Games technology courses?

[Justnipping]

Does anyone know how to identify the good ones? Any links or accreditations we should be looking for? It seems a bit of a minefield because you can't just go off the reputations of traditional redbrick or RG universities as easily as with other subject areas I don't think.
I've heard good things about Abertay (probably not feasible due to distance & lack of Maths A level but this is the course they like the look of most) & Teeside but have also heard that some courses may not be as good. DC predicted A/A/A in CS/Physics/Geography.
Does anyone have any recommendations please?

Contact some of the big name games developers and ask what they look for?

It is difficult to narrow them down. I would look at the backgrounds of the teaching staff on the universities' web sites and follow this up at open days.

I was very impressed by Falmouth, but again distance is likely to be an issue.

It's not a course for which I would pay any attention to the university's prestige or research rankings. Finding out how closely staff work with the industry is more meaningful.

Also look at employment stats post study. But industry links are key

@Justnipping , is your DC interested in game art or game production?
This makes some differences. Most of the Russell Group courses are not well regarded for this area.
Start by looking at accredited courses:
www.screenskills.com/courses/search/#/
TIGA - tiga.org/education/uk-games-courses
The Rookies - www.therookies.co/
University of Hertfordshire
Arts University Bournemouth
University of Bournemouth - National Centre for Computer Animation
Brunel University - BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Digital Media and Games)
University of West of England - BSc (Hons) Game Technology
Manchester Metropolitan University - BSc (Hons) Games Design
University of Creative Arts - BSc (Hons) Games Design & BSc (Hons) Creative Computing
South Wales - BSc (Hons) Computer Game Development
Another option would be a more general computer science course and a masters game.

It's the games programming side of things - they're teaching themselves C# and unity engine & spend hours watching YouTube videos about it.

Thanks for all the suggestions - we'll do some more research from those links. Falmouth is another one I've seen recommended already and looks great.

I work in the industry, I haven't been involved in any graduate recruitment for a few years, but I know Teeside is one that has a good reputation, and places I've worked have recruited plenty of graduates from there.

Have a look at the companies he’s most interested in, find the names of their developers and look them up on LinkedIn to see where they studied?

This lists the top uni for game technology/development

studee.com/uk/subjects/game-development/

its lists
Abertay.
Hull
Portsmouth
Teesside
Falmouth

Abertay was voted best in Europe for game technology degrees

www.abertay.ac.uk/course-search/undergraduate/computer-games-technology/

www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2020/abertay-ranked-best-in-europe-for-videogames-degrees/

We’re researching this atm too, though more Games Art, if anyone can advise on best courses please? Manchester SODA seems to have good industry links on paper but not sure how to find actual postgrad employment stats?

We’re researching this atm too, though more Games Art, if anyone can advise on best courses please?

Again, Falmouth is worth a look. The artists, musicians, writers and programmers work together in teams, like in the real world. Obviously this won't be the case for the whole of the course but having all those courses running in the same place is a positive.

this is a really useful site

discoveruni.gov.uk/course-finder/results/

put in a course, choose however many unis from the tick down list, then you can read all the info on graduate average salaries and how many are employed within the industry from that university and course.

I can’t see Staffordshire Uni mentioned. They have lots of games design and development courses. They have some links with Sony and have just opened a site in East London to be closer to the gaming industry there.

Thanks for all the suggestions - we have a longlist to look at now of (not in any order) Abertay, Teeside, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Falmouth, UWE, Staffordshire, Lincoln, Hertfordshire & Hull.