The NUEL, the UK’s well-established inter-university esports tournament and student community, is launching a student-only streamer network.
This network will use the Twitch Student initiative, which provides support, knowledge and tools to help students run streams and contribute to the video games and esports industries.
The NUEL says it will be the first of its kind to champion student creators across the UK.
The upcoming pilot program will provide 10 rising student streamers with a variety of tailored support to help develop their stream, including regular promotion from Twitch, educational workshops, gaming and streaming equipment from Republic of Gamers and monthly financial support to aid channel growth.
To apply, students will need to stream for at least nine hours a week and be a Twitch affiliate.
Student streamers that don’t make the pilot program will have access to the tools and resources provided by The NUEL’s Student Stream Community. This will aim to help prepare them for the next opportunity to join the Streamer Network.
“This streamer network will empower students seeking to further delve into the world of content creation by giving them the tools and resources to do so.”
Josh Williams, the NUEL
‘The digital media skills students can develop through livestreaming will be invaluable in the modern evolving job market,” said NUEL founder and MD Josh Williams.
“Over the past year we’ve witnessed how this pioneering program has helped students at 10 participating student societies, now we’re excited to extend these opportunities to individual students.
“This streamer network will empower students seeking to further delve into the world of content creation by giving them the tools and resources to do so.”
Mark “Garvey” Candella, director of strategic partnerships at Twitch, added: “We have had the pleasure of working with the NUEL for many years now and have always shared the three core values of community, competition and career that add so much value to students.
“With The NUEL’s Student Streamer Network we can focus on education in the business of the new digital media world. We look forward to working with The NUEL, and the students they are in the service of, for many years to come.”
The NUEL runs across 124 UK universities reaching 16,000 students.
For more info or to apply for the network, visit the NUEL website here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
