{"id":2069,"date":"2024-05-07T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamequality.org\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:02:40","slug":"introducing-the-game-quality-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamequality.org\/blog\/introducing-the-game-quality-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Game Quality Scholarship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2069\" class=\"elementor elementor-2069\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c437ea0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c437ea0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7364e841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7364e841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>The turmoil faced by the games industry continues and the impact it has had on studio quality teams is impossible to ignore. 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