Esports Gaming Level 3

Skills and Strategies - hone your skills on a game of your choice

Shoutcasting - Commentate on your favourite games

Coaching - Teach others how to improve their gameplay with your specialist knowledge

<p>4 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English & maths. If you do not have grade 4 or above in both subjects, the minimum for the other subject is grade 3 or a full Level 2 at Pass grade or above with maths & English grades equivalent to those stated above. Students with grade 3 in either English or maths will be expected to re-take that subject in Year 1.</p><p>A positive attitude and a keen interest in esports and gaming at interview, you will be invited to attend a taster session to find out more and complete a summer task.</p>

Progression after studying the Level 3 qualification can include job opportunities in areas such as: an Esports player, team coach, social media influencer, shoutcaster and presenter, video production editor or data analyst.

The qualification attracts UCAS tariff points and is recognised by higher education providers as contributing to entry requirements for many related courses such as: BA (Hons) in Events Management, BA (Hons) in Media or BA (Hons) in Esports.

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Esports is a rapidly growing sector and fast becoming a very big global industry ($1.72billion USD in 2023, predicted to grow to $6.75billion USD by 2030). There is a lot of scope within the region for self-employment and people running their own successful Esports-related businesses. Alongside gaming, technology and marketing, this course teaches other transferrable skills, including how to set up and run your own business, alongside subjects like ethics within the Esports industry and sustainability. As the industry is growing year on year, there is more need than ever for potential employees within the industry.

Students on this course worked with Team EndPoint, a local Esports team based in Sheffield, to visit their HQ and learn more about their business.Throughout the year we have had numerous guest lectures from a variety of industry professionals.

We have worked with a variety of different employers across the different units that we teach in Esports. For our "Shoutcasting" Unit we worked with professional Esports shoutcaster Tim "AceOfPyrite" Leaver. He has been a professional shoutcaster travelling the globe commentating on top tier professional Esports.We also work with Jamie "Jamboo" Rigden, an ex-professional and now full time EA FC Content creator and professional coach. He has helped influence the live stream broadcasting and coaching units we teach, as well as giving us feedback on the Esports industry as a whole.We work with Team Endpoint, one of the biggest Esport teams in the UK - We will be doing annual trips to their HQ to show students a live Esport team in action as well as Endpoint helping us with our Enterprise and Enterpreneurship units. We also work with local grassroots Esports team "Nocturnal Esports" who helped influence the "introduction to Esports" unit we teach at the start of the year and students will be doing work placements with Nocturnal.

Competed in the British Esports Students Championships

Our visit from Tim Leaver, acclaimed Rainbow 6 shoutcaster who gave a presentation and workshopped with our students