researchers are developing solutions to recycle solar panels and recover strategic metals including silver and copper.

A new leadership program designed to cultivate the next generation of high-potential leaders working at the forefront of urban transformation in Europe's public sector was launched this month in Barcelona by RMIT Europe, RMIT Forward and EIT Urban Mobility.

A new report out of the Future Europe Series, delivered by RMIT Europe and the State of Victoria’s European Trade and Investment office, has made recommendations in skills, innovation and digitalisation for Spanish companies investing in infrastructure and energy projects in Victoria, Australia.

RMIT Council has recognised the Spanish businessman’s contributions to sustainability and innovation across the clean energy and regenerative infrastructure sectors with the award of an Honorary Doctorate of Business honoris causa.

RMIT has led an international team exploring nature-based water treatment solutions in urban areas in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

From footy dreams to leadership in the construction sector, RMIT alum Andy Campbell has kicked goals when it comes to showing resilience and determination.

RMIT has helped develop a global network of cities focused on promoting edible green infrastructure and sustainable urban food production, distribution and use.

Government, university and industry leaders discuss the skills we need for the future amid critical shortages in key industry sectors.

Professor Wendy Steele, a leading expert in sustainability and urban policy, has joined RMIT’s European Innovation Hub.

Melburnians now have access to more Spanish language courses and cultural activities, with the opening of the Cervantes Institute’s office at RMIT University.

The new European training initiative will see PhD candidates engage in practical, cross-disciplinary and innovative research rooted in design approaches.

This leader in her field is a member of RMIT’s new UK Alumni Chapter, a network to help graduates support each other while living and working across the UK.

Short online courses by RMIT Europe, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Community, EIT Urban Mobility and the New European Bauhaus (NEB) have been named winners in the 2023 LearnX Awards.

RMIT has become the first Australian institution to join the Spain-Australia Council Foundation as a patron.

EIT Urban Mobility and RMIT have joined forces to foster the growth of high-potential leaders within the public sector across Europe, equipping them with the skills and perspective to effectively manage and innovate in an increasingly complex landscape.

In partnership with Global Victoria in Europe, RMIT's European Innovation Hub has launched a thought leadership series to shed light on the skills, innovation and digitalisation needs as we transition our businesses and our society to a post fossil-fuel economy.

A new agreement with the City of Barcelona will see RMIT join the general council of the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan, further cementing the University's commitment and connection to the Catalan capital.

Researchers at RMIT University have helped map European health and digital health literacy, in an important step towards informing health policy and practice across the region.

Since opening in 2013, RMIT Europe has become an exemplar of the innovation hub model – driving innovation, facilitating the transfer of knowledge and technology between academia and industry, and fostering international collaboration.

Students from RMIT Vietnam and CETT at the University of Barcelona recently partnered up to tackle challenges towards sustainable tourism with a focus on the community of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

As Australia and Spain celebrate the 55th anniversary of their bilateral links, RMIT continues to play a key role in cooperation across education and research between both countries.

RMIT Europe has been awarded AU$434K to contribute to ALCOAT, a research project developing aluminium alloy coatings as a more sustainable alternative to zinc galvanisation.

Meet Sílvia Vallhonrat, a design student at one of RMIT Europe’s partners in Barcelona, BAU College of Arts & Design, and creator of the logo and illustration for RMIT Europe’s tenth anniversary.

Researchers in Europe, Australia and Latin America are combining social interactions with the colours, sounds and smells of the natural environment to improve mental health in at-risk communities.

A new RMIT partnership with the Australia-UK Chamber of Commerce will see the University's game-changing online education model support urgent workforce reskilling and upskilling needs in the UK.

Over the past decade, RMIT Europe has provided many RMIT students with rich transformative experiences through work placement opportunities.

Opening its doors in 2013 in the city famous for the Sagrada Familia, RMIT’s innovation hub in Europe has reached the significant milestone of its 10-year anniversary.

Supported by RMIT Europe, the Edible Cities Network has announced the winners of its annual awards, featuring innovative and impactful urban agriculture projects from around the world.

A new partnership with Instituto Cervantes Sydney will see RMIT take the lead in promoting Spanish language and Hispanic culture in Melbourne.

Adequate accommodation is an essential foundation for social and economic wellbeing at the best of times, but when war directly impacts neighbourhoods as it has done in Ukraine, it’s vital that housing is at the heart of recovery plans, a new report has found.

A series of free online courses developed by RMIT and industry experts is helping urban planning professionals to tackle a crucial question: "How can we improve air quality in our cities?"

The University’s innovation hub in Barcelona, Spain has been named an associate member of a major innovation community, designed to connect creatives and organisations to one of Europe’s largest innovation networks.

RMIT Europe’s Executive Director, Professor Marta Fernandez, recently spoke to The Collider about European and Asia-Pacific innovation ecosystems and Barcelona's position as a European innovation hub.

RMIT’s game-changing PhD program that’s shifting the concept of industry embedded research in Europe recently returned to Barcelona for its biannual Practice Research Symposium Europe (PRS Europe).

Online courses developed by RMIT Europe in partnership with EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, the EIT Community and the New European Bauhaus have been awarded Best eLearning Project and Best eLearning Design in the 2022 LearnX Awards. 

RMIT's innovation hub in Barcelona, Spain, has been named the annual Malaspina Award winner in recognition of the team’s significant contribution to scientific and cultural relationships between Spain and Australia.

A new set of free online courses has been launched by RMIT Europe to help equip urban planning professionals and city officials to drive the cities we need.

Saskia Loer Hansen has been appointed to the new role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor International and Engagement and Vice-President.

RMIT Europe has been named a partner in C2IMPRESS – a new European funded project aimed at designing tools to better prepare for and respond to natural hazards such as wildfires, storms, droughts and floods.

