Digital showcase on Teesside

A showcase of digital talent will be unveiled at the University of Teesside on the 27th and 28th of April when graduates and alumni awarded DigitalCity Fellowships exhibit their work.

Margaret Fay, Chair of Regional Development Agency, One NorthEast will officially open the event, at 6.30pm on Tuesday 27 April, in the University’s Centre for Enterprise, Victoria Road, Middlesbrough. Malcolm Wright, Head of New Media, Tyne Tees Television and Vice-Chair of the Codeworks Board, will present the prizes and launch next year’s scheme.

The Fellowships were launched last year with the support of European Social Fund and One NorthEast and University of Teesside. They encourage graduates from computing, design, science and other courses to develop intriguing new digital concepts with a view to commercialisation or further research. Grants of up to £6,000 are available as part to encourage more talented graduates to stay in the region.

Last year’s winners included Graphic Design graduate Michael Dinsdale, who developed his own digital city called Ether, and two Canadian students, Doug Wolff and Paul Dolhai, who set up their own computer games company, Onisoft, on the University campus.

Among those exhibiting this year will be Sport Science graduate Adam Stops, who is using computer graphics to visualise sport injuries. The project by the MPhil student from Redcar is called ‘Bringing the body to life’.

Janice Webster, project director, said: “Many of the animators, artists, composers, scientists, writers and designers will be on hand to explain and demonstrate what they have achieved. The scheme is developing all the time. The quality of work is very professional.”

The exhibition is open to the public on Wednesday 28 in the University’s Centre for Enterprise, from 10am to 4pm.

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