A consortium of UK universities has won a major slice of a £350m government investment to fund doctoral research into games. York University, Goldsmiths College, University of London and the University of Exeter are partners in the scheme, which is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and could benefit up to 55…
Game industry hopefuls are being invited to show off their wares and mix with professionals at an event being hosted by Northumbria University in Newcastle. The evening is the latest initiative by Game Kettle, a network for developers and wannabe games professionals in the north east of England. Organisers hope it will give new coders…
An innovative New York game design course is celebrating its first birthday by opening up to students at its California campus. The New York Film Academy, which teams students with professional coders, will offer courses in Los Angeles from September and aims to spread the word of experience-focused game design. The courses, masterminded by creative…
Head of computer science at the University of Hull Warren Viant offers his advice.
Our look at Sony’s PlayStationFirst Academic Programme, which introduces aspiring developers, computer scientists and researchers to Sony’s dev tools while they are at university.
It’s an annual fixture in the Cambridge dev scene calendar, and this year’s Brains Eden festival was the biggest yet with 150 competitors taking part in the showcase game jam. Teams from all over Europe – including Spain, Sweden, France and many from the UK – attended the event at Anglia Ruskin University this weekend…
Plymouth aims to produce creative developers with a technical edge.
Glasgow offers a range of focused courses to help graduates stand out in an increasingly competitive industry.
Offering classical training in games from developers working at the cutting edge of the industry.
A seaside university with strong ties to the game industry and an approach to teaching unbiased by platform.
