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Best Educational Institution - TIGA Games Industry Awards 2020
Work on live industry briefs and meet industry guest-speakers
Acquire skills in games community management, content creation, social media and PR
Burst into the world of video games with a degree in Games PR and Community Management.
Whether you want to be at the forefront of community management and content creation or you want to further your passion into history and cultures surrounding both physical and virtual gaming, you’re in the right place.
Our Games PR and Community Management degree will teach you how to create gaming content and campaigns across a variety of outlets, such as gaming communities and social media (Snapchat, Twitch, Reddit, Instagram and beyond) and you’ll develop the key skills the industry is crying out for, such as creative thinking and strategic planning.
Wherever your passion lies, with our expert academics, industry connections, and work placement opportunities, we have your future career covered.
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The Ukie Student Games Conference included inspiring talks, CV workshops and an exclusive expo area for anyone interested in working in the games industry.
Explore our campus and facilities, find out more about the courses you're interested in and connect with our lecturers and current students.
Home to the Epic Games sponsored Design Centre. A fully equipped space designed to nurture future industry developers studying with us on our Games courses.
We host the UK’s largest Global Games Jam site (Over 200 Jammers!) aimed at cultivating and fostering Innovation, Experimentation, Collaboration.
Housing 76 iMacs complete with all the software necessary for multi-platform Journalism (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition).
In addition to our Epic Games Lab, we also have brand new games labs for 2020 which feature dual screen monitors, Wacom tablets and industry software.
Our students and members of the general public take part in a three day event developing digital or analogue games in their own teams using our Cadman Studios where our Games and VFX courses are run.
It is a fantastic experience - the opportunity to meet new friends and make games based on a super-secret yearly theme from the Global Games Jam group!
Staffordshire University taught me both professional and personal skills. With the great placement year I had the opportunity to gain real industry experience, which meant I gained a lot of knowledge both involving programming but also professional and personal skills that I could bring back, and become a much better student.
Senior Lecturer
Ying Ying has been working as a full-time lecturer in Games Studies at Staffordshire University since 2017, teaching modules including Esports and Competitive Gaming, MMOG Design Communities and Narratology, New Developments in Games, History of…
Edufuturist Awards 2021
Times Higher Awards 2020
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021
Midlands Business Awards 2020
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