Esports at New City College

What is Esports?

Esports is organised, competitive, human-versus-human video-gaming where people play against each other online and at live spectator events.

Played by both amateurs and professionals, Esports is open to all, regardless of gender, physical or mental ability.

Esports is already massively popular with young people, mainly under-35s, and there is a significant established and growing worldwide industry attached to Esports. Increasingly more young people are finding lucrative and fulfilling work in this sector.

Why study Esports at NCC?

Delivered in our state-of-the-art digital content creation and live tournament space, our focus is on the technical aspects of Esport. Our pathway focuses on the digital skills associated with professional Esports play and with professional Esport technical roles. There is a significant crossover between the two. Key roles on leaving the programme are:

• Esports player, with this extending to coach, team manager and associated business roles managing a team of players and a brand
• Broadcast technician, which includes both online broadcast and content creation, such as social, shout casts, marketing, and events such as live streaming and the technical hardware set-ups for tournaments and other live events.

Students will leave the programme with a marketable set of digital skills, regardless of their choice to enter a ‘performance’ role associated with gameplay or a technical role supporting the gameplay industry.