Raise The Game is an important initiative to make the UK games sector a more more welcoming place, with diversity and inclusion within the industry and the games it creates.
Why We HAVE To Raise The Game
PLAY & Talk Weekend
This weekend (20th–21st June), the UK games industry is calling on the British public to gather online to play and talk together in a united effort to tackle loneliness in the UK. The PLAY & Talk weekend is taking place during National Loneliness Awareness Week and is part of the Department for Digital, Culture, …
Help Build Scotland’s Future as a Digital Nation
Help Build Scotland's Future as a Digital Nation.
ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government are asking Scotland's digital technology companies to help drive the country's future as a digital society.
Abertay Digital Graduate Show Pulls Through with Some Stunning Computer Arts
Abertay’s School of Design & Informatics is no stranger to success. This March, their undergrad games degrees were named best in Europe - for the sixth year in a row. And now, their entire Graduate Show can be viewed online.
Lemmings Is 1st Class in New Postage Stamp Collection
The Royal Mail is issuing a new set of video games special stamps for 2020 featuring some of the most iconic games to have been developed in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. Dundee's legendary DMA Design features prominently, with a 1st class Lemmings stamp as part of the collection, alongside much loved games …
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DMA Founder Leads Top 50 Scots
Dave Jones, founder of DMA Design and the man behind games including Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings and Tanktics has been named number one, in the Herald's list of 50 Scots who changed the world.
Developers in Creative England’s Top 50 Companies List
We'll just leave this here... 11 games-related developers and businesses have been named in the fourth [our emphasis - SGN] annual Creative England 50 showcasing some of the UK’s [also our emphasis] top companies in the creative industries. The list covers the games, film, TV and digital media sectors. This year’s cohort has been selected for telling …
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BFI Videogames Day 2018 Hits Edinburgh
The fourth annual BFI Videogames Day is coming to Edinburgh on June 14 2018.
Special Edition 2017 Launches – Helping Women In Technology Achieve More
Let's be honest, the digital sector has a problem with diversity. In Scotland only 18% of the workforce are female. Female representation at board level is even worse. While progress is happening, more needs to be done to help women break through and achieve their full career potential. Enter Special Edition, a professional development programme designed …
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Girl Geek Scotland Launches Mentoring Project To Encourage More Young Women Into Technology
Girl Geek Scotland needs your help... Diversity is an ongoing issue in the technology sector. According to recent research, women make up only 18% of the digital technology workforce. That's terrible. One of the mains reasons for this is female uptake in computing science subjects and interest in technology careers is low - even at high school. …