TAG | 95 percent of UK game design degrees are sub-standard |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Friday, 20 June 2008 | |
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quotes Richard Lambert, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Director-General as insisting that "the UK
cannot compete with the developing world on low-skilled jobs, so to
thrive in the global market we must excel in the higher-skilled roles
that demand expertise and innovation." Yet if Braben and others are to
be believed these roles are precisely the ones at risk from
sub-standard degree courses.With the UK unable to grow its development businesses at an equivalent rate to international rivals, the only way for the industry is down. Ironically, this will mean that prices are likely to go up. If the skilled labour market is in short supply so the costs of those that are available goes up. These costs are then passed on to the consumer when the games hit the high street. Although I would love to finish this story with a happy computer game ending, it appears that things are going to be more akin to GTA IV levels of destruction than Super Mario firework displays. Games Up? say the UK video games industry earned £4 billion globally between 2006 and 2008, contributing £200 million to the balance of trade in the process. Unfortunately, unless something can be done quickly and effectively to turn around the skills shortage, I am afraid it will indeed be games up for that kind of economic gameplay.
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