Esports (Electronic Sports) is competitive multiplayer gaming played for spectators.
Esports teams typically compete in tournaments against amateur and professional opponents. Esports does include computer gaming, but it is so much more, and leads to many different positive futures.
Esports is a huge growth industry with future potential career pathways in engineering, entertainment, project management and broadcasting.
Three Dimensions of esports:
· Digital Entertainment & Leisure
· Entrepreneurship & Business Management
· Health & Wellbeing
At Bury College, our two-year full-time course will immerse you in an exciting and fast emerging industry that develops transferable skills in Teamwork, Business, Leadership, Finance, Nutrition, Coaching, Marketing and Entrepreneurship and support progression to Higher Education and employment.
You will be studying your esports course in the very best of environments with outstanding resources. Bury College has invested in state-of-the-art facilities to meet industry specifications of gaming and broadcasting.
You will train for mental agility, critical thinking, concentration, decision making, reaction times and dexterity. All the time underpinned by teamwork, friendship, an enjoyment of esports and the potential it holds. All essential skills to prepare any esporter for a career globally.
The topics studied on this course are:
Did you know?
The UK esports sector represents approximately 8% of the global
market. The UK esports sector supported £111.5 million in Gross Value Added
(GVA) in 2019.
In 2019 NewZoo reported an estimated
total revenue of $1.1 billion with a growth of 15% in 2020, encompassing
streaming, gaming and associate brand deals.
Discussions have already taken place
for Esports to become a future Olympic
subject.
Jobs that are available in these areas include:
Positive Futures is a set of essential qualities, embedded throughout your study programme, that we seek to develop in all students:
You will also engage in the Positive Futures Careers Programme, developing key employability skills through a diverse range of activities including work placements, volunteering, employer talks, industry study visits and employment and university fairs.
As a Bury College student you will have access to a wide range of enrichment opportunities which will contribute to your personal growth and development and support your academic studies.
These may include:
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