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TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 – Watch the virtual ceremony on Friday October 11th @ 4pm!

By October 8, 2024 No Comments

The winners of the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 will be announced in a virtual ceremony at 4pm on Friday October 11th, together with the winner of a special award that will be revealed during the programme.

We’d love you to join us as we recognise the UK’s outstanding students, education providers and best practice.

The link to watch the awards ceremony livestream can be bookmarked here.

Creative Assembly, the 37-year-old developer and creator of the Total War franchise, which spans history and fantasy, and the critically acclaimed tension and thrill of Alien: Isolation, is the Headline Sponsor of the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024.

The Awards are further supported by: Gold Sponsor Sumo Group, the award winning international family of game development studios; and Bronze Sponsor, Lockwood Publishing.

TIGA’s charity partner for the Games Education Awards 2023 is The Passage. The Passage’s vision is of a society where street homelessness no longer exists and where everyone has a place to call home.  Founded in 1980, The Passage provides practical support and a wide range of services to help transform the lives of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing homelessness.  Guided by their Vincentian values, The Passage offers their clients resources and solutions to prevent or end their homelessness for good. The charity runs a modern Resource Centre in London, helping people to find routes to employment, benefits and stable accommodation; four residential projects, outreach and health services and homelessness prevention schemes. For more information or to get involved visit www.passage.org.uk

Here’s a reminder of the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 Shortlist in full:-

Graduate of the Year: Artist

  1. Aidan Rodgers, University of Greenwich
  2. Berenika Zemanek, Abertay University
  3. Cath Lambert, University of Gloucestershire
  4. Zachary Allen, University of Hertfordshire
  5. Joseph Bardolf, Abertay University
  6. Leonardo Scalia, Norwich University of the Arts
  7. Maiying Tsang, Staffordshire University
  8. August Chamberlain, Staffordshire University
  9. Toby Brookes, Staffordshire University
  10. Elliot Crompton, Staffordshire University

Graduate of the Year: Designer

  1. Jinbo Guan, University of Greenwich
  2. Milla Keski-Santii, Abertay University
  3. Ian Pettersen, Norwich Universeity of the Arts
  4. Gemma Pipe-Wolferstan, University of Suffolk
  5. Alfie Hilton, Bournemouth University
  6. Kieran Cookesly, Staffordshire University
  7. Natasha Taylor, Staffordshire University
  8. Brad Campbell, Staffordshire University
  9. Louis Presland, Staffordshire University
  10. Harry Petch, Abertay University

Graduate of the Year: Programmer

  1. Adam Hughes, Abertay University
  2. Amy Elliot, University of Portsmouth
  3. Benjamin Brennan, University of Greenwich
  4. Brandon Roberts, Staffordshire University
  5. Mia Kellet, University of Gloucestershire
  6. Elvin Nicholson, University of the West of England
  7. Jamie Buttenshaw, Abertay University
  8. Ryan Purse, Bournemouth University
  9. Matthew Stracey, Anglia Ruskin University
  10. Eve Powell, Sheffield Hallam University

Graduate of the Year: Production/Enterprise

  1. Abigail Lane, University of Hertfordshire
  2. Alec Elsegood, Bournemouth University
  3. Alfie Wright, Norwich University of the Arts
  4. Lorena Ibaseta, University of Greenwich
  5. Kacper Wozniak, Bournemouth University
  6. Gabe Stott, University of Portsmouth
  7. Will Burt, Bournemouth University
  8. Ryan Bolson, Bournemouth University
  9. Ethan Kafke, Bournemouth University
  10. Denisa Maximová, University of Portsmouth

Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology

  1. University of the West of England: Kieran De Sousa
  2. Matthew Mitchinson, University of Hertfordshire
  3. Joshua Briggs, Sheffield Hallam University
  4. Katie Murray, Brunel University
  5. Harry Walters, Staffordshire University
  6. George Humphreys, Staffordshire University
  7. Amy Elliott, University of Portsmouth
  8. Jao Codices, Birmingham City University
  9. Daniel Hance, Bournemouth University
  10. Nick Speedie, Bournemouth University

Graduate of the Year: Audio

  1. Joseph Galvin, University of Greenwich
  2. Keir McNab, Abertay University
  3. Jake Brodie, Abertay University
  4. Jamie Russell, University of Portsmouth
  5. Nicholas Webb, Birmingham City University
  6. Matthew Wright, Norwich University of the Arts
  7. Ryan Dunn, Sheffield Hallam University
  8. Declan Shields, Staffordshire University

Post-Graduate of the Year:

  1. Alexander Tarvet, Abertay University
  2. Sebastian Scaife, Birmingham City University
  3. Eleanor Bygrave, University of Hertfordshire
  4. Manjeeth Salian, University of Hertfordshire
  5. Dom McCollum, Sheffield Hallam University
  6. James Smith, Sheffield Hallam University
  7. Brandon Turner, Staffordshire University
  8. Amy Wozny, Staffordshire University

Innovative Teaching Award

  1. Abertay University
  2. Birmingham City University
  3. University of Greenwich
  4. University of Hertfordshire
  5. University of Suffolk
  6. University of Portsmouth
  7. Sheffield Hallam University
  8. Staffordshire University

Excellence in University/College – Industry Collaboration

  1. Abertay University
  2. Birmingham City University
  3. Sheffield Hallam University
  4. Staffordshire University
  5. University of Greenwich
  6. University of Hertfordshire
  7. University of Portsmouth

Excellence in Games Research

  1. Abertay University
  2. Anglia Ruskin University
  3. Birmingham City University
  4. London College of Communications, University of the Arts
  5. Sheffield Hallam University
  6. Staffordshire University
  7. University of Greenwich
  8. University of Hertfordshire:
  9. University of Portsmouth

 

Diversity

  1. London College of Communication, University of the Arts
  2. Staffordshire University
  3. University of Greenwich
  4. University of Portsmouth

Best student game

  1. Abertay University: Left Upon Read
  2. Bournemouth University: Factory Reset
  3. City University of London: Emotion Escapade
  4. London Metropolitan University: Holloway
  5. Norwich University of the Arts: Rider City Rush
  6. Staffordshire University: Midnight Taxi
  7. University of Gloucestershire: Phantom Paws
  8. University of Greenwich: So You’re Tellin’ Me?
  9. University of Northampton: Shattered Sun
  10. University of the West of England: Project Zip Zap
  11. University of the West of Scotland: V-Art
  12. University of Hertfordshire: Hellion’s Curse
  13. University of Portsmouth: Curation

We hope you can join on Thursday!

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