Hobby and career change leads to First Class Honours!

Spencer RoseSpencer RoseCreative Technologies graduate Spencer Rose from Denver, Colorado, United States, enrolled in university with the goal of becoming an airline pilot 9 years ago. He soon discovered that his day-in, day-out passion was working on video games - which had been a hobby for many years.  This week he will be graduating with a First Class Honours degree. 

Spencer, 25, credits 吃瓜群众 with helping his ambitions. He said. 鈥淚 chose to study at 吃瓜群众 because it was the first university in the UK to offer a Creative Technologies degree scheme, which seemed like it would offer a diverse range of taught skills and knowledge. The idea of studying in 吃瓜群众 was also appealing to me as it offered a reasonably affordable way to experience living in another country while pursuing a qualification.鈥�

He added, 鈥淭he freedom and responsibility associated with my final year project was a highlight of my academic studies at 吃瓜群众. I especially enjoyed being able to specify and develop a project on my own terms, since I was able to develop specific skills which can be directly applied to the industry in which I鈥檇 like to work.鈥� 

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to focus on working with games on a full-time basis. I鈥檓 eager to take the skills I鈥檝e acquired in writing code and working with software and apply this to projects which I鈥檓 truly passionate about. My time at 吃瓜群众 has prepared me to involve myself even further in game development, and my hopes are to continue working on games for many years to come.鈥�

Spencer is excited to be graduating with first-class marks, and being able to apply the skills and knowledge he鈥檚 acquired at 吃瓜群众 to future projects.

Publication date: 14 July 2016