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    Press start: Games Research Group launches at the University of Lincoln

    29 January 2014

    Press start: Games Research Group launches at the University of Lincoln … By Patrick Dickinson , Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science , University Of Lincoln. This article … discuss the tools that make their research possible. Computer games are a big part of our lives. The size of the …

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    What the Flip? Getting girls to code through games

    11 March 2015

    What the Flip? Getting girls to code through games Posted by a.hay on 11 March 2015 - … software. With calls for all UK children to learn computer science from a young age, we need teaching methods … of women in the technology industry. Those who teach computer science at university level know that a large …

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    Game Developer - A Walk to Confidence

    26 August 2014

    … By Helana Santos , games programmer and developer for Modern Dream . … software. How does it feel to be a woman in the games industry, you ask? Great, I say! I love working in an … even add "especially if you are a woman." I chose to study Computer Systems at university because I wanted to challenge …

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    Endless possibilities of Computer Science: women in software

    12 March 2014

    Endless possibilities of Computer Science: women in software Posted … By  Collette Curry , Postgraduate Computer Scientist at Manchester Metropolitan University. … my imagination as all I had seen before it were primitive games on the television played via simple games consoles. I …

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    Introducing 2021 RSE Fellow James Knight

    21 July 2021

    … had always meant that I was better at programming computer games than playing them so, off the back of a vaguely … technical demo, I got a job at (the now-defunct) Ideaworks Games Studio who were expanding their team in order to …

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    Aliens in care homes - serious gaming

    13 December 2013

    … discuss the tools that make their research possible. Computer games are being used to address complex issues for a range … them overcome the challenges they may face. The use of a computer game helps deal with a difficult subject in a way …

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    Crowd-sourced computer networks

    11 October 2013

    Crowd-sourced computer networks Posted by a.pawlik on 11 … Both of these successful projects encouraged anyone with a computer to download some software (a client) … the major operating systems. Computers now encompasses games consoles, tablets and smart phones. It is difficult to …

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    Managing mental health

    10 November 2022

    … due to an injury or illness. Creative work/hobbies/games: Coding is obviously creative, but if you are … art, playing with a new technology / language, playing computer or board games, doing crafts etc. All these things can offer an …

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    Complex objects are here to stay

    06 August 2012

    … are hybrid: digital with a physical counterpart), describes computer science tools for rendering objects produced by … digital art (HATII, Glasgow) and one on preserving computer games and virtual worlds (Portsmouth) – are …

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    Is the work of scientific software engineers recognised in academia?

    23 April 2012

    … become a well-defined profession with many sub-fields and computer languages. This is not surprising for an industry that governs our lives at home – PCs, games, smart devices, apps – at work and anywhere we go … own right in higher education as “informatics” or “computer science”. Software developers are employed …

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