Georgina Blackwell

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12 March 2021

Working towards a more positive, family-friendly esports sector

Building a platform to use gaming to better the mental health of young people

10 February 2021

Tom Johnson

Top skills: adapting and reacting to different situations in-game

Student of the week

12 January 2021

Neo Caine

Top skill: I’m very sociable

Student of the week

10 January 2021

Jade Cavanagh

Dream job: events or PR

Student of the week

22 December 2020

AJ Martinez IGN Aritez

Dream job: content creator

Student of the week

18 December 2020

Joe Burton

Dream job: casting for the overwatch league

Student of the week

16 December 2020

Charlie Scrase

Top skills: I can think on my feet and maintain a sense of calm

Student of the week

15 December 2020

Thomas Sloan

Dream job: either producing or casting

Student of the week

11 December 2020

Laurajane Watson

Dream job: I would love to be part of game design

Student of the week

1 December 2020

Joshua Thakar

Dream job: I would definitely choose to be a commentator

Student of the week

1 December 2020

James Dingley

Top skill: confident in creating new strategies

Coach of the week Student of the week

9 November 2020

Luke Snellings

Top skill: I would say my aim is definitely a big skill of mine

Student of the week

5 November 2020

Lewis Betteridge

Dream job: to be a pro CDL player

Student of the week

26 October 2020

Mike Libeccio

Top skill: leadership qualities, especially when playing competitively

Student of the week

26 October 2020

IJESPORTS Essay Competition 2020

What are the health challenges an esport player faces?

Competitions News

25 October 2020

Dylan Scannell-Clear

Top skills: confidence and presenting

Student of the week

22 October 2020

Lewis Wain

Top skill: bringing everyone together and keeping the team strong

Student of the week

22 October 2020

Martin Tai

Top skills: leadership and keeping the team together

Student of the week

21 October 2020

Will Roberts

Top skill: post game analysis

Student of the week

16 October 2020

Connaire Delaney McNulty

freelance esports performance coach

Coach of the week

16 October 2020

Fred Schwefel

Top skill: FPS mechanical abilities

Student of the week

8 October 2020

Garreth Read

My top skill: to stay calm in games

Student of the week

5 October 2020

Cian Taylor-Cook

Cian Taylor-Cook is from West Sussex and studies esports at the University of Chichester.

Student of the week

24 September 2020

Jack Freeman

Jack Freeman is a second-year esports student from the West Midlands. Inspired by advertisements for the League of Legends Championships, Jack entered the world of competitive gaming in 2014.

Student of the week

30 August 2020

Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham (Tom) is an esports and sports fan from the East Midlands. Currently, he is approaching his first year in the esports course at Staffordshire University and has also completed the foundation year in this course. What got you interested in studying esports? Looking at the course, I felt as though this could be a good way to learn more about the industry and get experience experience in the field. I already had a desire to participate in esports to some capacity in the future, so this allowed me to ‘pull the trigger’ I suppose, and really allow me to begin finding my way into esports. Which esports games do you enjoy most and why? I mostly play Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, which I enjoy for its variety in characters and also the high competitive viability of characters. This means almost any character could theoretically win. However, I also do enjoy the fast paced aspects of Dragon Ball Fighters and Super Smash Bros Melee despite there being somewhat of a small roster of competitively viable characters. Skills I would say my skills are: adaptability, learning and public speaking. I feel like adaptability and learning sort of go hand in […]

Student of the week

7 August 2020

Dr Andrew Novak

Dr Andrew Novak is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Human Performance Research Centre – University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia. He is also a Sports Performance Scientist for Rugby Australia.

Research Researcher of the week

27 July 2020

Sara Leghari

Sara Leghari is going into her second year of esports come September. She was drawn into the creative and managerial aspect of esports whilst studying her degree. This includes content and event planning. Sara has always known she wanted to be a leader. She found through the multiple projects she’s done in the past, how leading came naturally to her. Within her first year she was able to attend multiple big industry events and represent her University. What got you interested in studying esports? I first got interested in esports when I went to an event in LA for Overwatch League. I played a lot when it was a big thing and going there, feeling the hype of the crowd and seeing how the production worked made me want to be part of it, make it happen. I had all these ideas I said at the time like “hmm, well what if that was there or this was done like this” and it made me so excited and passionate about wanting to do it. Then when I left my old uni and found out about this one I thought, hey I want to do this! I really felt a fire […]

Student of the week

26 July 2020

ACES appoints key figures in esports sector onto its IAB

The ACES Executive Board has appointed Promod Esports CEO, Rob Black as the IAB Chair for a two-year tenure. Since his appointment, Rob has invited a range of UK esports industry professionals to join him on the IAB to help represent the multifaceted businesses within the sector.

News

24 July 2020

Damon Cheng

Top skills: teamwork and problem solving

Student of the week

13 July 2020

Georgie Reeve

Georgie has been involved in esports for almost 7 years, she started with volunteering within Pokémon and their competitive play programme.

Student of the week

24 February 2020

Adapt or disappear: legacy sports media look to esports …

With the simultaneous rise of esports online and the decline of traditional sport spectatorship and viewership on linear television in the UK, both ends of the sporting spectrum are looking to each other for clues for securing future sustainability.

Research

18 January 2020

ACES launches as the voice of esports higher education in the UK

ACES Executive Board Left to right: Vice chair Dr Russell Cowley, Dr William Darler, Michael Holley, vice chair LJ Filotrani, chair Dr Richard Oddy The Association of Continuing Education for Esports (ACES) is a consortium of academics with the backing of industry leaders. The association aims to support and raise the profile of the discipline of esports across HE education in the UK. Industry forecasters are predicting that esports will generate more than £1bn in global revenue by 2022. With an online global audience in 2019 reaching just under 500 million, the sector is also regularly filling stadiums with esports fans gathering at mega events. Spectator numbers are beginning to rival traditional sports tournaments such as the Super Bowl in the US – last year’s League Of Legends World Championship in South Korea attracted 99.6 million unique viewers for the live final for example. “We are working very closely with industry professionals to strategically position ACES. With that said, a key objective for us as an association, is to benefit, connect and support all stakeholders. With the industry experiencing such exponential growth, ACES provides an essential platform to ensure this growth is sustainable long-term,” ACES vice chair, Dr Russell Cowley. […]

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