News British Game Republic Academy launched

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/07/12/british_game_republic_academy_launched/1

The UK finally sees the launch of a national games academy, backed by three major games studios who will offer scholarships to students who show potential.

 

2 years too late for me

 

Many industries seem to enter win-win engagements with universities ... I guess it also can be A Good Thing with the gaming industry ...

 

very cool!

 

Awaiting the next Peter Molyneux.

 

Question - is it not better to spend 3 years hacking out a kick-ass series of mods and building a reputation online rather than slaving away on a brand-new, untested academic course... Sure the sponsors will get to cherry-pick the best developers, but my feeling is this course will be sold more to wannabes who'll end up with a bit of paper and zilch-else at the end of it..

 

Oh thank god. I thought it was about a university for people to learn how to game better at.

Thank god its a development school. Thats actually a decent idea, hopefully it works well. I can definitely see developers getting in to get first dibs on new upcoming developers. It could produce some profoundly different developers in the way its a course and not just teaching yourself or getting help from forums. This shall prove interesting.

What is with that republic deal? Its a school, not a country.

 

Trust me, this business is all about WHO you know, not just the experience you get from mods.

 

Agree with Joe here. I know a few people that have now got awesome jobs through networking in the games industry. Reflections, Virtual Playground, Blitz to name a few. But I think this is just a formal way of doing a Sandwich Degree. Most students at my uni that do a placement in games go back to the company when they're done.

 

well Its somewhere for the future McDonalds employees to hang out


/me not bitter at all that this wasn't around in my day.

 

I think the idea looks great on paper, we will just have to wait and see how this will be implemented. This may as well spark a new trend in creating game academy's through out the world. Which is a great thing, meaning fresh and promising game developers are easier to find and heir

 

Any idea when they are taking applicants. Ive just finished my BSc Computer Games Technology at Portsmouth University and im looking to do a masters

 

I'm guessing this is along the lines of what the IADT offers. Not a bad idea either!