Ahead of the event, click here to find out how Staffs Uni is helping prospective students get hands on with the latest and best computing hardware and software.
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eSports Course Coverage!
Check out some of the coverage about eSports course launching in 2018!
Find out more about what our head of games Bobbie Fletcher had to say in articles from PC Gamer, Shoryuken, The Sun and Games Industry, as well as Rachel Gowers in an article over at eSports Insider.
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Riot’s ‘League Of Legends’, currently one of eSport’s biggest titles
With the ever increasing popularity of eSports title’s such as DOTA2, LoL and Overwatch, and a multimillion pound industry behind it, there’s never been a better time!
GradEx 2017
We recently held our annual graduate exhibition GradEx right here at Staffs, taking over huge areas of the university to bring you the most up-to-date and exciting innovations created by our third year students.
Click Here to find out what The Sentinel had to say about this great day!
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Vivian Murray, exhibiting her Games Software Design
Show & Tell – Animation
Show & Tell – Art & Design Degree Show
What is Ransomware? Rob Shaw Explains…
Want to know more about the recent spate of cyber attacks on the NHS and other companies computing systems?
Click here to find out more from one of our senior lecturers, Rob Shaw.
The Photojournalist
Click Here to take a look at an issue of The Photojournalist, a magazine with all stories and pictures produced by our students on the BA Photojournalism course!
Staffs Uni eSports Varsity
On Sunday May 7th Staffs Uni went head-to-head against Keele in a number of eSports titles to determine who would be crowned winner.
With a rise in eSports over the past few years thanks to streaming services such as Twitch & big deal sponsorship, there’s never been a better time to get involved.
Games included competative staples such as Overwatch, CS:GO, League of Legends and Smash 4 amongst others over the whole day, with other events for spectators including a Halo 4 tournament, free to play gaming stations, and a VR demo area run by Overclockers UK.
While Keele may have taken the win for this event, Staffs will be hungry for a comeback in the near future.
For more information about studying eSports and games design, why not come to one of our Open Days?
Games Design @ Staffs Uni
Check out some of the great international coverage our games courses have had in Indian press recently!
“a unique chance of gaining in-depth insight into the industry”
Click the images to read what our head of Games & Visual Effects Bobbie Fletcher has to say about the exciting games courses on offer here at Staffs University.
“Staffordshire University’s Epic Games Centre is an industry sponsored fully-equipped space comprising the best gaming equipment, resources and the University’s world-class facilities”
Why Study Computing @ Staffs Uni?
At Staffordshire University we always ensure that our students have the most relevant knowledge for this fast paced industry. On the 10th of May our very own Dr Justin Champion and Chris Howard attended a one day event in Manchester, which was jointly hosted by Cisco and UKFast, with the idea behind the event being to bring together industry and academia to better understand what recent developments are happening within computing.
The talks were given by various companies to give an insight into how they are seeing the sector develop, and what skills our future graduates will require to get a head start upon graduation, with the event also being an excellent opportunity to network with industry players and to reinforce the understanding of what skills our graduates will need for the future.
Here at Staffs Uni, we aim to produce the type of graduates which the networking industry is so keen to hire.
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Dr Justin Champion & Chris Howard