About this project
The tests and you are undertaking are part of a larger project that aims to examine the possible relationship between playing video games and developing the personal skills and competencies that are often referred to as ‘graduate attributes’ in higher education. 
There are three main components to this eight-week study:
•	Tests to measure your current graduate attributes, conducted at the beginning of the study and again at the end. These will mostly be simple multiple-choice surveys.
•	An eight-week programme of game play sessions. These may be conducted in the lab using HATII equipment, or you may be asked to play something in your own time. Note that if you are part of the control group, this component of the study will be omitted.
The tests are intended to measure things such as communication skills, and the real focus of this pilot study is to determine how useful the tests we’ve identified are, and if there are any modifications we’d need to make before conducting a larger study. You should expect to spend up to a maximum of three hours a week taking part in the study, mostly playing games. While there is no formal incentive offered for taking part in the study, pizza will be provided at both testing sessions!
In addition to the tests and lab-based game play sessions, you may be asked to keep a simple record of the video games you play this semester, over-and-above those played as part of the study. This is intended to allow us to look for any correlation between the games you play and the various ‘graduate attributes’ you possess and develop.
The study will also offer opportunities to contribute to a project blog, and to take part in a workshop or similar event to demonstrate the project’s findings.
The attached consent form outlines how the data collected today will be used but it worth reiterating that all such data will be treated as confidential and only ever analysed and published in such a way as to ensure that your identity is impossible to determine. You may have access to your own test scores if you’re interested in seeing these and you may opt to be kept informed of any larger subsequent findings.
In the event that you have any further questions (or complaints), the relevant contact details are reproduced below. Please do get in touch if you have any queries or concerns.
Contact details
Researcher	Matthew Barr, Matthew.Barr@glasgow.ac.uk, 0141 3302854
Supervisor 	Ann Gow (Head of Subject), Ann.Gow@glasgow.ac.uk 
Address 	HATII, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QJ