British Esports resources and info packs
Here’s a collection of PDFs, info packs, videos and other resources from the British Esports Association that you may find useful:
End of Year Report 2018 & Who We Are
Published: February 2019
Find out what the British Esports Association got up to last year and what’s next on the horizon.
View or download the British Esports 2018 end of year report here.
British Esports Championships deck for 2019/20
Updated version published: June 2019
This deck for teachers explains what the Championships for schools and colleges, how can you sign up, the rules and what info you need to know about systems.
Download our full British Esports Championships 2019/2020 guide here (or a lite version here)
You can also see more in our Championships hub here and register your interest in our next season starting September 2019.
British Esports Championships Pilot Feedback & Findings
First published: July 2018
Find out what we learnt from our two-month pilot esports Championships in schools, colleges and pupil referral units from earlier in 2018 here, including feedback from students and teachers.
Download our Champs pilot findings PDF
British Esports weekly email newsletter
First published: November 2017
Anyone can sign up to join the association and receive this for free, regardless of nationality or location.
It contains the latest updates from the British Esports Association each week, plus it aggregates the major goings on in the UK scene and the wider esports industry globally.
Sign up to our free newsletter at the top-right of this page.
Esports age guide
Latest version: January 2019
Download our Esports Age Guide here:
Download our Esports Age Guide PDF
The benefits of esports
Published: December 2017
Download our Benefits of Esports PDF here:
Download our Benefits of Esports PDF
For more info on the benefits of esports, check out some of these articles:
- Deputy Headteacher explains how esports has transformed her Alternative Provision school
- Ban gaming? Our pupils play in a school Overwatch team (TES blog written by a teacher)
- School pupils survey shows esports increases concentration, behaviour and attendance levels
- What’s it like being a parent of an esports player and how can they support their child’s interest in gaming?
- Psychologists say games can help teens study and avoid exam stress
Twitch Student Program
The Twitch Student Program helps schools, colleges and universities learn how to stream so that friends, parents and others can watch their matches and other gaming activities live online. It’s integrated within the British Esports Championships so that colleges and schools can gain access to it and its benefits.
Read more in the official Twitch Student deck here:
Download the Twitch Student deck here
Moderating: A beginner’s guide to Twitch
Method’s associate content producer @Realkailoren has put together a great public guide to moderating on Twitch, along with fellow mod @soobsan. Both are mods for gaming influencer and bodypainter Djarii.
You can check their guide out here:
Report on our Alternative Provision Schools Tournament
Published: July 2019
Check out our AP Schools report here:
What is esports?
Published: July 2019
What’s esports all about, how big is it and how does the industry work?
Read our PDF for more info on esports here:
Children’s esports club pilot scheme
Published: August 2017
You can see all the findings and follow-up info from our pilot at Maida Vale Library below:
PDF report: https://www.britishesports.org/assets/BritishEsportsLibraryPilotFindingsspreadspdf1.pdf
Video:https://youtu.be/D6Q-_Mkz_Xg
Guest blog we wrote for Gov.uk: https://librariestaskforce.blog.gov.uk/2017/09/13/can-gaming-really-benefit-children-new-library-club-gets-kids-excited-about-esports/
AnyKey diversity guides
Check out a number of resources for fair and inclusive gaming on the AnyKey website:
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