Submitted by Matt Wheatley
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment [AIE] was announced as the winner of the ACT Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year award at a gala event at Parliament House, Canberra, last Thursday night.
In accepting the award, Ian Gibson, Head of School at AIE Canberra, paid tribute to the ?people of good will? from government, Canberra Institute of Technology, industry and training associations who have supported AIE and ?the talented staff of great good will? who have created and sustained a great learning environment at the Academy.
This award complements a win in the same category in 2002 and the ACT Training Initiative Award achieved in 2003. AIE are now finalists in the National Training Awards 'Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year', to be held in November.
AIE trains people for the many industries now using 3D digital techniques and specialises in preparing students for the electronic games and film FX industries. It has campuses in Canberra and Melbourne.
Hi my name is shannon
I was a student of the Academy of Interactive Entertainment.(watson)
A few years ago.and recomend them to any one trying enter the world of 3D Graphics
during the year i spent at the campus in watson I was placed into an enviroment that was totaly appropriate for learning with access to many people who were more then happy to help with any problem that a student may be struggling with and focus on that problem with those students giving them a real chance at success instead of letting people fall behind which i have seen with other courses.
Anyway just wanted to say thanks to all the A,I,E staff congradulations you deserve it
Shannon
Perhaps the Canberra campus is good at providing what they say they will, but the Melbourne campus certainly doesn't, perhaps it is because they continue to be a poor second cousin.
They have no government support or contact, are not affiliated with any TAFE (Canberra works with CIT to offer the best subsidy they can) and don't even bother to train, mentor or monitor untested instructors. The only resourses available are on the internet. The industry lectures mentioned on the website are non existant. The only industry lectures given last year at AIE Melbourne where for prospective students. (People they are still trying to get money out off)
I don't appretiate seeing my money being spent that way, when I haven't been given the same opportunities Even though I have given them over $8000,
they seem more interested in getting more money in their pockets then providing the services offered. They seem to forget that not only are we students but also paying customers who need to feel that our money is being spent on us, not on some huge marketing campaign.
Perhaps if Melbourne followed the model in Canberra a little more closely, I wouldn't feel so ripped off.
the canberra AIE was the same when i went.
the teachers were good but overall the course was a waste of money.
simply from general observation , most of the people that complain about the course being a waste of money are the ones that are least committed to working hard on their skills. they basically expect everything to happen for them.
it's not like getting a degree at uni. you can pass your way through a physics degree that will then help to get work, simply because you have the bit of paper. But working in games is a skills based role and just because you sat through a course that was a 'waste of money' doesn't guarantee a job, you need to have developed skills.
those that make the most of these courses seem less likely to complain about them being a waste of money in my experience.
#4 just said exactly what i mean.
at least with a physics degree at uni you get the paper which is useful for getting work.
its the reason for going to uni in the first place.
if 3d employment is based on skills then why do you have to spend $10,000 on a course when employers will be looking at your skills and not the paper.
with the internet,dvds and books there is more resources around then ever before.
i just don't neccessarily think that spending that much on a course is justified.
Shrugs,
I've seen plenty of guys from the AIE get snatched pretty quickly into the industry.