BA (Hons)

Industry Links

Industry Liaison Groups (ILG)

The Industry Liaison Group is a group which comprises members of the course team and significant external expertise, including major employers and staff from accrediting organisations. The ILG meets at least once each year but, more importantly, supports regular contact between the course team and its chosen representatives from industry and its profession.

The expectation is that the ILG will inform curriculum development, and offer professional advice on developments within the discipline. This enables the University College to ensure that courses continue to be professionally relevant, and to produce graduates who are able to meet the changing demands of the creative industries.

The ILG has no formal powers, and does not approve the course or its outcomes. It advises the course team on the profession, and employer requirements, to ensure that graduates are well prepared. However, the course team retains responsibility for the course, as approved by the University College, which also has to meet the national requirements for academic honours or foundation degrees.

Industry specialists who are interested in participating in the ILG for this course should contact Paul Ward on pward@aucb.ac.uk or Peter Symons, Course Leader on psymons@aucb.ac.uk.

ILG contacts include:

Jamie Badminton – Karrot Animation

Dotti Colvin – Polywood Studios

Greg David – Planet Sunday

Darren Doherty – self-employed

David Freedman – David Freedman Ltd (ex-Disney)

Ginger Gibbons – Grand Slamm Children’s Films

Chris Gunningham – King Rollo

Richard Haynes – Aardman

Andrew Lindsay – Lionhead Studios

Beth Parker – Telemagination

Matt Saxton – Uli Meyer Studios

Visiting Tutors include:

Ginger Gibbons – Grand Slamm Children’s Films

Louise Ridgeway – Rare

Phil Warner – Independent

Mark Cass, Lee Danskin – Escape Studio

Neil Fitzgibbon – King Rollo

Tim Allen – Independent Stop Motion Animator

Richard Haynes – Aardman

Andrew Lindsay – Lionhead Studios

Annes Stevens – Independent

Bill Plympton – Independent

Joanna Quinn – Independent

Visit from Karrot Animation

Society for Animation Studies Drawing Panel 2008: Joanna Quinn, Paul Wells, Michel Ocelot and Andy Selby

Visit from Melodrama Pictures

Nik Phelps and Nancy Denney-Phelps

Witold Stok, Lighting Studios