Michael Scott
Associate Professor And Head Of Computing
Penryn, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Scott is an Associate Professor and Head of Computing at Falmouth University with over a decade of experience bridging computer science, game design and software psychology. He leads and develops a diverse portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate computing programmes—ranging from games and immersive computing to AI for games—while coordinating teaching across programming, creative computing and research methods. His research focuses on the self-enriching effects of games and the pedagogical potential of game-inspired technology for teaching programming. Michael pairs academic rigour (PhD from Brunel) with hands-on curriculum and assessment development, having held roles from senior examiner to lecturer and technical research assistant. Based in Penryn, he is known for translating game theory into practical learning experiences and for building study programmes that reflect both industry practice and emerging research.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, A Levels at Devonport High School for BoysMaster's Degree, Master's Degree at Brunel University LondonBachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Brunel University
Github Skills (25)
bsc10
graphic10
crossword9
manipulation9
audio9
agile9
music9
philosophy8
python8
glossary8
fmi8
pygame8
shieldsio7
desktop6
probot6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Falmouth-Games-Academy/comp120-tinkering-graphics
Nov 2015 - Oct 2019
Re-purposing graphic manipulation algorithms in Python.
Contributions:54 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
manipulationpythongraphic
Falmouth-Games-Academy/comp150-agile
Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
Essay on the Agile Philosophy
Contributions:40 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
crosswordessaypythonfmiagile
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