Course development

Designed, developed and delivered with industry

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Designed with industry

Our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as a selection of our short courses, are designed in collaboration with leading industry professionals from cutting-edge studios, including DNEG, Creative Assembly and Framestore, through our Degree Concept Team (DCT) approach. The DCT brings together experienced industry leaders, academics and students to design degrees that are relevant to employers and up to date.  

An advisory board of leading industry professionals also share their expertise and advice with us.

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Developed with industry

To make sure that our courses stay relevant, you will be taught by tutors who are active in the industry, using briefs based on real-life projects. Some of our tutors are certified as authorised trainers on software like Unreal Engine and Houdini, others get to test the beta versions of new software, and others provide training to industry professionals who look to up-skill in a new software or technique. Our degrees are also regularly reviewed and updated, with input from studio professionals and employers.  

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Delivered with industry

Our courses and talent development activities are delivered with and by industry-experienced tutors and studio professionals. Our tutors are well-connected and active experts in their fields. They have worked on the likes of Thor: Love and Thunder, Fantastic Beasts, Moon Knight and Star Wars, and for studios including DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros, Sony and EA.  

Find out more about our industry partners.

Whether it be us providing guest speakers or mentors or Escape Studios supporting us with career development for our teams, we have always found new and important ways to work together on the skills agenda for our industry.

Amy Smith
Global Director, Recruitment & Outreach at Framestore

Advisory Board

A group of industry pioneers meet and share their expertise and advice with us. They give us advance intelligence on new technology and developments, so our course content is always contemporary and our students can fit into the biggest and best companies in the screen industries.
 

Advisory Board members include:  

  • Adam Dewhirst - Freelance Lead Modeller
  • Adam Jackson-Nocher - Head of Production at Lupus Films
  • Amy Smith - Global Director, Recruitment & Outreach at Framestore 
  • Andrew Schlussel - Senior Director, Training and Development at DNEG Animation 
  • Ben Plumb - Lead Creative Writer at Scruffy Dog
  • Charlie Bayliss - Freelance VFX/CG Supervisor 
  • Davi Stein - VFX Trainer at Industrial Light & Magic 
  • Eamonn Butler - Chief Animation Officer at Cinesite 
  • Eugénie von Tunzelmann - Freelance VFX Supervisor 
  • Gina Jackson OBE – Founder of GameDev Bootcamps 
  • Ian Palmer - Director of Art at Magopus
  • Jim Russell - Freelance Art Director / Principal Visual Designer
  • Jolyon Webb - Head of Technical Art at Unit 2 Games 
  • Juan Pablo Salazar - Director of Product (Compositing & Finishing) at The Foundry
  • Karl Wooley - Global Head of Immersive at Framestore
  • Kate Gabriel - Creative Director of CG at  No.8
  • Louise Hussey - Executive Visual Effects Producer at Industrial Light & Magic 
  • Mark Fuller - COO at Comic Book UK
  • Max Howard - CEO at Max Howard Consulting
  • Paul Franklin - Creative Director at BeloFX
  • Phil Dobree - Founder of Jellyfish Pictures
  • Philip Hunt - Partner and Director at Studio AKA 
  • Ricky Miller - Co-Publisher at Avery Hill Publishing
  • Shelley Page - Key Talent and Artist Liaison at Locksmith Animation 
  • Simon Payne - Lead Technical Animator at Sumo Sheffield
  • Tara Saunders - Studio Head at Larian Studios
  • Tom Box - Co-Founder at Blue Zoo 
Validated by an external higher education partner

Escape Studios has a validation agreement with Coventry University. This means that our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees starting from September 2024 have been validated and are awarded through Coventry University. Their validation, combined with our industry-approved content ensures your qualification is rigorous and internationally recognised.

No teaching takes place at Coventry University. All on-campus classes and the graduation ceremony will be held in London.

Please note that our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees which started before September 2024 have been validated and will be awarded through the University of Kent.