Accessing academic expertise

In the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology our academics are very much in touch with the real world of industry and commerce. Tell us your business problem and we can put our very best minds into solving it.

That could mean supplying a graduate on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, working with our PhDs to develop your next product, or working with one of our Applied Research Centres. Funding may also be available to cover the costs of using our services or improving yours.

• Applied Research Centres. Our best brains are waiting to work for your business

• Case Studies. Discover how we've helped businesses large and small

• Collaborative Funding Opportunities

As well as vast knowledge, we also offer access to all the state-of-the-art technical equipment that goes with it. From rapid proto-typing to digital forensics to an HD TV studio, we may be able to help you offer services to your clients that you’re not currently geared-up to provide.

We can:

• Give one-off advice

• Undertake a study, analyse and report

• Do a project with you or for you

• Allocate a final year student or researcher to your project

• Undertake visits to your company to advise as a consultant

• Seek collaborative funding

• Develop and implement programmes to train & update staff

• Transfer our state-of-the-art knowledge to develop your product or service

• Start a new company venture with you

• Place at your disposal a comprehensive range of knowledge based consultants

• Share IP

• Access technical facilities
  

The best way to find out more is to get in touch.

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Computer Games Development is a fast moving area within the interactive media industry, constantly developing and advancing in a multi-layer field. Staffordshire University's Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology has a reputation within the computing industry sector for creating graduates with the technical skills, creative abilities and vision to succeed in one of the most varied career sectors.

In the past 5 years the faculty has built their capacity to deliver research informed games usability testing and analysis through the development of the Games Usability Lab.

The lab has FaceReader 4.0 software and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) software, enabling games designers to measure player responses to various parts of a game, for example measuring fear or excitement. This assists them in designing a game that successfully achieves the desired responses from the players.

Dr Clive Chandler says: "We are the most flexible usability lab in Europe and at the forefront of usability in the UK, once the upgrading has been made within the lab, it will be at an international standard.

FCET already have many students testing in the lab studying at Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and PhD level making it an excellent resource for the faculty to support students with their projects. It also assists staff with curriculum development and Research Excellence Framework (REF) papers.

As the lab is available to external games developers, the potential for game development is huge. The testing lab allows developers to cut down on design errors and conduct market research to assist in development. Being able to test user reaction to the games will give testers an indication of product sales.

For more information about the facility, please contact c.chandler@staffs.ac.uk