TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games industry, today announced that the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 are open for entries.
Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series, 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.
The TIGA UK Games Education Awards are now open to enter. The closing date is 23.59 Monday 3rd June 2024. The winners will be announced in a fast paced virtual Awards ceremony in the autumn.
Award categories:
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Artist
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Designer
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Programmer
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Production/Enterprise
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Computer Games Technology
- Outstanding TIGA Graduate of the Year: Audio
- Outstanding TIGA Post Graduate of the Year
- Outstanding TIGA BTEC Learner of the Year
- Innovative Teaching Award
- Excellence in College/University – Industry Collaboration
- Excellence in Games Research
- Diversity Award
- Creative Assembly Best Student Game
For more information see: https://tiga.org/education-awards/about
To enter see: https://tiga.org/education-awards/enter
TIGA’s charity partner for the Awards will be 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 by Cardinal Basil Hume and The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, The Passage is based in the heart of Westminster, providing practical support and a wide range of services to help transform the lives of people experiencing , or at risk of experiencing street homelessness. The Passage are guided by Vincentian values and offer clients resources and solutions to prevent or end their homelessness for good, including routes to employment, benefits, and stable accommodation. The Passage runs a modern Resource Centre in Victoria, four residential and resettlement projects, outreach and health services, homelessness prevention schemes and a pioneering modern slavery referral programme. For further details please visit www.passage.org.uk or contact media@passage.org.uk
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, TIGA CEO, said:
“The TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 will recognise outstanding students, the best education providers and good practices, such as excellence in diversity. Our charity partner for the Awards will once again be The Passage, the caretaker for the homless community in London.
“I would like to thank Creative Assembly, Sumo Group, and Lockwood Publishing for supporting excellence in skills and learning and for making the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 possible. We look forward to announcing the winners of the Awards in the summer.”
Christina Haralambous Group Director, Communications and Marketing, Sumo Group, said:
“The TIGA UK Games Education Awards shine a spotlight on emerging talent within our industry and the institutions dedicated to teaching the next wave of game developers. It’s an honour for Sumo Group to be a sponsor again in 2024.”
Halli Bjornsson, CEO of Lockwood Publishing:
“The UK video games industry needs a highly skilled workforce to compete successfully and to make great games. Lockwood Publishing is delighted therefore to sponsor the TIGA Games Education Awards, which encourage excellence in games education.”
Notes to editors
For more information see: https://tiga.org/education-awards/about
To enter see: https://tiga.org/education-awards/enter
To see the categories: https://tiga.org/education-awards/2023-categories
About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association for the UK video games industry. Since 2010, TIGA has won 28 business awards and commendations. TIGA’s vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to develop video games. To this end, TIGA:
- engages with policymakers to create an environment favourable to video games development;
- enhances education and skills through our accreditation programme, the TIGA Games Education Awardsand our education conference; and
- promotes best practice through our membership services, including the TIGA STAR Employer Awardand the TIGA Games Industry Awards.
- conducts primary research into the games sector, surveying hundreds of companies each year about the business environment, support policies and the health of the industry.
For more information contact TIGA:
Tel: 0845 468 2330
Email: info@tiga.org
Web: www.tiga.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tigamovement
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TIGAMovement
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/tiga