[game_edu] UPDATE: ‘Devs must aid academia, not b***h about it’

[Sarah_Lemarie at scee.net]

I agree with the article in the main - it does seem that ever since the 
"Games Up" campaign, those university courses that are genuinely trying to 
establish/improve connections with industry have found it no easier to do 
so. While that is the case, we can hardly stand around complaining about 
the quality of graduates available.


>From SCEE's perspective, we're hiring a Academic Parterships Manager, in 

fact she starts with us today! Hopefully by having someone full time in a 
role dedicated to discussing/creating iniatives, we can make the most out 
of our six European studios and our European HQ resources in terms of 
supporting and working with academia.

I thought that was worth mentioning. For smaller studios, it isn't so easy 
to have somebody dedicated to this, but you can still encourage, reward 
and recognise your staff to take part in working with local university 
courses individually. Everything from informal project mentoring to guest 
lecturing can make a difference; a little contact can go a long way.

If you haven't read the article - the discussion thread at the end of it 
is fairly interesting too (obviously UK oriented).

Sarah.

Sarah Lemarié
Infrastructure Manager & Academic Liaison
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
t: +44 (0)20 7859 5200
e: sarah_lemarie at scee.net
w: http://research.scee.net


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