I recently wrote about why business leaders should embrace blockchain technology. As CEO of RMIT Online, I would be remiss if I didn’t heed my own advice and look at how this new technology could benefit higher education’s existing services ...
More »RMIT joins the blockchain ‘revolution’
'Blockchain' is the word on every technologist, investor and academic's lips. Hence, RMIT has just introduced an eight-week, online short course on the digital technology – the first university in Australia to do so. But first, block what? Exactly; that's why ...
More »Opinion: Post-grad study the key to high-paying marketing jobs of the future
Increasing demand for digital marketing skills and the growing importance of the marketing function within businesses will boost employment opportunities in the coming five years, with professionals who hold relevant postgraduate qualifications best placed to take advantage of an expected ...
More »Column: Logistics sector professionals reap rewards of post-graduate study
The supply chain and logistics sector is experiencing a digital revolution, and technological advances in automation, transportation and consumer insights are driving significant employment growth and workforce opportunities. Thinking about the nature of this revolution, it’s important for those of ...
More »New MBA rankings see Melbourne and UNSW make top 50
A new set of rankings puts the MBAs offered by Melbourne Business School (MBS) and AGSM at UNSW in the global top 50. Global higher education company QS produced its inaugural QS World University Rankings: Global MBA using five factors – ...
More »Uni and tech titan team up
It's all 'appening at RMIT. Apple has joined with the Melbourne-based university to deliver beginner courses in app development. It is titled iOS App Development with Swift; swift being an Apple coding language. An online program will commence on 20 November, while ...
More »Public transport at record high
Australian commuters are turning back to trains, trams and buses in record numbers, new analysis by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University shows. The last five years have seen the biggest jump in public transport use across Australia in ...
More »Nation’s designers drawn to the Hub
The new complex in Melbourne will advance the work of students and researchers across a wide range of areas including engineering, architecture, building, fashion and media. An $80 million centre for design research, touted as the first of its kind ...
More »Call for southern space agency
Australia should establish a federated space agency with countries in the southern hemisphere to maximise the commercial return from our space research and technology, RMIT Associate Professor Lachlan Thompson says. Thompson told the 12th Australian Space Science Conference that a ...
More »Top marketer joins RMIT
The co-founder and chief executive officer of Twenty3 Sport and Entertainment, John Tripodi, has been appointed as adjunct professor at RMIT University’s school of economics, finance and marketing. Tripodi has held senior marketing and general management roles at Mars Inc. ...
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