QMC becomes UK’s first official college partner of Gameplan

Queen Mary’s College (QMC), one of the UK’s top esports colleges, has announced a partnership with management software provider Gameplan.

Gameplan was developed by Learn2Esport, a Swedish ed tech company which was founded in 2016.

QMC, which has its QM Samurai esports team, will utilise Gameplan’s software for its teams and students to access training and more.

James Fraser-Murison, director of esports at QMC, said: “We are delighted to have been chosen to work alongside Gameplan as they are recognised globally in providing state-of-the-art software that helps esports teams and students understand the esports business in more detail, and provide bespoke training and tracking systems for our students.

“As the leading provider of esports in education in the UK, it’s our duty to give our students the best opportunities to learn about the business and understand the esports eco system in more detail. Aligning ourselves with Gameplan is the best way to do that.”

Atle S. Stehouwer, sales and business development manager at Gameplan, added: “We are happy to empower Queen Mary’s College with our platform, and we aim to use this partnership as a valuable case study for other educational institutions in the UK market to get onboarded with Gameplan.”

Atle founded Danish esports organisation Team Singularity and stepped away from the organisation earlier this year, but remains a shareholder.

QMC first opened its £300,000+ esports facility in May 2021, which includes 50+ gaming systems, an editing and streaming room, mini cafe and a yoga room.

Earlier this year, students cleverly recreated the entire Queen Mary’s College esports facility in Minecraft.

Esports and education has been a hot topic in recent years, with plenty of activities in the UK in particular.

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Dom Sacco

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.