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“We don’t just find the best students anymore, we make them,” says Ian Goodall, the managing director of Aardvark Swift Recruitment. It may sound like a smart soundbite, but after ten years of Aardvark Swift’s Search for a Star competition for student game creators, it’s hard to disagree. The competition …

Aardvark Swift's Search for a Star winners will be revealed at the Develop Awards this Wednesday

Aardvark Swift honour the immense talent in the academic sector

Professional certification available for Adobe, Autodesk and Unity products

It’s been a year since the PlayStation VR took virtual reality to the mainstream and Ssince sales of PC and mobile VR really began to grow. Sean Cleaver speaks to studio heads and recruitment specialists to find out what their thoughts are on the virtual reality job market one year on

The month long tour will go up and down the country, talking to students about the games industry

The Grads in Games and Aardvark Swift student challenge series enters its ninth year and are looking for new entrants

Aardvark Swift's Grads in Games initiative needs experienced industry hands to help assess student work

The recruitment specialist has been helping graduates secure work and get the industry to help support eduation. The Develop Awards sees the Search for a Star winners collecting prizes

Sean Cleaver asks UK games studios and recruiters what they look for in an artist, the skills they need to display when applying for roles and how creating a varied portfolio is key