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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re aware of a few institutions actively working on bids to host next year’s British DiGRA conference, and we’re also keenly aware that this is a busy time of year (the joys of the marking season!)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, we’re extending the deadline for submissions to <b>5pm on Sunday 14<sup>th</sup> January 2018</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Details, including the application form, may be found here: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://bdigra.org.uk/british-digra-conference-2018-call-for-hosts">http://bdigra.org.uk/british-digra-conference-2018-call-for-hosts</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Matthew Barr, University of Glasgow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lecturer | School of Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Graduate Attributes Champion | College of Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Vice Chair | British DiGRA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Board Member | IGDA Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0)141 330 2854
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Twitter: @hatii_matt | @PS_Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PSN/Steam/XBL: matthewbarr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Press Start, a student-led game studies journal:
<a href="http://press-start.gla.ac.uk/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://press-start.gla.ac.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Recent Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Barr, M. (2018) <a href="http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/151995/">
Student attitudes to games-based skills development: learning from video games in higher education.</a>
<i>Computers in Human Behavior</i>, 80, pp. 283-294. (doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.030" target="_blank">10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.030</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Barr, M. (2017) <a href="http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/153229/">
Press Start: the value of an online student-led, peer-reviewed game studies journal.</a>
<i>Research in Learning Technology</i>, 25, 1982. (doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v25.1982">10.25304/rlt.v25.1982</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Barr, M. (2017) <a href="http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/141891/">
Video games can develop graduate skills in higher education students: a randomised trial.</a>
<i>Computers and Education</i>, 113, pp. 86-97. (doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.05.016" target="_blank">10.1016/j.compedu.2017.05.016</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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