Walking tours

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[Eliza]

Hey, I’m Eliza.

[Gemma]

And I’m Gemma.

[Eliza]

And where both second-year textile design students.

[Gemma]

And today, we’re going to give you a guided tour of our beautiful RMIT Brunswick campus. Come on [laughing].

[Eliza]

Brunswick is home to our School of Fashion and Textiles as well as other design courses like industrial and graphic design. So, we are a pretty creative bunch of people.

[Gemma]

The quad often holds events like concerts, stalls and free student union lunches. So, we get to intermingle amongst students and really build a sense of community.

[Eliza]

Here we are at RMIT Connect, which is the place to go for current students looking for advice on timetabling or enrolment.

[Gemma]

The friendly staff can also help with any tech support in foreign global experiences and University exchange programs. Plus, a lot more.

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The library is my favourite place to study, because it’s nice and quiet and there’s lots of natural light.

[Eliza]

And there are loads of other places to study around campus, whether it be outside or in any of the other buildings.

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This is one of my favourite spots on campus. It’s the print room where textile designers get to spend most of their time.

[Gemma]

It’s where we get to see all our designs come to life.

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We’re now in RMIT’s flagship Fashion Hub, which is a world-class facility.

[Eliza]

This is the exhibition space where third and final fashion and design students get to show off their glorious creations.

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[Eliza]

And this is one of the specialist machine rooms in the Fashion Hub.

[Gemma]

This is one of our fabulous workshop and maker spaces. The multidisciplinary workshop allows for fashion and takes product, graphic and industrial design students to come together and think around.

[Eliza]

They’re equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printing technology, hand machinery and a lot more. So, let’s take a look.

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[Gemma]

Brunswick is only 6 kilometres out of the city. And the Uni itself is a stone’s throw away from busy Sydney Road. Coming from Sydney myself, I reckon it’s one of the best spots in town.

[Eliza]

There’s tons of places to grab a quick bite to eat in between classes. And loads of local designers and makers have also set up shop here too.

Thank you for joining us on this tour of the beautiful Brunswick campus. We hope this has inspired you to join our creative community.

[Gemma]

And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our friendly staff at Study at RMIT. And if you ever see Eliza and I on campus, come and say hi to us.

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Walk and Talk Point Cook Campus

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[Angus]

Hi, welcome to RMIT’s Point Cook campus, the home of RMIT Flight Training. My name is Angus and I’ll be showing you around today.

So, RMIT Point Cook is located 20 kilometres away from the city, right along the coastline of Port Phillip Bay. We are also surrounded by wetlands and beaches, so pilots here get an experience in lots of different scenarios. So, let’s go and have a look.

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We’ve got a lot of open plan learning going on here, so it’s a very social environment. And students learn a lot from each other. As you can see, when we’ve got some spare time, we just come out and have a look at the planes while we work.

Not only is Point Cook the oldest continually operating airfield in the world, it’s also the birthplace of the Royal Australian Air Force. We’re not the only ones who fly here though. So do 100 Squadron or the RAAF Museum. With their Spitfires and other warbirds that they are restoring, if you are here at the right time on the right day, three times a week, they have their air performances. So, it’s great to watch if you’ve got some free time to come down to watch them do their thing.

Now, I’m in the training building, where you’ll be spending most of your time as a student here. So, over here we’ve got the instructor rooms. You’ll go there before and after every flight to brief and debrief every flight you do. Hey, Michael.

[Michael]

Hey, Angus.

[Angus]

Over here we’ve got the training rooms. So, on your theory days, you’ll be here with an instructor teaching your whole cohort. On your flying days, you’ll just be planning your flights, getting to know each other.

Welcome to the operations room. This is where all the scheduling is done. And the keys are stored here for when we need to go out to the aircraft. When we are on short distance flights, just to the Avalon training area, we don’t need to submit flight plans. But when we are on long-distance navigation flights, we do. And this is where we come to do it.

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In general, there are two types of flying we do. There’s visual flying and instrument flying. Typically, we would use visual. But if, for example, we were to fly in clouds, we use instrument flying. And to practice this, rather than go up in the air, we use these state-of-the-art simulators that RMIT has got at Point Cook. These simulators not only can be set to any weather conditions, but they can also be set to simulate the real-time weather that you’d see outside. Let’s have a go.