The European funded research project SAFETY4RAILS has focused on increasing the safety and recovery of track-based inter-city railway and intra-city metro transportation from cyber and/or physical attacks.

UK-based architect and RMIT Professor Tom Holbrook is a London Mayor Design Advocate – one of 42 practitioners appointed by the city to promote quality and inclusion in the built environment with the aim of making London an even better place in which to live and work.

RMIT University is a partner in SELFY, a new European research project aiming to make digitally connected vehicles safer.

In a significant win for global research training, Australian and French academic ties are set to strengthen with today’s announcement of the Australia France Network of Doctoral Excellence (AUFRANDE).

Barcelona has been found to be a world leader in promoting healthy and sustainable lifestyles according to a new global study.

A design by an RMIT alumnus is to be exhibited at the home of RMIT Europe, bringing Indigenous art and perspectives to Barcelona’s innovation district.

First Nations students at RMIT shared their perspectives on how universities can promote inclusion and Indigenous perspectives at the recent UNESCO World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

Students from RMIT Vietnam and the Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy at the University of Barcelona (CETT) have worked with local and regional authorities to tackle mass tourism in Spain’s biggest aquatic habitat.

The €2.7 million research project will create a digital health literacy strategy and transform how everyday citizens manage their healthcare.

RMIT has been named a partner in a new €3.8 million European research project named BOLSTER – Bridging Organisations and Marginalised Communities for Local Sustainability Transitions in Europe.

The two-day event provided ample food for thought for city administrators, researchers and citizens exploring urban food practices as a pathway to more liveable and resilient cities.

RMIT and Eurecat, the Technology Centre of Catalonia, have announced the establishment of a Metal Digital Manufacturing Joint Research Unit (JRU) to drive industrial innovation for companies in the aerospace, automotive and health sectors in Europe and Australia.

RMIT Europe Research Fellow Nevelina Pachova explains her role in the Edible Cities Network (EdiCitNet) Horizon Europe project, and how urban edible solutions can contribute to socially resilient and sustainably productive cities.

A group of early-stage researchers at RMIT Europe is investigating the impacts of digitalisation in the workplace, including the implications it may have on business innovation and employee training and upskilling.

A new partnership with BAU, College of Arts and Design in Barcelona, will see RMIT University take its disruptive online education model to the creative heart of Catalonia’s capital city.

RMIT University is collaborating with Global Power Generation (GPG) to support entrepreneurs near the company’s Berrybank 1 Wind Farm project in south-west Victoria.

A new report on the future of work explores the crucial role of designers in achieving more equitable and sustainable ways of working.

RMIT has been named a partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) – a creative and interdisciplinary initiative of the European Commission aimed at designing new ways of living to build a sustainable, inclusive and beautiful future for all.

RMIT has announced the appointment of its newest Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Professor, Dr Marta Fernandez.

To mark World Prematurity Day, experts at RMIT University share how their research is helping to improve the lives of babies born too soon and their families.

A new book published in the framework of OpenInnoTrain – a European Union-funded project – reflects upon the project’s activities and findings to provide practical guidance to convert research outcomes into outputs which benefit society.

Researchers have found a way to better pinpoint the “golden window” when a womb is ready for pregnancy, in a discovery that could help boost IVF success rates.

A new report on the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) explores the opportunities, challenges and benefits that digitalisation presents.

Leaders from RMIT’s global alumni community shared their insights on the skills needed in the renewable energy sector at a recent RMIT global career webinar.

A new Space Industry Hub at RMIT will connect local business and research to global opportunities in space technology.

RMIT University is partnering with Catalonia’s leading research centre to support technology transfer and innovation for industry in Europe.

From Melbourne to Munich and beyond, meet three RMIT women working in STEM in Germany: Katharina Ivanenko, Sahana Shivanna and Naghmeh Torabi.

A new research and innovation project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant scheme is on the search for budding doctoral researchers ready to embrace the fundamental challenges of future industrial systems.

The Future of Work in the Digital Economy – Developing skills for Industry 4.0 report highlights how the COVID-19 disruption has shown that Industry 4.0 is not only about technology – it’s more about people.

Researchers have developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel, and turning food scraps and plastic rubbish into high-value products.

Researchers at RMIT University are developing intelligent garments and materials to protect and monitor the health of the most vulnerable frontline workers as they tackle the chaos and catastrophe of wildfires.

New research has confirmed long-suspected links between sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s disease, finding identical signs of brain damage in both conditions.

New research helps explain why flu can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.

From turning back the emissions clock to building more durable roads from old tyres, RMIT researchers are tackling today’s biggest challenges and developing solutions for a more sustainable world.

Scientists have revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact.

RMIT University is partnering with Europe’s leading 3D printing institute to support the transformation of Australian manufacturing.

RMIT has been ranked number one in the world for its efforts to reduce inequality within and among countries in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.

Meet three RMIT women taking STEMM to new heights in Spain – an RMIT student who recently completed an internship in additive manufacturing and 3D printing, an RMIT alumnus in the automotive industry and an RMIT staff member driving innovation in the built environment.

Climate change is set to become an inescapable part of negotiations over an Australia-European Union free trade agreement, and a new Australia-UK agreement necessitated by Britain’s exit from the European Union.

The rise around the globe to bring nature back into cities has clear links to individual and community health and wellbeing, according to RMIT researchers at the Centre for Urban Research.

RMIT researchers are contributing to a European project looking at how cultural and climatic variables impact the future design of Plus Energy Buildings.

RMIT has partnered with the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) for the launch of a digital health ecosystem in Australia that will strengthen the connections between patients, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, technology providers and the community.