TIGA Games Education Conference 2025

TIGA’s Game Education Conference 2025 will once again comprise a full day of keynotes and panel discussions, providing a vital forum for educators and studios to exchange knowledge and ideas to address key challenges, including skill needs, graduate employability, excellence in research and teaching and studio spinouts from higher education.

TIGA’s Conference, hosted at Birmingham City University, will discuss a range of subjects, including:

• Skills requirements in the games industry in 2025 and beyond
• Maximising graduate employment opportunities
• Incorporating business and entrepreneurship acumen in course delivery
• Incubators and accelerators within universities for start-up studios
• How education can build better links with the industry
• Excellence in games research, innovation and teaching 
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
• Further Education and Level 3 challenges
• Internships, placements and industrial secondments
• Designing a new games course 
• TIGA Education Accreditation

Speakers and agenda to be announced shortly.

TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson OBE, said: 

“TIGA’s Games Education Conference is focused on bringing developers and education together to drive excellence in games education.  With panels and keynotes on a range of topical issues, our Conference is designed to spark conversation and debate, and to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and creating new opportunities. I would like to thank Birmingham CIty University for generously hosting the TIGA Games Education Conference. We look forward to uniting some of the UK games sector’s most respected academics and industry executives for a full day of discussion and networking on July 3rd. Get your tickets now!”

Dr Mathew Randall, Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, said:

“We’re excited to be hosting the TIGA Games Education conference this year and welcoming educators and industry to the STEAMhouse Innovation Centre at Birmingham City University.  Like many educators, employability is a key component of what we do, continually striving to deliver authentic game production experiences with curriculums and tools that reflect the industry.”

To see last year’s education conference, please visit here: https://tiga.org/events/tiga-games-education-conference-2024 

TIGA also has a limited number of Event Partner packages available. Contact suzi@tiga.org and chris@tiga.org for details.