Here at Point Cook, we’ve got three large runways that we can choose to take off and land from. Out to the west we’ve also got a large chunk of airspace that we use as our training area. That goes from the surface all the way up to 4500 feet. So, it’s plenty of space to get to know the aircraft. Speaking of, this is the first aircraft that you’ll learn to fly at RMIT. This is the Cessna 172. It’s the most commonly used trainer aircraft in the world. And it’s stable, light, easy to learn on, and it’s great for instructing and learning how to fly.

Once you know how to fly the 172, we move you up to more advanced aircraft, which is called the Cessna 182. It’s very similar, but it does have its differences, such as a more powerful engine, and it’s got propellers that can be moved manually. So, what this means is it’s basically like moving from an automatic to a manual car.

Once you’ve learned how to do this and you’ve mastered the propellers, then you can choose to either move onto instructor rating and teach other people to fly, or your multiple engine endorsement. That’s where this aircraft comes in. This is the Piper Seminole and we use it for our instrument ratings and multiple engine endorsements.

Finally, we’ve got one other aircraft. My mate’s in it right now. It’s everyone’s favourite and that’s the Super Decathlon. If you want to do barrel rolls, loops, spins, flying inverted, it can do it all. Everyone loves it.

Before every flight, we just make sure to do a quick walk around. We’ll check the tail, body, wings, engine, everything. Make sure it’s good to go. So, before every flight, we’ve got to make sure to check the fuel tanks. Just to make sure there is no sediment or water in there and that everything is good to go. There won’t be any troubles while we’re flying.

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Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed the campus tour today of Point Cook. If you’ve got any questions, don’t forget to reach out to the friendly team at Study at RMIT. And we hope to see you soon.

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[Elizabeth]

Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I’m going to be giving you a tour of RMIT’s amazing art and photography spaces.

Students are taught by photographers, academics and artists in purpose-built studios such as this one using modern photographic equipment and specialised software. We’ll have everything you need here to create the highest quality prints.

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Here we are in one of our photography studios that has a large cyclorama set up behind me. We also have a range of industry standard lighting equipment that students can access. As well as individual bays for students to work on their own projects. RMIT also provides classes on critical theory as well as classes to develop your practical photography skills.

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RMIT was founded in 1887. And this building, like many others, are heritage listed. This belongs to the School of Art. It’s an important part of Melbourne’s history, so let’s go take a look.

This Gothic style building was built in 1890 and it has beautiful stained glass windows that make it really inspiring to display and create your artwork.

RMIT is ranked number one for art and design in Australia and among the top 15 for art and design in the world. Our Fine Arts program allows us to specialise and practice with different mediums for whatever we are passionate with. So, let’s go take a look at our drawing studio.

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Our drawing studios have amazing spaces for our students to work individually. And we are lucky enough to have some of the best drawing facilities and studios in Australia.

Now, these are our beautiful painting studios where students can work on their own works and individual spaces. And are supported by our amazing tech team who can give advice on technical processes and materials to use.

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Here in our gold and silversmithing studios, students learn traditional and contemporary metal technologies. They’re taught by artists, jewellers and craftspeople. And are taught a range of techniques, such as soldering and 3-D printing.

These jeweller’s spaces and benches, we’re really fortunate to have all this equipment and technology ready to use for all our students.

This is the ceramic studio where students can experiment, design and conceptualise with clay. The room is equipped with pottery making wheels. We’ve got gas and electric fire kilns as well as a mould making area the students can use to explore different techniques and processes.

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This is the video studio where video art students get to experiment with installation, performance, animation and live art. We have a range of specialist equipment that we can use that’s available to us to use with our space.

Studies in sculpture include modelling and modelmaking as well as bronze casting and a variety of other experimental uses. In these sculpture facilities, we have a range of workshops, as well as an industry standard foundry. In case you didn’t know, the foundry is used to start the bronze casting process. The students here will start with the black moulds, which will later get translated into bronze.

The print studio offers technologies such as traditional analog presses as well as contemporary digital printing. There is a variety of individual studios as well as a communal workshop like this one, where students are encouraged to experiment with different concepts and processes. The studies include screen printing, lithography and etching.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s tour of our art and photography spaces. And remember, if you have any questions about studying, feel free to reach out to our friendly team at Study at RMIT.

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[Hugo]

Hey everyone, my name is Hugo. And today I’m going to take you through a little tour of RMIT’s Health Science facilities. Now, RMIT offers courses from certificates to diplomas, all the way through to postgraduate study. And most of them are taught here at our beautiful, green, leafy Bundoora campus.

