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These courses have been developed in consultation with Digital Media Kingston’s industry panel. Our relationship with this panel ensures an industry‐focused learning experience, where industry overlaps are manifest tangibly, through course design and ethos as well as unique opportunities such as work placements, real projects, mentoring and internships to arm you for entry into the highly competitive digital media arena.

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MA/MSc 3D Computer Generated Imaging

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…the course develops modelling skills, shading, lighting, rendering, animation and rigging and associated skills such as rotoscoping and match moving with the MA modules placing a strong emphasis on digital modelling and texturing and/or character rigging and the MSc modules emphasising the high level 3D graphics programming for character rigging and/or games development to underpin collaboration and teamwork... Read more...

MA/MSc Games Development

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…an introduction to 3D CGI is shared with the 3D CGI specialists but the MA then focuses upon developing experiential interfaces, complex architectures and level design whilst the MSc emphasises programming for games and the mathematics, physics and coding skills needed to take a professional role in your team productions such as programmer, level designer, art director etc... Read more...

MA / MSc User Experience Design

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…this course looks at the core skills behind user-centred development, focusing on the analysis and design of multimodal, multimedia user interfaces that are easy to use and support compelling user experiences with optional MA modules in ecommerce or game design and MSc mark-up languages and scripting after which you will take a professional role such as user interface designer, user experience designer, information architect to work in a team with other students... Read more...

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About Us

Digital Media Kingston aims to transcend the inherited boundaries between the arts and sciences and education and industry to ensure a synergy between our teaching, research and enterprise and the market place that provides an industry-focused learning experience. We aim to provide graduates with work placements, live projects and internships, contextualised by a research culture focused upon collaboration and innovation. Dreamworks, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Samsung Design Europe are among the top firms who have helped us refine a new suite of Industry facing Masters Courses, designed to facilitate the development of specialist technical skills in the context of professional production and team working to help fill the UKs digital media skills gap.

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MSc by Research Opportunity

Posted on 24/03/2011 by Karen Cham

What Contexts make users Click?

Martin Colbert’s Google Research Award

a display ad: what context will make users click the advert below?



Web users soon get used to display adverts, and learn to ignore them, so many sites resort to attention-grabbing advert designs or deceptive page layouts to boost click through rates. This is a problem for us, because the user experience is impaired.  More importantly, it also deters the use of online information.

Is there a way of increasing the persuasivenss of display adverts, without also reducing the usability or credibility of the host site? This project explores this possibility by studying the context in which the advert is displayed, and its effects upon user experience, rather than the design of the advert itself.  Perhaps, we should improve the quality of information on the site, the relevance of the advert to the user’s task, and the credibility of the advert selection process.

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Numerous Internships at UI Centric

Posted on 10/03/2011 by Karen Cham

We are delighted to have been approached once again by UI Centric inviting  DMK Students to apply for one of a number of Internships as  Information Architects, Interface Designers and Web Authors, all of which will lead to a full time job. They will start as soon as possible and complete their Final Project in the workplace 

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ACM CHI 2011, VANCOUVER

Posted in News
Posted on 13/07/2011 by Karen Cham
Martin Colbert at CHI 2011

Martin Colbert presented at this year’s CHI conference – the largest ever with around 3,000 delegates.  The overheads are very similar to those tried out during last year’s DCPP module.  The original paper was written with ex-MSc student Angela Boodoo, now a senior content strategist, at EBay Europe (see her on linkedin).  Many thanks … read the rest of this entry …

studyspace news

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Posted on 28/10/2010 by Site admin

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International Student Design Competition

Posted in Opportunities
Posted on 04/10/2010 by Karen Cham

This is the third year of the UPA international Student Design Competition. Similar competitions have motivated and energized students to work on meaningful projects and led to initiatives that positively impacted lives of real people. Developing an ISDC submission gives your students the opportunity to create a portfolio piece, and being … read the rest of this entry …

C:ADM2010 International Conference

Posted in Research
Posted on 20/07/2010 by Karen Cham

“Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics — A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation” is a conference where the main business will be to confer—to explore ideas through discussion and open exchange, in other words, to take part in an enormous brainstorm together! It is concerned with forming and asking the next question rather than reporting on … read the rest of this entry …

Tutorial Fellow in Media Practice (Photography/Video) 0.6 fte

Posted in Opportunities
Posted on 07/06/2010 by Karen Cham

University of Sussex – School of Media, Film and Music

The Department of Media and Film seeks to appoint a 0.6 Tutorial Fellow in Media Practice, specialising in photography and video production. You will be part of an exciting team of lecturers and tutors in media practice (video, photography, interactive media … read the rest of this entry …

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