http://www.gamesedu.co.uk Developing The Developers Of Tomorrow Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:07:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike Reddy gave an updated version of his excellent talk "Oh The Cowman and the Farmer Should Be Friends", about the conflict between academics and game developers over skills education. He's posted the slides to Slideshare, and you can also get audio of the talk here. Cowman09v3View more presentations from Mike ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/dr-mike-reddy-slides-and-audio Tickets for Games:EDU 09 are just £25, but only until Wednesday the 10th of June. Get yours while you can. Our full press release is after the jump. GAMES:EDU returns to Brighton, Early Bird Deadline Close Brighton, May 21st. GAMES:EDU at Develop this year will feature sessions given by TIGA, Sony and Microsoft, ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/early-bird-discount-ending-for-gamesedu-09 Commissioning Editor, Education Channel 4 Alice Taylor commissions cross-platform educational content for 14-19 year olds, aiming to get useful, life-helpful information to teens via their most favoured platforms and formats. She specializes in videogames and virtual worlds, and Channel 4 Education’s 2009 slate includes Routes, a cross-platform game tackling DNA and ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/alice-taylor-channel-4 Dr Richard Wilson is CEO of Tiga. Richard was previously Director of Communications at the Royal Academy of Engineering (2006-2008). Prior to this, Richard was Head of Business Policy at the Institute of Directors (1998 – 2006), one of the UK’s leading business representative bodies. At the Institute of Directors ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/richard-wilson-tiga Head of Interactive Technology, Newport Business School, University of Wales Newport. Mike is the Games and 3D modelling side of the teaching team for BSc Games Development and Artificial Intelligence, responsible for links with Industry. His research borders on social, ethical as well as technical developments of Future Technology ("Futology"). ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/mike-reddy-university-of-wales-newport Kim Blake joined Blitz Games Studios in 2006. She has worked in the games industry since 1993, starting as a designer and then working as a project manager for various independent development studios, among them Gremlin Interactive, Particle Systems and Argonaut. Amongst her work with Blitz's various educational activities, ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/kim-blake-blitz-games-studios Sarah joined SCEE in 2002, to support the 'Linux for PlayStation 2' development system, which in turn drew interest from universities. Sarah is now responsible for the support sites run by SCEE R&D, but is still heavily involved in lending support to academic courses throughout the UK and Europe, having ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/sarah-lemarie-scee Saint John Walker is the Computer Games, Animation and Facilities Manager at Skillset, and has been brokering new animation and computer games talent at the interface of education and industry for over ten years, joining Skillset from FDMX, the Film and Digital Media Exchange, where he was a founding member ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/saint-john-walker-skillset Susan Gold recently joined the faculty of Full Sail University’s Graduate Program. Susan’s personal focus is on collaboration in game development, which resulted in the 1st Annual Global Game Jam, an experiment in creativity and innovation with 1650 participants in 53 locations in 23 countries which inspired 370 games. Professor Gold ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/susan-gold-game-program-review-igda Gregor White is Director of Academic Enterprise for the Institute of Arts, Media and Computer Games at University of Abertay Dundee. Gregor joined University of Abertay in 2002. He was appointed as Divisional Leader for Computer Arts and Media in 2004 and Director of Academic Enterprise in 2009. Gregor has ... http://www.gamesedu.co.uk/gregor-white-university-of-abertay-dundee-2