Charles Sturt University wins national advertising competition

Charles Sturt University, whose student Alex Myers has been embroiled in controversy for his approach to a writing assignment in the US this week, has emerged as the winner of a national advertising competition.

The announcement:

Charles Sturt University (CSU) advertising students have continued their decade-long dominance of the annual national inter-university student marketing communications competition with a win by the Kajulu Red team.

Two CSU teams, Kajulu Red and Kajulu Blue, from the Kajulu Communications student advertising agency at CSU’s School of Communication and Creative Industries competed against each other and two teams from other universities in the finals. They presented their proposals to a panel of marketing communications executives at the International Advertising Association (IAA) ‘Big Idea’ 2012 finals in Sydney on Monday 12 November. Kajulu Red was announced as the national champion at an IAA industry function on Tuesday 13 November.