Our modern major manage project brief this semester is working with UWA medical students on their flagship event, The Red Party – Raising Money and Awareness for HIV/AIDS. Here are a few snaps from this live brief session. Check back in several weeks for a full run down of the new direction for this worthwhile cause.

Here are some photos from yesterday's play date with Chevron. Adv Diploma advertisings student's were able to get their prototypes in front of Jen O'Reilly from the Kellogg Joint Venture 'Barrow Island Quarantine team' and fellow lecturer Peter Lawton. Both were very impressed with the...

Last week, the KO'd Advanced Diploma students received a thorough briefing from Ebony, Evan and the amazingly well spoken and passionate Gorgon Quarantine Manager, Johann van der Merwe from Chevron Australia. The brief invites students to 'play', by developing a board game to help educate and protect Barrow Island. And it is all very timely as it keys in nicely to the overall Chevron Energy campaign of 'WE AGREE'.

A six page, comprehensive brief was developed for AREA 57 graduates as their integrated assignment for 2012. Students were required to develop a strategically robust definition of the Foyer Oxford brand and develop a distinctive, credible and appealing brand identity to support Foyer Oxford in achieving its goal.

Click here to see PDF previews of each Last semester, my diploma web development students took up the challenge of a comprehensive review of the more popular Wordpress plugin options and mechanisms to help create the first supa-awesome list of every plugin you would ever have...

The piece of work had to reflect values of tolerance, democracy and development. It could be an artwork, essay, story, digital media, or a project. Coupled with the work, students were required to complete a 200 word description of how their project addresses the competition...

We found the James Crofts Hope Foundation via GoodCompany and acted quickly to brief this into our Adv Diploma group as their final integrated assignment. The James Crofts Hope Foundation is committed to providing support and assistance to adults and children diagnosed with brain tumours,...

Congratulations to all my diploma advertising students who received an amazing brief from Parkerville Children and Youth Care, a non-government, not for profit organisation that has been providing care and protection to children and youth in need since 1903. This 'real life' advertising pitch and campaign...

Advanced Diploma 'Just Desserts' marketing students enjoyed a review session with Mike Edmonds at Meerkats HQ today. On the table was a bunch of raw gems that Mike expertly picked through and polished. Rocks with the 'golden thread' running through. Student's were encouraged to name these...

With semester one behind us, and some excellent work produced, pinned, printed and packaged, some students went above and beyond the AQTF levels they are studying. On the walls are the Parkerville Youth and Child Care campaigns, post first round client review. Not shot professionally in a...

My diploma students undertook their first peer-review session and the comments and feedback was extremely positive. Here you can see them in action, assessing the success of a 'substitution-wit' advertising exercise for a mock Mppegg Speaker system, developed into a full page Scoop Magazine ad....