GCADT 'One Of The Best Courses In The World'

The Computer Animation course at Glamorgan Centre for Art & Design Technology has recently been voted one of the top courses by an international panel of experts from the film, TV and computer games industries.
The March edition of 3D World, the leading trade magazine for computer animation, featured a shortlist of the 30 top courses in the world, which was chosen with advice from well-known animation and special effects companies such as Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony Imageworks and Aardman Animations, as well as some of the world's leading computer games studios such as EA Games, Blitz Games and Sony (Playstation) Entertainments.
Over 300 courses were analysed by the industry insiders, from which the best ten were highlighted from the UK, USA and further afield. The Glytaff-based course made it through to the top 10 courses for the UK, finally being officially listed as the 4th best in the country.
The Animation and Computer Animation courses at GCADT are part of a suite of degree courses that are to be taken over by the University of Glamorgan and transferred to a brand new, state-of-the-art campus based in Cardiff city centre.
Students who are currently studying on the GCADT's Higher Education courses will become students at the University's brand new Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries which will open in the city centre this September. The £35 million purpose built campus will bring together the creative disciplines including design, arts, media, performing arts and music.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan Prof David Halton added: "As a result of this transfer we as a University are gaining a valuable resource in terms of highly skilled staff and successful ongoing programmes which will be an asset to our portfolio. I look forward to welcoming the staff and students to the University."
The Computer Animation Course at GCADT was recently been accredited as one of the top two courses in the country for training Games Artists. Coupled with the award they received last year for training animators this now makes it the only course in the whole UK with two Skillset ticks for its quality of teaching and training - three if you also count the one they received for being part of the Skillset Screen Academy Wales.
If you'd like to see why the course qualified for such success, come along to the Skillset BAFTA event or The Glammies 2008.
(KMcA)