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Duke of York Dares to be Digital
Staff and students at the University of Abertay Dundee had the chance to show off the Dare to be Digital scheme to HRH The Duke of York recently. At an event in London organised by Turner Broadcasting and UK Trade and Investment, the yearly game development competition was shown to the Duke of York as one of six projects selected by Turner to showcase its investment in the UK. He met Paul Durrant, director of business development at the University and organiser of Dare to be Digital, plus BAFTA winners Graham Ranson and Yves Wheeler, plus BAFTA nominee Richard Barlow (pictured above, left to right). “We recognise that in addition to investment in technology development and new content to sustain growth, we must also continue to invest heartily in the future talent that will exploit and develop these technologies,” said Laurie Baird, director of technology partnerships at Turner Broadcasting. “Abertay University’s Dare to be Digital is a great model of international talent development, bringing together the fresh minds of University students, industry professionals, academics and the latest technologies and we are delighted to be a part of that.” www.abertay.ac.uk
Students shine at University of Teesside’s Vis Awards
Teesside University’s Vis Awards has celebrated its student talent by awarding four of them six-month contracts at Ubisoft Reflections. The awards seek to recognise the skill and knowledge of students within the University’s School of Computing, and are held in cooperation with Codeworks GameHorizon and the Newcastle arm of Ubisoft’s development empire. Ole Kristian Homelien (far right), Justin Lim (second from right), Wei Xing Yong (second from left) and Peter Adamson (far left) – who won awards for games programming, games design, character animation and modelling respectively – will now receive six-month paid internships at Ubisoft Reflections upon their graduation. “Winning the Vis awards was an incredible experience, and a great opportunity to get a foot in the games industry door, something that is all the more valuable due to the uncertain economic state,” said Adamson. “The fact that my first job in the games industry is with such a major worldwide developer makes this all the more special, and I can’t wait to get started!” Giselle Stewart, general manager at Ubisoft Reflections (pictured above, centre), added: “We were very pleased that the University of Teesside invited us to sponsor these awards; we were able to spot some new creative talent to further our success as a developer of successful driving games. We were particularly excited about the calibre of students who won the internships and we hope it will be the start of an exciting career within Ubisoft for them.” www.teesside.ac.uk WWW.DEVELOP-ONLINE.NET
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