{"id":24378,"date":"2025-01-13T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=24378"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:21:01","slug":"esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/01\/13\/esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_12\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><a id=\"ttfmake-1743429367\" class=\"ttfmake-button\" style=\"background-color: #171717; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/games-in-education\/\" data-hover-background-color=\"#171717\" data-hover-color=\"#ffffff\"> <span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf060<\/span> go to the Games in Education page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This section is home to information, resources and links to esports in Scottish education.<\/p>\n<p>Esports is competitive video-gaming. There are now huge competitions and events organised around these games and this is often spoken about as much as the actual game playing in the esports industry. There is a growing number of countries that recognise, and treat, esports as a sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_40471\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Q-Q7Hzatto?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=en&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4Q-Q7Hzatto\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Mark McCready of Scottish Esports recently provided this update on esports in education, covering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scottish Esports Education landscape<\/li>\n<li>What are the pathways and organisations they can work with locally for engagement<\/li>\n<li>The new HNC ESports being developed<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_35\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_35-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><strong>Esports organisations and competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scotesports.org\/\">Scottish Esports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk\/esports\">Digital Playhouse (UKIE) esports<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_91\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_91-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><strong>Esports learning resources and courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/26824.html\">Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)<\/a> offers esports qualificaitons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/104875.html\">level 4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/104876.html\">level 5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/104877.html\">level 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The YMCA delivers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcaeurope.com\/hp-gaming-garage\/\">HP Gaming Garage<\/a> programme<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uf060 go to the Games in Education page This section is home to information, resources and links to esports in Scottish education. 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