News and Events

09/02/2012 Privacy in networked places – a talk by danah boyd
There is a widespread myth that young people don’t care about privacy. Embedded in this myth is an assumption that participation in public social media like Facebook and Twitter indicates a rejection of privacy. Yet, just because people want to participate in public life doesn’t mean that they want everything they do to go down on their permanent record or to be publicized for the whole world to see. This talk will examine how young people understand privacy and the strategies they take to achieve privacy in networked publics.

10/02/2012 Sensorial Loop - 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial
Morning tea and textile seminar

10/02/2012 Textile Futures Research and collaboration, teaching and technology
Research and collaboration, teaching and technology

13/02/2012 Design TAFE student orientation
Your Design Career Starts NOW!

21/02/2012 Digital Photography as a Self-Ethnography: Experience of China's Rural Migrant Workers
A talk by Wanning Sun, Professor of Chinese Media and Cultural Studies at China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney.

Sensorial Loop weaves textile magic 07/02/2012
RMIT Gallery will showcase art works that challenge traditional ideas of textiles when the first Tamworth Textile Triennial exhibition opens in Melbourne on Friday, 10 February.

US foreign policy off course: new book 06/02/2012
An RMIT University academic has co-authored a new book suggesting the Founding Fathers' view of America's place in the world differed sharply from foreign policy today.

Senior research fellows join RMIT 02/02/2012
Five 2011 senior research fellowships have been announced by RMIT University.

LCA validates SMART Pack's green credentials 01/02/2012
A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment conducted at RMIT University is behind the launch this month of Nestlé Oceania's new NESCAFÉ Gold SMART Pack - an alternative coffee packaging that offers consumers a simple way to reduce their impact on the environment.

Two thousand roses puts the offer in the mail 30/01/2012
When the official offer to study fashion at RMIT dropped into her letterbox, Jessica Payne looked back on a year of hard work in the University's VET in Schools program and knew where to attribute her success.