Sunday, 21 September 2025

Helen Piercy on Grand Jury at Norwich Film Festival

We're delighted to congratulate our external examiner Helen Piercy, who has been selected for the Grand Jury at the 2025 Norwich Film Festival which takes place in November.

Helen Piercy is our External Examiner for our BA in 3D animation at Escape Studios.  External examiners play an important part of quality control in UK higher education, ensuring that our courses meet the highest standards, and the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

We're honoured to have Helen onboard; she is an experienced animator, published author, education director for Animated Women UK and also animation lecturer at the Norwich University of the Arts. 

 About Helen Piercy
Helen Piercy is Education Director for Animated Women UK and also an Animation Lecturer at the Norwich University of the Arts. She is also the creator of "Animation Studio 1" the animation starter kit which can be purchased online at amazon, and is a great way to get kids their first taste of animation. 

The Role of External Examiner
External examiners ensure that standards are consistent across the animation sector. They check our grades, making sure we're awarding marks appropriately, and that our standards are consistent with other universities and colleges in the UK.

For our BA students, this involves double-checking our marks, to make sure that both first and second marking (we second-mark all the results internally) has been carried out fairly, in accordance with the regulations of Coventry University, who award our degrees.

Marking at Escape Studios
To see more about how marking works at Escape Studios, and meet some of our external examiners, follow the links below:

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects.  

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