[2] As of 2025[update], the school runs various courses relating to filmmaking, including vocational diplomas and certificates, and both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
[4] In addition, in October 2024, RMIT partnered with the national filmmaking school, AFTRS in Sydney, to deliver four short courses in Melbourne,[5] including intensive courses on assistant directing, production accounting, Location scouting, and an introduction to producing and screen business.
It opened in the mid-1970s as the George Lugg Library, and was a joint venture between the AFI and the Victorian Federation of Film Societies.
[10] In August 2023, FactLab was temporarily suspended by Meta as one of the partner organisations for its fact-checking program, after it was discovered that its accreditation with IFCN had lapsed[11] on 31 December 2022.
[10] The discovery came after Liberal senator James Paterson had written to Meta's regional policy director raising his concerns about recent fact checks on the No campaign's claims in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.