Slides from Games:EDU North are being sent live here. So far, we have slides from Nick Burton of Rare, Jon Purdy from the University of Hull, and Mike Reddy from the University of Wales, Newport.

Speaking is something of a departure for Mike at the moment, who said he hasn’t actually lectured students for a few years now, but he was a very good speaker. In particular, he strongly challenged the focus of Skillset and many studios on vocational skills and stressed the importance of research.

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At the beginning of the talk he gave out his phone number and asked people to text him questions and comments, which is certainly a first for Games:EDU.

Nick Burton, along with Tom Hill, spoke about the way Rare works with graduate talent, and how studios can maintain strong relationships with universities.

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Jon Purdy said he intended for his presentation to be "short and sweet", but confessed in the introduction that it would probably be short and bitter

Presenting alongside John Sear from the University of Derby, Gregor White from the University of Abertay Dundee, and former Hull student Steven Yau, now employed at EA, Jon’s section of the academic workshops contained plenty of practical advice for games lecturers.

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