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The Livingstone-Hope Skills Review of Video Games and Visual Effects

Date: 01.02.2011 10:00 - 12:00

Location: Vue Cinema, Leicester Square

Watch our event again here, with speakers including Ed Vaizey MP, Ian Livingstone, Alex Hope and John Hayes MP.

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Our event to launch the report included Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries; Ian Livingstone, Life President of Eidos, Alex Hope, Managing Director of Double Negative, and John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning.

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About the Livingstone-Hope Review of Skills in Video Games and Visual Effects

In July 2010 Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries asked Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope, working with NESTA and Skillset to produce an independent report into the skills needed for school leavers and graduates to fully engage with the UK's world-class video games and visual effects industries.

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Next Gen. thumbnail video games and sfx skills rev [original] This report sets out how we can transform the UK into world's leading talent hub for video games and visual effects industries.

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The UK can build a 'golden age' of high-tech creativity.

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