Industry and Community
The School’s association with industry has resulted in the delivery of unique and innovative programs within the stream of Media Communication training and research.
Each program is regularly assessed by its own Program Advisory Committee, comprising of members from relevant industry bodies as well as teaching staff from the school. PACs deliver on program structure and regularly develop program content to reflect the changing nature of the media and communications industry.
In addition, the School’s Work Integrated Learning program sees industry play a key role in program development in addition to education, training and work experience.
Teaching staff are regularly recruited from industry with a section still involved with professional associations or industry advisory groups. Some continue to work in areas including linkage research and secondments.
The school also provides scholarship opportunities for students and a number of awards and exhibitions throughout the year.
List of industry partners
- ACMP
- The Age
- AIPP
- Artisan
- ATOM
- Australian Publishers
- Association
- AVA
- Bob Isherwood
- Borge’s Imaging
- The Bundy Agency
- Canon
- Canson
- CCP
- CPL
- Earl Carter
- Eastgate Systems
- Eckersleys
- The Edge
- Focus Paper
- The Furnace
- Goldstreet Studios
- Haystac
- The Herald and Weekly Times
- House Communications
- IMMEDIA
- Institute of Photographic Technology
- Irwin & McLaren
- John Barry Group
- Kallman Feital Memorial
- Kayell
- L A Baillot Memorial Trust
- Mecca
- Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
- Metropolis Bookstore
- Mitchell & Partners
- Network Ten Limited
- The Nine Network
- Nulab
- Olympus
- Penguin Books
- Private Media Partners
- Professional Public Relations
- Public Relations Institute of Australia (Victoria)
- RACV
- Radio Australia
- Radio 3AW
- RMIT University
- San Pellegrino
- Scaffidi Hugh Jones
- Shoemark and King
- Society of Editors (Victoria)
- SunStudios
- Ted’s cameras
- Thames and Hudson
- Thrive PR
- Vanbar
- Videocraft
- Zetta Florence
To become an industry partner please email MCreception@rmit.edu.au or phone +61 3 9925 3146.
Featured industry partner
Many graduates from the Screen & Media and Audio Visual Technology programs are now working with one of our schools main industry partners, Network 10.
Projects
The MAVIS project
A collaboration between two RMIT departments: Music Industry (Technical Production) and Audio Visual Technology involving staging and recording live performances as well as using AV studios and equipment to match recorded audio.
Diploma of Music Industry (Technical Production): The Red Door
The Red Door project combines the resources and skills of RMIT School of Media and Communication (Music Industry), Bennetts Lane Jazz Club (Bennetts) and the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative (MJC) to bring to students, musicians, and audiences of jazz music benefits that neither one can bring alone.
Screen Production Project: The Temperature's Rising
The Temperature's Rising is a TV series being produced in 2010 by RMIT students for screening on C31. This series is being made within a new elective called Screen Production Project, being offered in Semester 1, 2010. A wide range of eligible students from undergraduate and postgraduate programs can enrol directly in this elective. TAFE students can also participate and have their production work recognized within existing courses in their home program.
Awards
RMIT Communicator of the Year
RMIT Communicator of the Year is an award recognising an Australian who has used communication to outstanding effect to achieve important community outcomes.
Previous winners include Professor Tim Flannery, choirmaster Jonathan Welch, community activist and m.a.d. woman founder Melina Schamroth, and the Honourable Michael Kirby.
More about Commmunicator of the Year
School Awards
The school offers a range of awards for local and international students through its annual award ceremony. Each award is sponsored by one of the schools industry sponsors and each student is presented with a certificate and some awards offer a monetary prize.