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Hi! We thought you'd like to know that Animation14 - the 7th Annual UK Schools Computer Animation Competition, has launched! It's open now, for teacher registration, at http://animation.cs.manchester.ac.uk The competition is open to all UK schoolchildren aged 7-19. We'd be very grateful if you could help publicise Animation14 -- it's a free-to-enter, not-for-profit competition run by The University of Manchester, designed to enthuse young people about Computer Science. Teacher registration is free and carries no obligation to submit any entries. All registered teachers will receive free colour A2-sized Animation14 posters for their school, to be sent out in October. Entrants can create their animations (maximum duration: 1 minute) using any of the following programs: Scratch, Adobe Flash, Alice, Serif: Draw Plus, KoolMoves, SWiSH Max4, Blender, 3DS Max, and Maya. There are great prizes, awarded at the Animation Festival and Inspirational Computer Science Day held at The University of Manchester on 11 July 2014. Last year's Animation13 competition was bigger than ever, with over 1,100 entries from 155 schools across the UK, from 1,580 students. We awarded prizes to 41 students (working as individuals, or in groups) from 24 schools. You can see all the winning entries, and photos from our Awards and Inspirational Computer Science Day at http://animation13.cs.manchester.ac.uk. Key dates * 28 March 2014: Deadline for submitting entries. * 11 July 2014: Animation Festival and Inspirational Computer Science Day at The University of Manchester Key contacts * Website: http://animation.cs.manchester.ac.uk * Enquiries: [log in to unmask] Animation13 is funded by Autodesk, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts, in association with cs4fn. With best wishes! Toby -- Toby Howard Chair, UK Schools Computer Animation Competition Director of Undergraduate Studies School of Computer Science The University of Manchester www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby