Senior Lecturer at @MMU_CM. PhD in Serious Games and the Internet of Things. Part of @ManMetGames, @CM_Research_MMU, and @MMGameCentre. Views are my own.

Joined May 2009
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Really excited to have @KNiedderer deliver a talk on her research in games for healthcare @IEEESeGAH. More announcements on the conference to follow!
19 Feb 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Kristina Niedderer will present her pioneering research in the field of games for healthcare applications at IEEE Serious Games and Applications for Health @IEEESeGAH #games, #keynotespeakers, #health
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15 Nov 2024
The first call for papers, tutorials and demos🔔 We are inviting you to participate in the IEEE SeGAH conference in Manchester next Summer. Please save the date for your submissions:⏲March 7th 2025 You can find more details on the poster and link: segah.org/2025/
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12 Nov 2024
🎉 Excited to share that my team @VEXT_GAMES secured £25k funding from @ukgamesfund! EGX Recap: Vextorial added 200 wishlists in 3 days! Met the legend himself - @sftrabbit from @thinky_games🌟 Big thanks to @ManMetGames, @Tranzfuser , and everyone constantly supporting us!🙌
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Incredibly flattered to see my name appearing on the nominations list for Most Inspiring Course Leader at the #GRAwards! I don’t know exactly where the nomination came from, but my most heartfelt thanks to anyone who was kind enough to say nice things about me.
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I’ll take silver 🥈! There’s so much more to celebrate too. A great NSS result, our are courses in the top 10 in the country, our research reach and impact has grown, with new PhD students helping expand our capabilities. Bring on the next academic year!
Delighted that The Department of Computing and Mathematics' Games Team (that's us) were awarded Highly Commended for Teaching Excellence at the @ManMetUni Staff Awards last week. A lovely recognition of all the excellent teaching we deliver!
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Three teams of game development students from Manchester Met have been selected to compete in the prestigious @tranzfuser industry competition that will help them launch their own companies. 🎮
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Congratulations to @Brookey1201 on the publication of his excellent @ieee_cog paper, “Assessing Type Agreeability in the Unified Model of Personality and Play Styles”! ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
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On my way back home after a short trip to Tübingen for the EU-FairPlay network meeting. Thank you for inviting me to present my research on biofeedback in games. I’m glad to have met everyone who attended and learn about how games and games technical is being used across the EU
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I am so #McrMetProud of the entire @ManMetGames team here at @ManMetUni’s Department of Computing and Mathematics for being shortlisted for a Teaching Excellence Award at the Staff Awards. The team really give it their all, and it’s amazing to get recognition for that!
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Some phenomenal news this week as the Games Team in the Department of Computing and Mathematics at @ManMetUni have been shortlisted for a Teaching Excellence Award at the Staff Awards. A huge congratulations to the whole team! #McrMetProud
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10 Aug 2024
We are thrilled to share with you that SeGAH 2025 will be hosted next year at @ManMetUni Join us in Manchester in the brand new Dalton building between the 6th and 8th of August for our next in-person conference. See our website for more information: segah.org/2025/index.html

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What an amazing couple of days it’s been at the @IEEESeGAH conference in Funchal, Madeira! And now the cat is out of the bag! We’re honoured to be hosting SeGAH 2025, in what promises to be an exciting conference!
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Looking forward to the #SeGAH2024 conference starting tomorrow. Funchal has not disappointed either
12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, organizada com o apoio da @IEEEPortugal, #ARDITI, #LifeTechMadeira, @novalincs e @U_Madeira. 📅 7 - 9 agosto 📍 Universidade da Madeira (Edifício da Reitoria) ℹ️ segah.org #SeGAH2024
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Three teams of game development students will complete in the prestigious @Tranzfuser competition, helping them launch their own companies. @VEXT_GAMES, @BoolStudios and BlackBox Studios (@BoomBallExtreme) will receive funding, industry mentorship and more.
10 Jun 2024
🔊TEAMS ANNOUNCED!🔊 This year sees a wide range of novel and inspiring projects, with RPGs, multiplayer party brawlers and horror experiences...and much more! Introducing, our 2024 cohort! 🤩 tinyurl.com/ys2rhwvt
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Thanks team for our very first RemixPlay workshop in Manchester @gchangers @CovUni_CPC @CM_Research_MMU ❤️
Using the #LMGM approach for mapping serious, playful, and sensor mechanics. #remixplaysensors Manchester
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The @GChangers #ludicdesign @CovUni_CPC team are on their way to RemixPlay:Sensors today! See you tomorrow 🙌🏼 #seriousgames #sensors
There are still spaces available! If you are interested in learning more about sensors and game experiences and are keen to add your voice to the future direction of this technology then use the QR code in the poster or sign up using the following link: tinyurl.com/27c4b5a7
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Very much looking forward to this. Good games, good energy and the bar isn’t bad either
It's our SOLD OUT Games and Computer Animation student showcase, Upgrade, on Tuesday 4th June at @PixelBars, and we're getting really excited to see all the amazing student work on display! What games might you see on the night? A 🧵
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It's our SOLD OUT Games and Computer Animation student showcase, Upgrade, on Tuesday 4th June at @PixelBars, and we're getting really excited to see all the amazing student work on display! What games might you see on the night? A 🧵
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There are still spaces available! If you are interested in learning more about sensors and game experiences and are keen to add your voice to the future direction of this technology then use the QR code in the poster or sign up using the following link: tinyurl.com/27c4b5a7
Looking forward to the first RemixPlay in Manchester. In collaboration with @dr_johnhenry @connahkendrick @CM_Research_MMU , @gchangers @CovUniResearch presents RemixPlay:Sensors - join us this Friday (31 May). #play #games #sensors #seriousgames
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Fantastic day at the remix play sensors in Coventry uni with @sarnab75, @dr_johnhenry and teams
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