So, RMIT offers a huge range of courses. From nursing and psychology to dental services and medical radiation. And our labs and wards are state-of-the-art. Which means the students are going to be able to get real-world experience that they’ll need in the workforce. So, let’s start off with one of the places that is used by students from a range of different disciplines, the RMIT Health Clinic.

So, the Health Clinic is open to the public and they offer a wide range of evidence-based and traditional health services. The students here are trained by industry practitioners in psychology, osteopathy, chiropractics, even Chinese medicine. And there are 62 different treatment rooms, so there is always room. Hey there, how are you doing?

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So, here the Chinese medicine students are trained to use a wide variety of techniques, including dietary therapy, herbal medicine, acupuncture. And they’re also trained to use this fully stocked herbal distillery and consultation rooms.

So, RMIT is the only university in Victoria to offer all three medical radiation streams. Medical imaging, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine.

In rooms like these, students are able to use the same functional x-ray tables that are used in most clinical hospitals. Complete with imaging processing systems. They are able to become more comfortable in an atypical work environment, like an ICU. Is she doing alright?

This x-ray C arm is used in mock theatre operating scenarios. In the real world, it’s used to visualise patient’s anatomy. But here, it helps students become more comfortable with real-world stressful work environments.

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RMIT’s Nuclear Medicine Degree is the only one in Victoria. The space is split up into two components. A cold, non-radiation lab and a hot, radio chemistry lab where they work with radiation. This lab is set up with dispensing stations, shielding, dosage calibrators, all to mimic the real-world environment.

This is our Virtual Environment of Radiation Treatment room or VERT for short. Here, using 3-D views, we can simulate the environment and the machines that we use for treatment.

This simulated health lab teaches students to put their pharmacy, nursing and medical radiation skills into practice. This is one of the new and very spacious wards with 48 beds in it. Here the students can practice a variety of patient care scenarios. Either role-playing with their classmates or on one of these high fidelity mannequins. I mean these guys are so high fidelity, they can even blink.

With mannequins like these, students can practice caring to wounds and administering injections.

Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed the tour of our incredible Health Science facilities. If you’ve got any more questions about studying, get in contact with Study at RMIT and they’ll be sure to give you a hand. Hope to see you soon.

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[Charlotte]

Hi everyone, I’m Charlotte. And today, I’m going to show you some of RMIT’s amazing science facilities.

With nine different fields to study, you are bound to find a field that suits you. And if you are not quite sure what you want to study with RMIT, we offer specialised and flexible science courses to help you discover what you are passionate about. Now, let’s start our tour with the Centre of Nanoscale BioPhotonics or CNBP for short.

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Here we are in our impressive Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics where current physics meet biology and chemistry. But let’s meet our RMIT science here with Daniel who can explain nanos further.

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The team here at RMIT uses the power of light to look into the body and see how cells behave with one another. We do that using interesting and important lasers.

What we have here is an optical benchtop microscope, which is one of a handful in the world. This allows us to image deeper into cells and look into the body. This is one of the world-class research facilities we have here at RMIT University.

[Charlotte]

Yeah, it looks amazing. Thank you so much Daniel for showing us. Now, let’s move on to our world-class chemistry labs.

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Our chemistry students have access to advanced instruments to analyse samples and to learn more about the properties of materials. Jonathan here can tell us more about the space.

[Jonathan]

Yeah, so in this lab, second and third-year organic chemistry students will look at replicating experiments that are used in industrial processes for green technologies as well as looking at the properties of water to look at its purity.

[Charlotte]

We are now here at RMIT’s work experiences lab, where students get to see chemistry and nanotechnology in action using augmented reality. Pat, please explain us what’s going on.

[Pat]

Well, the high-resolution screens behind us allow us to visualise molecules and nano materials in 3-D. We’ve actually got Kevin over here building a molecule at the moment in augmented reality.

[Charlotte]

That is so cool, can I have a try?

[Pat]

Sure thing, let’s give it a go.

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[Charlotte]

Let’s head to our Bundoora campus to show you more of our amazing science facilities.

Now, we are in our Food Innovation and Research Centre. Our future food technologists develop nutritious, safe and innovative food for consumers and learn how to comply to the strict industry safety and health regulations. Billy, tell me, is that what is smelling so delicious here?

[Billy]

Yeah, so we made some products today. So, we made a bread and also two types of cakes. One with butter and also one with margarine. Besides this commercial kitchen we got here , we've also got the pilot plant. And also, a research lab. And also, we’ve got a sensory lab where we look at the sensory profile of our products. Speaking of the sensory lab, we’re going to take these products in there and we’re going to taste them.  

[Charlotte]

Amazing, can’t wait.

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Now, we arrive at our state-of-the-art bioscience teaching labs. Shelly, show me on the screen, what is that funky thing?

[Shelly]

I’m so pleased you asked. What we’re looking at are plant cells under a fluorescent microscope. Here in the biosciences teaching labs, we teach a range of sciences from botany through to cell biology, clinical microbiology and animal physiology and ecology. Here in these labs, this is where we teach our students how to do real-world experiments and give them skills they need to explore cells and life.

[Charlotte]

Amazing. Sounds really cool. Thank you for showing us.

Here we are at one of my favourite spots at RMIT. The Robotic Optical Observatory Telescope. It was actually set up with two US universities. Have a look inside. The 16 inch telescope here can track asteroids, satellites and other objects, and measure their movements. Predicting an understanding of the movement of objects in orbit it is really important, as it can prevent future collisions.

I hope you all enjoyed this tour of beautiful science spaces here at RMIT. And remember, if you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to our super friendly staff at Study at RMIT. We hope to see you soon. Bye-bye.

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[Evangeline]

Hi everyone and welcome to the RMIT engineering facility tour. I’m Evangeline and today I’m going to give you a quick tour of some of RMIT’s amazing engineering facilities. With 11 different study areas on offer, you are bound to find a field of engineering that suits you. But if you’re not sure if you want to study for robots or race cars, RMIT offers a flexible first-year where you can explore different fields and find out what you like. Now, let’s start our tour with one of my favourites, the advanced manufacturing precinct.

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So, advanced manufacturing involves the design of new and innovative products. And it’s transforming industries like the energy sector and biomedical manufacturing. It also involves a lot of specialised 3-D printing. In fact, the first Australian custom made spinal implant was made right here. And students have access to polymer 3-D printers, just like these.

The AMP brings together engineering and design. And the precinct houses some of the most cutting-edge technologies available. Researchers here have worked with companies like Boeing, Ford, Siemens and many more.

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So, the electrical engineering labs include the automation, power electronics and machines labs. So, here we are in our automations lab where we have our Programmable Logic Controllers or PLCs, which are powerful computers used in industrial automation. These controllers can automate a specific process, machine function or even an entire production line, like we see here.

So, this is our machines lab, which is equipped with an electrical plant for power systems, microgrids and renewable energy studies. So, we know that the sun converts nuclear energy into heat and light energy. This is known as energy conversion. In the power electronics lab, we convert electrical energy into different forms using rectifiers and inverters. Like the one we have here.

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Now, let’s go find out what a photon is. Photonics powers our Internet. And last year, right in this lab, we broke the world record for fastest Internet on a single optical chip with a speed of around 44 terabits per second. To put that into perspective, at that speed you could download 1000 high definition movies in about a second.

So, the surface mount devices lab laboratory is a new facility in the School of Engineering. Here, students can produce functional electronic prototypes to really bring their designs to life. Plus, it’s got some pretty cool equipment, including a thermal imaging camera, 3-D microscope, as well as plenty of testing equipment and assembly workspaces.

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So, we’re now in the civil and environmental engineering lab. This lab has some specimens from major rock and mineral types. Students can learn about these samples, how they were formed, and about their engineering properties. This is a model which demonstrates the movement of water below the earth through different materials. The lab is also a hub for hydrogeology research projects, as well as visits to industry partner sites.

This is the chemical engineering lab where students can turn raw materials into products like pharmaceuticals, plastic, petrol and even food. They also find ways to make the processing industries more environmentally sustainable.

This is the second largest wind tunnel in the southern hemisphere used for research and education. It can mimic wind speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour. It’s used to assess wind drag on a range of small-scale aircraft, cars, trucks and trains. And it can even be used to affect the position of an athlete on their aerodynamic drag.

This is our heavy structures lab, where our civil engineers spend a lot of their time. This lab experiments with technologies like robotics and 3-D printing for use in construction. As well as developing smart materials for use in extreme or harsh conditions, such as a fire, an explosion or under severe pressure. They also aim to increase the use of sustainable and recyclable materials in construction.

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Here we are in our thermal fluids lab, another one of our mechanical workshops. This is used for research and testing by students, professors and industry partners.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of RMIT’s impressive engineering facilities. And remember, if you have any more questions, you can reach out to the friendly team at Study at RMIT. And we hope to see you soon.

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