Nine ANZ universities are winners in new awards from peak higher education comms group, Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

The University of Sydney wins a Grand Gold medal for “Unlearn”, its campaign for the new undergraduate curriculum successfully rolled out this year (CMM June 13)

The University of Melbourne is a gold winner for its multimedia campaign presenting the Melbourne model to employers.

Deakin U won a gold prize for its alumni annual magazine. Macquarie U took silver for targeted fundraising campaigns. The University of Adelaide was awarded the bronze prize for alumni marketing and branding for its campaign to encourage graduates to update contact details.  The University of Auckland received the silver prize for public service announcements and commercial spots. The University of Newcastle is noted with a silver award for its corporate campaign, “the world needs NEW”. The University of Queensland has two awards; silver for multimedia campaigns and bronze for general news writing. The University of Western Australia took silver in the emerging fundraising programmes class for “the new century campaign”.

Anybody looking to poach talent should explain the joys of Australian life to people at Boston University, which won 15 awards.