Taking a love of games and creation to the next level, a UWL graduate and senior lecturer has joined global giants to represent the industry as a director of the ‘voice of the gaming industry’ nationally. Jay-Won Shin, Course Leader for UWL’s Games, Design and Animation BA (Hons), has been elected to the UKIE board to join the biggest names in gaming from Tencent, Sega, Nintendo, and Sony to make...
Gaming lecturer joins major players to make waves in industry
E-motion or Energy in motion
Where do anger and sadness come from? There is no right or wrong emotion that an individual can experience. If we experience an emotion, it is valid. However, how we choose to channel this energy and express the emotion can result in positive or negative consequences for ourselves, others, or our environment. The more we can recognize, understand and label our emotions, the more we can control...
UWL RAK’s Journey towards Corporate Citizenship
UWL RAK, the only branch campus of UWL UK in the Middle East is moving towards the Corporate Citizenship goal in the next five years. Started in 2018 with a few students and two academic programs, it has grown into a much bigger campus with multiple academic programs and several hundred students within four years. Simply speaking, Corporate Citizenship is a business entity’s responsibilities to...
Explaining Blockchain to a 7-year-old
Blockchain is a network created to enhance digital asset exchanges. It is digital, secured and doesn’t require an intermediary. Imagine Adam wants to give a chocolate [money] to his school friend Abraham. But in order to give Abraham, Adam needs to go to school [bank] and so does Abraham to receive the chocolate. But with Blockchain, Adam can give the chocolate to Abraham from his home without...