College announces appointment of WorldSkills UK Skills Coach

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Sunderland College will be at the forefront of the North East skills revolution under the guidance of one of the world’s leading vocational educators and trainers. Following the announcement that the College has been selected to join the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence pilot in partnership with education and skills charity NCFE, Jenna Wrathall Bailey MBE from WorldSkills UK has been allocated as High-Performance Skills Coach for its … Continued

Students feature in NextGen Class of 2020

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Sunderland College students’ talent and hard work has been recognised by the NextGen Academy in their annual showcase. The NextGen Class of 2020 gives graduating students the opportunity to show off their impressive portfolios they have developed over the past two years studying animation, games design and visual effects courses at colleges throughout the country. … Continued

Sunderland Seers eSports team win virtual double

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Sunderland College’s eSports team are celebrating a double win after dominating the 2020 British eSports Championships Grand Finals. The Sunderland Seers, Jake McGough, Mitchell Armstrong, Jake Gawthorpe, Federico Tocca, Corey Brennan, Alex Bratton and Katie Butterworth, faced Spring Series rivals Farnborough Peregrines (Farnborough Sixth Form) in multiplayer shooter Overwatch on Friday, winning 3-0 to retain their title.  Then, after a rocky first match against Glasgow Clyde Hotshots … Continued

Scouts ‘take over’ Sunderland College campus

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More than 60 Scouts from across Wearside visited Sunderland College’s Bede Campus for a special ‘Takeover’ event recently. Throughout the evening, the young people from local Scouts groups took part in workshops including a Science Spectacular, computer games design, computing and forensics led by the college’s curriculum staff. The aim of the Takeovers was to … Continued

NextGen students visit Zerolight Studios in Newcastle

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Animation, Games Design and VFX students recently had the opportunity to visit the Zerolight studios on the Quayside in Newcastle, have a tour of the facilities in their studios and experience demonstrations. The students had the chance to meet Kelly Logan, who is a recent Sunderland College graduate from the NextGen course. The talk was … Continued

Sunderland College and Hartlepool Sixth Form College Students collaborate for Global Game Jam Event

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Students from both colleges recently took part in ‘The Global Game Jam’ (GGJ), which is the world’s largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations. The students were tasked with creating games in teams, to the theme of ‘what home means to you’. They were given around 17 hours to take … Continued

Ben and Nathan reach the final of WorldSkillsUK

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Sunderland College Students Ben Weatherley and Nathan Richardson are ecstatic after winning a spot at the finals of a global competition. The talented students were extremely successful in passive briefs where they had to 3D model and texture a skateboard. They then moved onto competing in the live heats at South Thames College in London. … Continued

Blue Zoo offer students an insight into animation industry

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Digital students were provided with an exclusive insight into the amination industry by one of the UK’s leading animation studios. Award-winning animation studio, Blue Zoo, delivered an exciting live stream presentation, via YouTube, to first and second year NextGen Games, Animation and VFX students. The presentation also included an exclusive screening of BlueZoo’s BAFTA nominated … Continued

Games Design students win at the British Esports Association finals

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Students had great success at the British Esports Championships pilot for further education colleges, winning in both League of Legends and Overwatch. The British Exports association was established in 2011 to help promote esports in the UK, increase the level of awareness, improve standards and inspire future talent. The teams of students competed against a … Continued

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