17th and 18th March 2011
The first CDE conference was held at the University of Bath. The two-day event bought together over 60 people as all our Research Engineers, Industrial Mentors and Academic Supervisors gathered for the first time; presenting their research, debating issues affecting R&D in industry and sharing best practice for implementing this unique collaborative programme.
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17th November 2010
On 17th November the Steering Committee for the Association of Engineering Doctorates (AEngD), held its inaugural meeting.
This national Association establishes a community of Engineering Doctorate providers (initially the 19 EPSRC-funded Industrial Doctorate Centres, IDCs) with aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration; to communicate Excellence and Innovation; to give Leadership to the EngD brand; to uphold best practices across IDCs; and to support knowledge transfer.
The Committee, chaired by Prof. Patrick Godfrey, one of three EPSRC Industrial Advocates and Director of the IDC in Systems (Bristol and Bath), identified the AEngD’s immediate key objectives: to build and promote the EngD brand – across industry, academia, professional institutions and among prospective Research Engineers; and to promote EngD programmes.
The launch of the AEngD will be marked in 2011 with a 2-day Conference for Research Engineers across all IDCs, prominent EngD Alumni, and UK Industry and Academic Leaders.
Steering Group members are: Patrick Godfrey (Chair - Bristol), Chris France (Industrial Advocate - Surrey), William Powrie (Industrial Advocate - Southampton), James Fleming (EPSRC), Jo Ennis (Newcastle), Nora de Leeuw (UCL), Jenny Berger (Reading), Steven Yonnas (Loughborough), Oksana Kasuytich (Secretary – Bristol), Paul Jeffrey (Cranfield) and Lucia Elghali (Surrey).
In the Press27th July
A new project that uses artificial intelligence to model how crowds move could help architects design better buildings.
Researchers from Bath and Bournemouth universities are working with engineering consultancy Buro Happold to create software that shows how a building’s design can enable or prevent large numbers of people moving easily through it. Read more...
12th November 2009
How to get a doctorate in digital entertainment and earn real money while you study
There's nothing remarkable about courses that train doctors in the mechanics of the human body. But it takes a particular kind of doctoral education to provide an in-depth knowledge of the physiology of characters generated by computer.
Equipping software engineers with the technical prowess needed to perfect the hyper-real animation used in films such as the forthcoming science fiction epic Avatar and the award-winning video game series Grand Theft Auto is the mission of Britain's new Centre for Digital Entertainment. Between now and 2014, the £6.3m venture – a collaboration between the universities of Bournemouth and Bath – aims to produce 50 "digital doctors" capable of plugging a growing skills shortage at senior levels in the gaming and visual effects sector. Read more...
14th August 2009
Computer games course launched
Leading computer games studios are hoping to ease the chronic skills shortage facing the industry by setting up a programme to train developers in collaboration with Bournemouth and Bath universities, writes Maija Palmer.
Studios such as Aardman , makers of the Wallace and Gromit animated films, Frontier and Lionhead are supporting a new centre for digital entertainment, which will fund doctoral students specialising in games, digital effects and animation. Read more...
13th August 2009
UK Universities, Game Companies Found Centre For Digital Entertainment
UK-based University of Bath and Bournemouth University have founded the Centre for Digital Entertainment, an educational partnership which landed £6.3 million ($10.45 million) in government funding and is backed by game makers including Frontier, Codemasters, and Microsoft.
The CDE received the initial funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, a UK government agency, and will use the money toward 50 doctoral studentships in digital entertainment. The funding will stretch eight years beginning in October.
The money comes at a time when the UK games industry has been putting pressure on the government to support domestic game development more strongly. UK video game trade body Tiga has said development has gone overseas to countries whose governments offer more video game industry support. Read more...
13th August 2009
UK fights back with world class skills centre
New scheme backed by the likes of Lionhead, Frontier, Sony, Microsoft, Rare, Bizarre, Codemasters, Relentless and Zoe Mode
The UK is taking fast action to reclaim its place as a games industry global leader by launching a £6.3 million ‘world class’ skills centre programme.
The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE) is a vast collaborative effort between the UK’s games industry and universities to ensure Britain is armed with a new generation of skilled game creators. Read more...
13th August 2009
New centre to train next generation of "high calibre" animators
The University of Bath and Bournemouth University have partnered to form the Centre for Digital Entertainment - a collaboration which will fund 50 doctoral studentships in digital entertainment.
Funding of GBP 6.3 million has been awarded to the CDE by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - money which will be used to fund the studentships - while the programme will also partner with a range of computer animation, games and visual effects industries that will offer students real projects to work on during the course. Read more...
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Susan Sloane
