June 8th 2021: The organisers of the inaugural Games Careers Week festival – the BGI, Into Games and Grads in Games – announced that 120 games studios, universities, non-profits, schools and grassroots organisations ran or supported 32 online events including conferences, talks and advice sessions.
37,000 parents, learners, teachers and job-seekers attended the online sessions. The festival had over 2.5m engagements on social media and over 50 publications, radio stations and sites with aggregate monthly audiences of over 75m covered the event.
The Games Careers Week festival is a free annual event to inspire people from every background to discover careers in the UK’s fastest growing creative industry – video games. Founded in December 2020 and launched in March 2021, the festival provides careers advice to people from all backgrounds, showcases the many inspirational schemes offered by the games sector year round and highlights key issues of education and diversity.
Games companies, educators and parents are invited to help shape GCW 2022 by attending a town hall event at 4pm on 8th July to:
- Highlight successes from this year’s inaugural event
- Get organisers ready to take part
- Provide more information on how to get involved in 2022
- Help spark ideas for what organisers might do during the week
- Connect organisers to others looking to take part
- Give organisers, educators and parents a say in how it runs
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For more information on Games Careers Week, visit the website, contact conor@thebgi.uk or follow @GamesCareerWeek.
You can find a selection of press assets and images for Games Careers Week here.
About Games Careers Week
Games Careers Week is a free non-profit event organised and funded by the BGI, Into Games and Grads in Games, supported by TIGA, NextGen Skills Academy, Gamesindustry.biz and Ukie.
About the BGI / National Videogame Museum
The BGI, charity number 1183530, educates the public about the art, science, history and technology of videogames through its National Videogame Museum, a range of training and other educational programmes such as the Games Education Summit and its Start your Career in Videogames course. The BGI.
About Into Games
Into Games is a non-profit Community Interest Company that supports people in finding rewarding careers in the games sector. Our projects connect education and industry while providing guidance for learners from primary school all the way into work. Into Games
About Grads in Games
Grads in Games a non-profit Community Interest Company which helps graduates make the leap from student to professional in the games industry. We do this through a comprehensive program of events, activities and initiatives which equip students with the skills employers need. For more information about our initiatives such as Search for a Star and Get in the Game visit Grads in Games
Games Careers Week is a free non-profit event organised by the National Videogame Museum. Made possible with supporter sponsor Boneloaf, and our proud partners: Grads In Games, NextGen Skills Academy, Women In Games and The Sheffield College.
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About the National Videogame Museum
The NVM, explores the history and cultural importance of videogames as well as providing award winning educational programmes. The NVM is governed by the BGI. Registered charity number 1183530.
