Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 5

All of the action from Day 5 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 5
Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 4

All of the action from Day 4 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 4
International Women’s Day
Today is all about celebrating and honouring influential and inspiring women and where better to start than with our very own Industry Week guests! This week we’ve gathered the most successful names in the creative industries to inspire our students into their careers. Whilst some may say the creative industries are dominated by males, we’ve got some influential female guests to prove otherwise! Hollie Bennett Hollie Bennett was still at university when she got involved with gaming blog Destructoid. She was named EU Community Manager for the website, creating European-specific content. Hollie is now the PlayStation Access Channel Manager at …

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#IW17 – Live Illustration with Jo Thomas

Follow to see Jo Thomas create a live illustration in the HE reception throughout the day! IW17 – Live Illustration
Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 3

All of the action from Day 3 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 3
Industry Week LIVE BLOG – Day 2

All of the action from Day 2 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 2
Industry Week LIVE BLOG – Day 1

All of the action from Day 1 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 IW17 – Day 1
#IW17 Deep Silver Day – Wednesday 8 March
Industry Week starts on Monday and we've planned an exciting day for our Games students on Wednesday 8 March - we've invited FIVE professionals from Deep Silver to talk all about their experience in the gaming industry. There are still a couple of spaces left on some of their talks so make sure you book your ticket soon! Ben Parbury Ben Parbury is a Senior Programmer at Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. He's spent the last decade working in the games industry on a variety of titles such as the multi-million selling Crysis Series and triple BAFTA winning Everybody's Gone to …

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Conner Turner (NVOY) & Congi added to Industry Week Presents DJ Yoda!
We’re excited to announce that Conner Turner from NVOY and electronic duo and former Confetti students Congi have been added to the line-up of Industry Week presents DJ Yoda! Free student tickets for this event are still available and can be found here. Let’s have a closer look at the new acts… Conner Turner Conner is one half of NVOY – a London based duo signed to Black Butter Records/Sony Music. Their Aurum EP has grasped support from Radio 1 following their Minimix for Annie Mac and track ‘Golden Touch’ being recognised as the station’s ‘Hottest Record in the World’. …

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Meet our Do It For Real Panel!
Want to know how to make it in the industry? Come along and hear how Confetti’s very own graduates have made a success of their creative careers. Sign up now. Let's get to know the panel better... Congi Musicians Nottingham Duo Alex Tulip and Gary Frost have been shaking up the Post–Dubstep sound in Notts since 2011. Selected for the Future Bubblers programme run by Gilles Peterson and with releases as part of the Chord Maurders collective and Mimm, Congi are due to drop their new EP Contours next week. George Patchett Head Sound Engineer After studying a Music Technology degree, …

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Meet Richard Smith – Lead Character Artist at Deep Silver Dambuster
The line-up for this year's Industry Week is filled with industry pros and the hottest brands in the creative industries. If you're passionate about games art, then you have to check out Richard Smith's talk 'Story of my Career' on Wednesday 8 March. As Lead Character Designer at Deep Silver Dambuster - Richard has years of experience as a Games artist and in his talk he'll give unique insight into how he developed his career. Coming from an Art background, Richard knew since he was a teenager he wanted to work on video games. He studied 3D Art for Games at …

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Music and Events Lab Sessions
On Wednesday 8 March we’ve got an Industry Week first as we put on the debut Music & Events Lab Sessions! If you want to spend time chatting one-to-one with experts about some of your favourite products, you’re going to love this cosy exhibition. This is a day of opportunities to meet the manufacturers behind some of your favourite gear and to see their products demonstrated by company representatives. There’s also the chance to book onto some small demonstration sessions where you can take part in practical sessions or see exclusive performances - they’re limited so be quick! The sessions run …

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