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Dreamspark - free Microsoft tools for students

Great news for students today as Microsoft announced a raft of free development software is now available to download free of charge as part of a program called DreamSpark.

The pack includes XNA Game Studio, Visual Studio and Windows Server software meaning that students can now get there grubby mitts on some top quality tools and (in theory therefore) start turning out some really interesting products.

Putting professional level tools like this into education can only be a good thing for the future health of the workforce, and a market leader like Microsoft leading the way other industry providers will be sure to follow.

We’ll certainly be ensuring that our academies and accredited courses make the most of this one.

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