MEET OUR TUTORS
PROFESSOR IAN PALMER
PRINCIPAL
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED TUTORS
Professor Ian Palmer’ s long and successful career includes 28 years of teaching experience across various subjects including programming, image processing, computer graphics and games design. He has a doctorate in Computer Animation and his work developing courses with industry was recognised with a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy.
SIMON FENTON
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL / DEAN OF INTERACTIVE AND REAL-TIME
Simon has over 25 years of experience working in the games industry on titles such as Sony PlayStation Home, This is Football and Black Monday, and creating bespoke courses for companies such as Rare and the BBC. He has also been teaching for 17 years.
ALEX WILLIAMS
DEAN OF ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
With 38 years of experience working in the animation industry and 29 teaching in higher education, Alex has some incredible credits including; The Lion King, Robots, The Road to El Dorado, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Iron Giant.
MICHAEL DAVIES
HEAD OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
With over 10 years in the industry and eight years of teaching experience, Michael has worked at top studios like DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic, and Prime Focus. His credits include Batman vs Superman, Doctor Strange, and Thor: Ragnarok. A Maya expert, Michael is also an Autodesk Certified Instructor.
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