Lecturer backs computer gaming degree
8:58am Tuesday 28th August 2007 in
A LECTURER from the University of Bolton has stepped into the debate about the validity of degrees in computer gaming.
Andrew Williams, the university's principal lecturer in games, spoke out following criticism of the courses from a gaming business expert.
Matthew Jeffery, head of European recruitment at computer giants, Electronic Arts, said they have never hired graduates with a games design degree.
The University of Bolton is leading the way in computer games teaching, after launching one of the first computer games design degree courses in 2002.
The university has also set up an initiative called the Casual Games North-west Division to address a shortfall in the number of games designers in the North-west.
Mr Williams said: "University of Bolton games graduates are getting terrific jobs both within the games industry and also outside it."
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