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. 

Meet the External Examiners at Escape Studios

Meet the External examiners at Escape Studios.  External examiners are part of the landscape of higher education in the UK. 

They help to ensure that standards are consistent across the animation sector.  External examiners double-check our grades, make sure we're awarding marks appropriately, and check that our standards are consistent with other universities and colleges in the UK.  

External Examiner to Visit Escape Studios

Adam Twycross 

On Monday 24 April we welcome Adam Twycross to Escape Studios - Adam is our external examiner for our undergraduate course in The Art of VFX.  

Adam is a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, and an experienced vfx artist.

External examiners play an important part of quality control in UK higher education, ensuring that our courses meet the highest standards, and that the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

Helen Piercy External Examiner for UG Animation

Helen Piercy

Meet Helen Piercy, our new 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 an Animation Lecturer at the Norwich University of the Arts. 

Adam Twycross External Examiner for Art of VFX

Adam Twycross 

Meet Adam Twycross - our external examiner for our undergraduate course in The Art of VFX and also our post graduate courses - MA VFX Production (3D), and also MA VFX Production (2D).

Adam Twycross is a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, and an accomplished animation and vfx artist with considerable experience in higher education.

External examiners play an important part of quality control in UK higher education, ensuring that our courses meet the highest standards, and that the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

Richard Cunningham - External Examiner For Our New MA in Character & Creature Creation

Richard Cunningham

We're delighted that Richard Cunningham has agreed to be our External Examiner for our new Master's Degree in Character and Creature Creation 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 that the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

We're honoured to have Richard onboard; he is an experienced animator and a lecturer in Computer Animation and Digital Media at Kingston University, and already acts as our external examiner for our MA in Animation. 

Meet Richard Cunningham, External Examiner

Richard Cunningham, external examiner

Meet Richard Cunningham, our new External Examiner for our Master's Degree 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 that the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

We're honoured to have Richard onboard; he is an experienced animator and a lecturer in Computer Animation and Digital Media at Kingston University.

Richard is also a graduate of Bard College, New York, Kingston University, and Blue Zoo's Anim Dojo animation programme.

Alan Lewis External Examiner Story & Previs

Alan Lewis

Meet Alan Lewis, our new External Examiner for our pioneering Master's Degree in Storyboarding & Previsualisation at Escape Studios, which is running for the first time at our campus at 190 High Holborn.

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 Alan onboard; he is Head of the Division of Creative Technologies for the School of Arts and Creative Industries at South Bank University. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operation and development of the VFX, Games, Digital Design, Sound, and Journalism BA/BSc degrees. He is also the Course Director for the VFX programme at South Bank.

Alan Lewis External Examiner BA/MArt 3D Animation

Alan Lewis

Meet Alan Lewis, our new External Examiner for our integrated BA/Mart 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 Alan onboard; he is Head of the Division of Creative Technologies for the School of Arts and Creative Industries at South Bank University. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operation and development of the VFX, Games, Digital Design, Sound, and Journalism BA/BSc degrees. He is also the Course Director for the VFX programme at South Bank.

Steve Henderson, Our MA External Examiner

Steve Henderson

Meet Steve Henderson, our External Examiner for our Master's Degree 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 Steve onboard; he is co-owner and Editor of Skwigly Online Animation Magazine, an excellent resource for the animation industry.

Steve is also director of the Manchester Animation Festival, one of the UK's largest animation festivals (and possibly the biggest), which takes place in November each year.