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Personal profile
Kayleigh MacLeod is a Game art and Design Lecturer in the department of Games and Arts.
Her main research interests include exploring the beneficial factors of games with cultural heritage and minority languages. Her current PhD research looks to explore the beneficial capacity that games can bring to Scottish Gaelic and the cultural practices associated with the Highlands and Islands.
Before joining Abertay, Kayleigh worked in the games industry at the indie company, Space Budgie, and worked on their BAFTA award-winning title, Glitchspace.
Education/Academic qualification
BA(Hons) Computer Arts , Abertay University
10 Sept 2009 → 6 Jun 2013
Award Date: 6 Jun 2013
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A’ cluich le dualchas: video games that play with heritage
MacLeod, K., 23 Apr 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Playing with heritage: A’ cluich le dualchas
MacLeod, K. & Kavanagh, W., 28 Feb 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Harnessing cultural fragrance for meaningful game development
MacLeod, K., 12 Sept 2024, Proceedings of Video Game Cultures 2024 - The Other Conference. Video Game Cultures, 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Museum LATE - Game On
Brennan, C. (Curator), Love, L. (Designer), Bozdog, M. (Designer) & MacLeod, K. (Designer), 5 Oct 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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CumbraeCraft: a virtual environment for teaching cultural heritage to primary schoolchildren
MacLeod, K., Reid, A. J., Donald, I. & Smith, K., 23 Sept 2021, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2021. Fotaris, P. (ed.). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences International, p. 499-508 10 p. (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning; vol. 2021-September).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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