About James
James Sweeting is the Leader of Transnational Education for i-DAT and a lecturer in Game Studies at the University of Plymouth. Also teaches on MA Game Design, BA Game Arts and Design, and BA Digital Media Design (Games Design) in partnership with Nanjing University of the Arts. He has completed a PhD with Transtechnology Research (University of Plymouth) investigating the hauntological form of videogames. This is supported via an understanding of nostalgia present across the medium itself and the relationship it has with the past. In addition, he is an Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, having attained recognition for meeting the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.
Teaching
Leader:
- Transnational Education (TNE) for Digital Design / Digital Media Design (Games Design).
As Module Leader: Undergraduate:
- Strategies for Digital Design (Game Design) [Nanjing University of the Arts]
- Gameplay
Postgraduate:
- Game Studies
Supervisor:
- Final Year Project (BA Digital Media Design - Game Design)
- Dissertation (BA Digital Media Design - Game Design)
- Final Project (BA Game Arts and Design)
- Final Project (MA Game Design)
- PhD
