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Epic has announced a partnership with Staffordshire University, bringing the worlds of industry academia together to create the Epic Games Centre, a fully equipped space for use by students on the university’s games design courses.
The agreement also enables close co-operation between Epic, the university faculty and its game design students.
“There’s a lot of talk about the need for the industry to get more involved with the academic process and have a greater input into how games design is taught,” commented Mike Gamble, European territory manager at Epic Games.
“This collaboration will enable Staffs students to have a direct link with Epic and a direct line to the heart of the industry. In turn, Epic and its developer partners will have access to these world-class facilities along with a new generation of game makers totally immersed within the world of Unreal Engine technology,”
Dr Bobbie Fletcher added: “We’ve no doubt that this collaboration will make our courses more attractive to potential students and provide us all with a new dimension of awareness about how the industry works and evolves.”
Staffordshire University offers eight courses in games design, currently home to 500 students.
The partnership – initially set for two years – will see Epic provide hardware, teaching time and access to software and key personnel. In addition, The Epic Games Centre will host Epic Developer Days for professional Unreal Engine users, the first of which is scheduled for the spring.
Source: Press release
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