De Montfort receives Skillset accreditation
Leicester university the first to receive ratification for a games art course in England
De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, has announced that it has been granted accreditation for its BA (Hons) in Game Art Design by Skillset - making it the first games art course to receive the accolade in England, and the ninth in total.
The course was evaluated by staff from Ninja Theory and Monumental and labelled a "gem" by Skillset's computer games manager, Saint John Walker.
Meanwhile, Ian Livingstone, chair of the organisation's Skills Council, added: "This is the first games art course in England to be accredited and I hope it is the first of many. 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."