Leicester’s De Montfort University has gained the first Skillset accreditation to be awarded to a games art course in England.
Evaluated by staff from Ninja Theory and Monumental, the university’s BA (Hons) Game Art Design course has become the fourth course to be accredited by Skillset in the last six months, and the ninth in total.
“Accreditation is a rigorous process, but De Montfort’s course shows what standards can be achieved with a curriculum designed with games industry input from day one,” said Ian Livingstone, Eidos life president and chair of Skillset’s Computer Games Skills Council.
Course leader Michael Powell added: "Skillset accreditation means a lot to us – it's a sign that we've been successful in embedding real world practice into our curriculum. It was also important for us, and for our students, to receive industry recognition for the high quality work produced on the course."
Skillset is a UK government-funded council designed to improve the interface between industry and education in the creative arts. We previously interviewed Skillset’s Saint John Walker about the organisation’s accreditation process and its significance.