GAMES:EDU 09 took place on Tuesday July 14th at the Develop Conference in Brighton. Our thanks to everyone who spoke and attended, we’ll be updating the site as we post slides and notes.

The sessions this year were delivered by representatives from organisations including TIGA, Sony, Microsoft, Abertay, Newport, and Blitz Game Studios among others. See the schedule and speaker list for full details.

We’ll be returning in 2010. GAMES:EDU offers a unique opportunity for those who have a passion to transform the UK development community. It brings together the UK’s foremost educators from across all disciplines to connect directly with computer games developers and  producers, to exchange ideas and perspectives.

Visit Flickr if you’d like to see what previous events were like.

GAMES:EDU is backed by Skillset, which works with both the industry and government to identify and tackle the skills and productivity needs of the audio visual industries throughout the UK.

Organised by Pixel-Lab, GAMES:EDU brings together the foremost educators to connect directly with computer games developers and producers, exchanging ideas, and discussing best practice and perspectives.  GAMES:EDU creates a space to share best practice and understanding with the aim of assisting educators to create and drive an agenda that truly meets the needs of the development community.

Senior staff from Skillset are always on hand to share information on the accreditation scheme and the support package available to those university courses that have been successful in their accreditation.

The games industry sees accreditation as the best means of enhancing provision of education in this sector by identifying, signposting and supporting higher education courses throughout the UK that provide the skills, knowledge and experience needed for individuals to confidently enter the computer games industry.

GAMES:EDU is organised by Pixel-Lab and Tandem Events.