BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Games Education Summit 2019 - Open Tech Calendar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8084@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/8084-games-education-summit-2019 SUMMARY:Games Education Summit 2019 DESCRIPTION:The Games Education Summit 2019 is the first of an annual serie s of conferences to support the next generation of UK game developers\, th rough enabling more collaboration\, dialogue and best practice sharing bet ween Further Education\, Higher Education and Industry.\n\n40 leaders from the UK's leading games universities\, colleges and development studios wi ll discuss best practice course design\, debate the latest trends in techn ology and games production\, review graduate employability\, unpack the op portunities and costs of apprenticeships\, address diversity and accessibi lity and review how educators work with industry.\n\nGamesEd19 is for game s course leaders\, games studio heads\, games tools providers\, games recr uitment companies\, 3rd sector games organisations and policymakers to dis cuss strategic issues of importance to the sector.\n\nOver 1.5 days\, the conference will tackle the big issues in games education including employa bility\, diversity\, skills required by studios\, apprenticeships\, how in dustry can collaborate with educators\, best practice pedagogical and cour se design and starting up from university.\n\nKeynotes will be delivered b y Ian Livingstone CBE\, Mike Gamble from Epic Games\, Dr Jake Habgood from Sheffield Hallam University and Dr Chris Lowthorpe from London College of Communication.\nhttps://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/8084-games-education -summit-2019\nPowered by Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Games Education Summit 2019
is the first of an annual series of conferences to support the next gener
ation of UK game developers\, through enabling more collaboration\, dialog
ue and best practice sharing between Further Education\, Higher Education
and Industry.
40 leaders from the UK&rsquo\;s leading games univers
ities\, colleges and development studios will discuss best practice course
design\, debate the latest trends in technology and games production\, re
view graduate employability\, unpack the opportunities and costs of appren
ticeships\, address diversity and accessibility and review how educators w
ork with industry.
GamesEd19 is for games course leaders\, games st
udio heads\, games tools providers\, games recruitment companies\, 3rd sec
tor games organisations and policymakers to discuss strategic issues of im
portance to the sector.
Over 1.5 days\, the conference will tackle
the big issues in games education including employability\, diversity\, sk
ills required by studios\, apprenticeships\, how industry can collaborate
with educators\, best practice pedagogical and course design and starting
up from university.
Keynotes will be delivered by Ian Livingstone C
BE\, Mike Gamble from Epic Games\, Dr Jake Habgood from Sheffield Hallam U
niversity and Dr Chris Lowthorpe from London College of Communication.
More info: https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/8084-games-educat ion-summit-2019
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