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Teaching the Internets

As dyed-in-the-wool-tweed educators it’s no surprise to discover that we’re committed to events that help move the state of web design education forward.

We first spoke about the possibility of running just such an event with Andy Budd at last year’s Build Conference after party. Mr Budd went on to write up some thoughts on The Sorry State of Web Design Education (a great piece that kicked off some interesting discussion) and, admirably picking up the baton, Richard Eskins, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Department of Information and Communications, put the wheels in motion and organised a Web Teaching Day.

We’re delighted to have been invited to speak at the event and will be joining a host of respected speakers, including Chris Mills, the gentleman behind Opera’s Web Standards Curriculum and Andy Clarke, the gentleman behind Looking for Yogi.

With speakers from both education and industry backgrounds it looks set to be a great day to share examples of best practice and help shape a vision for web design education moving forward. Better still, it’s free and you can even win some schwag - a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5 - courtesy of Adobe.

We hope to see you there.

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In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

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