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Introducing block delivery using Sprint methodology to design academic programmes saw computing, AI and gaming academics rise to the challenge. De Montfort University staff reflect on their experiences

The number of ‘outstanding’ A* and A grades achieved by students at Burnley College students has doubled since pupils last sat exams.

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] The number of UK graduates in computer games subjects has risen for a seventh consecutive year. Answering a written parliamentary question, the Minister of State for Universities, Michelle Donelan MP, quoted data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) which showed that in 2018/19 there were 1,380 computer games graduates. This figure is more...

How did you break into games? d3t gave me my big break just as I was graduating from a Computer Games Programming course at Staffordshire University in 2018, but the desire to be a part of this world stemmed from a conversation I recall having with my dad in my early teens. He is a software engineer, and he described his work to me to help me realise what I want to do with my life. He mentioned that games were also created this way and being glued to games since childhood, I decided that pursui...