TIGA, the trade association representing the UK’s video games industry, today revealed 30 of the UK’s best graduates and post-graduates in games. Each of the students was nominated by their respective universities for the award ‘TIGA Graduate of the Year’. Judges from the TIGA Education Committee reviewed the submissions and evidence of the students’ work. The Committee then awarded each student the accolade of ‘TIGA Graduate of the Year’ or ‘Post-Graduate of the Year’ in recognition of their excellent work. The following students have been recognised as TIGA Graduates or Post-Graduates of the Year:
| TIGA Graduates of the Year 2021 | |||
| Will | Murray | University of Hertfordshire | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Luke | Marchese | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Becky | Farr | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Stefan | Yordanov | Portsmouth University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Lois | Starkey | University of Hertfordshire | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Sonia | Yarosz | Abertay University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Martyna | Kowalska | Norwich University of the Arts | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist |
| Sam | Gallacher | Abertay University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology |
| Daniel | Hind | Birmingham City University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology |
| Harry | Piercy | Bournemouth University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology |
| Michael | Ma | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology |
| Peter | Cannon | University of the West of Scotland | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology |
| Antonino | Frazzitta | Bournemouth University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Lawrence | Thorp | Norwich University of the Arts | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Billy | Kane | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Tim | Beedall | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Sonny | Matthews | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Patryk | Pasko | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Ibrahim | Nouri | University of Gloucestershire | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer |
| Makhosethu | Sibanda | University of Hertfordshire | TIGA Post-Graduate of the Year |
| Finlay | Whitfield | University of Portsmouth | TIGA Post-Graduate of the Year |
| Alex | Skinner | University of Portsmouth | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Production/Enterprise |
| Lewis | Pyke | Abertay University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Clara | Gale | Birmingham City University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Harry | Bentley | Bournemouth University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Nico | Caruana | Sheffield Hallam University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Ashley | Barrell | Staffordshire University | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| James | Gratrix | University of Gloucestershire | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Lewis | Marlow | University of Portsmouth | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
| Quinn | McNeil | University of the West of England | TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer |
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, TIGA CEO, said:
“The TIGA Graduate of the Year programme is designed to promote, celebrate and recognise excellence in education. We are delighted therefore to award 30 superb students the accolade of TIGA Graduate/Post-Graduate of the Year. Each graduate has demonstrated excellent work and has the potential to go very far in the video games industry. Congratulations to all of our TIGA Graduates and Post-Graduates.
“We would also like to compliment all of our TIGA accredited universities for delivering excellence in education and nominating such terrific students for the TIGA Graduate of the Year programme.”
About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association for the UK video games industry. Our core purpose is to strengthen the games development and digital publishing sector. To this end, we focus on four strategic objectives:
- influencing Government policy via effective political representation;
- raising the profile of our industry to influence public policy;
- enhancing education and skills through our accreditation programme (https://tiga.org/education/tiga-university-accreditation) and TIGA Games Education Awards (https://tiga.org/education-awards); and
- promoting best practice through our membership services, including the TIGA STAR Employer Award (https://tiga.org/star), the TIGA Games Industry Awards (https://tiga.org/awards) and the TIGA UK Games Education Awards (https://tiga.org/education-awards).
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