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Gamesparks are hiring a sales person and I see they also have a technical lead position open.
See http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/jobs/viewjob.php?article=303
and http://www.gamesparks.com/jobs
Aphra
welcome back Idora. You are almost positive there in your post!
I do wonder about what we are looking for when we ask for greater transparency and metrics in the education and training sector?
[And of course education is not exactly the same thing as training – and certainly some skill based aspects of game dev are probably most appropriate to training via short courses.]
Publicly available knowledge/information at present includes
1) the ‘levels’ of the course (i.e. fetac level 4/5/6/7/ etc indicating that it is a cert, diploma, degree etc.
2) detailed module descriptors which all accredited courses have to publish (which tell people about what is taught on a course)
3) public research information systems (combined with linked in and web profiles etc.) which publish each lecturer’s experience and qualifications (at least in all publicly funded institutions, esp unis).
4) Publications – which are generally double peer reviewed by peers internationally and indicate where a lecturer’s research is situated in relation to international standards.
5) Points/levels for courses which indicate (albeit not directly) the prior levels of certain types of knowledge and learning of students before they enter a course
6) and the stuff in the HEA report on staff/student ratios etc.So I think we need to think about what information we are talking about when we talk about metrics because a lot of this information exists. It may just be about formatting it in another way.
Speaking as someone whose work is constantly being ‘quantified’
Aphra
And for those not familiar with the different levels of training and education see this framework – http://www.qqi.ie/Pages/National%20Framework%20of%20Qualifications.aspx
Levels 5 & 6 are certificates
Level 7 is an ordinary degree
Level 8 an honours degreeAphra
Sat might not be the best day to choose. How is your timetable? What other days are possible?
You could join some of the game jams at weekends. The international game jam is happening at the end of the month – see the calendar.
Aphra
I had a post recently asking if the issues raised in some previous features on education and games in Ireland were still valid.
The features in question were published in 2006!
See http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/features/viewfeature.php?article=39 and
http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/features/viewfeature.php?article=38Since then we have many new courses at degree and diploma levels and a lot of shorter courses in private colleges and local colleges at level 5 and 6. We also have the rise of a local indie scene.
Do we think that the following issues raised back in 2006 are still valid (raised in the feature by T Kelly)
1) Rebranding of courses without appropriate content development
2) Involvement of industry
3) A lack of industry experienced lecturers
4) Keeping pace
5) Lack of involvement with industry in placements
6) Too many short courses
7) A failure to include team based projects.Are there new ones?
Ideas welcome. Maybe another feature.
I know that Games Ireland now has an education and training sub-committee.
Aphra
welcome…
we will post as many events here as we can but if you come across things too you can share them with us at info@gamedevelopers.ie and we will post…or just post on the forums
Aphra
This was mentioned to me again last week and I had forgotten it was posted here before.
It seems there are quite a few things going on behind the scenes on this one and even if Ireland is not one of the country’s analysed, some Irish folks are involved in discussions through ISFE and other bodies.
Aphra
I wasn’t able to make the Games Ireland meeting yesterday due to teaching commitments but I believe we should see a report early in the New Year from the games cluster (set up to move along the action plan from Forfas).
Games Ireland has also set up an education and training sub-committee.
best
Aphra
some of the industry magazines do ‘career’ supplements sometimes.
Take a look at Edge and Develop…
And check out the TIGA website…in case they have something.
Let us know if you find something.
Aphra
