About Ian
Sir Ian Livingstone CBE is a co-founder of Games Workshop in 1975 and a major figure in the UK games industry. He is known for his gamebooks which use reader choice and have been credited with improving children's literacy. He is an active advocate for games-based learning and digital creativity in education. In 2011 he published the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review through NESTA, which recommended changes to ICT education policy including the addition of computer science to the national curriculum. He chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign to introduce the Computing curriculum in schools.
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Known for
- Co-founding Games Workshop in 1975
- Gamebooks that empower readers through choice
- Raising literacy levels in children through gamebooks
- Advocating for games-based learning and digital creativity
- Chairing the Next Gen Skills campaign
- Publishing the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review on ICT education policy
- Opening The Livingstone Academy in Bournemouth in 2023
- Non-executive Chairman of Sumo Group plc
- Founding Dungeons and Dragons popularity discussion
- Board game collection
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