
Bury College’s new adult course guide is now available! Whether you’re aiming to build skills, boost your confidence or become work-ready, the latest guide is packed with opportunities to help you achieve your goals.
Turn your passion for gaming into a long and successful career. Now a multi-billion-dollar industry, there are many gaming careers to choose from, both on the technical and creative sides of the field. If you have the commitment, skills and drive to immerse yourself in the world of video games, the possibilities are endless.
You will be studying 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, digital design, and broadcasting.
Depending on your interests and talents, the below courses offered at Bury College may springboard your career in this exciting industry.
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. You will study three key dimensions of esports: Digital Entertainment & Leisure, Entrepreneurship & Business Management and Health & Wellbeing.
This 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 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 Games Design pathway within the Art, Design and Communication course is aimed at students who wish to develop their artistic talents within the ever-expanding game design industry. Learners will focus on a specialist area exploring 3D modelling, texture and lighting, illustration, concept art, level design, and UX and UI HUD creation.
You will be taught essential industry principles including character design, environmental design, asset creation and 2D indie game creation.
Why study Games Design?
The gaming industry is one of the fastest growing media industries world-wide and it is predicted that revenue in the video games sector is projected to reach £5,317 million in 2022.
Computing Level 3 focusses on the game’s development aspect of the industry, a fundamental part of the gaming industry. This includes programming, apps development, digital graphics and animation, and project management.
Enables you to solve complex, challenging problems
Offers great opportunities for true creativity and innovativeness
Provides many types of lucrative careers
Gives you an opportunity to work internationally regardless of where you are located
Future opportunities in computing are without boundaries
Bury College’s new adult course guide is now available! Whether you’re aiming to build skills, boost your confidence or become work-ready, the latest guide is packed with opportunities to help you achieve your goals.
An adult learner at Bury College University Centre recently celebrated a huge achievement, marking a significant step on their journey towards their dream career.
Read about the incredible achievements of our students on Results Day 2025. Hear their success stories, see their reactions, and find out what makes Bury College such a proud place to learn.
Two former Bury College students have won Greater Manchester Colleges Alumni Awards. T Level graduate Holly Clarke and Hair Professional Apprentice Lucy Hardman were recognised for their impressive achievements since leaving college, showcasing the skills and ambition nurtured during their time at Bury College.
Find out how former catering student Matt Hall has turned his passion for cooking into a restaurant in the heart of Ramsbottom.
Representatives from Bury College were among the many local professionals who gathered at the Bury Means Business networking event last week.