Esports - Level 3
Start Date: 1st September 2025
- Length 2 years
- Study Full-Time
- Location Rye Hill Campus
Qualification Gained
Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Esports
More about the course
Esports is a competitive and professional sport centred around video games. Many competitions see teams of professional players compete for prizes in large-scale tournaments.
With 99% of 8-16 year olds playing video games (Digital Schoolhouse, 2018) Esports is predicted to become a rapidly growing industry in the UK.
This fun and innovative Level 3 Esports course will help you gain the right skills to progress into the industry or at University level. It will give you an opportunity to learn how to plan and manage events and tournaments. You could also compete in weekly national competitions hosted by The British Esports Association.
The course has been developed in partnership with Newcastle United Foundation, which could provide a platform for you to represent Newcastle United in national competitions with like-minded classmates.
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What can I do with a qualification in Computing and Sports
Daily tasks:
- Ensures that new technologies are researched and evaluated in the light of the organisation.
- Prioritises and schedules major IT/telecommunications projects.
- Considers the required IT/telecommunications staffing levels, oversees recruitment and appointment of staff and directs training policy.
- Develops the periodic business plan and operational budget for IT/telecommunications to deliver agreed service levels.
- Directs the implementation within the organisation of IT/telecommunications strategy, infrastructure, procurement, procedures and standards.
- Develops in consultation with other senior management the IT/telecommunications strategy of the organisation.
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