Mr Nick Blinco

Nick Blinco is the Vice-President, Advancement, Communications and Marketing (ACM), providing leadership for ACM strategy, culture, and practice.

Under his leadership, Advancement has seen an unparalleled period of success, with the University’s Believe campaign closing out as the largest comprehensive philanthropic and engagement campaign in Australian higher education history. Believe set a dual target of activating and engaging 100,000 alumni and friends in the life of the University and raising AU$1billion to support students, professional and academic colleagues, facilities and research that will change the world. Thanks to the remarkable generosity of university alumni, donors and friends and the outstanding efforts of Advancement and Academic staff, the Believe campaign closed at the end of 2021, having exceeded its goal.

Advancement continues to support research and education that changes lives, by raising major philanthropic gifts that support students and outstanding research, stewarding relationships with individual donors and organisations, and fostering two-way relationships with our global community of over 450,000 alums.

Nick became Vice-President (ACM) in early 2023.

The Communications and Marketing team supports the enhancement of the University’s domestic and international reputation, promotes the impact of our research, and supports the attraction and recruitment of new students.  Much of this work is done in partnership with academic and professional staff around the University.

Nick has also been a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Curriculum Review; he worked on the Working Group on Higher Education Advancement in Australia; he served on the Pearce Review of Higher Education Fundraising in the UK; he taught on the Spring Institute for Educational Fundraising in the UK, and the Asia Pacific Institute for Educational Fundraising; and he has contributed to CASE-ARMS and EducatePlus conferences.

He received the CASE Distinguished Service Award in 2022, has a CASE Crystal Apple, and was awarded a Vice- Chancellor’s Medal for services to the University of Birmingham in 2011.

When he’s not working he is an obsessive surfer, husband, dad, and miniature schnauzer owner.