University

The University of Suffolk have announced that Suffolk Mariners will be its new esports team, which students will compete under. […]

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Up-and-coming esports caster Alec ‘Leccyspec’ Craigie wants to create a LAN event for commentators to network and gain […]

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CyberShowdown took place on May 15th 2025 in the University of Chichester’s Bognor Regis campus, sponsored by NSE, […]

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Bournemouth University’s upcoming BSc (Hons) Esports Digital Technologies degree will have a specific focus on helping students gain […]

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Mayor Richard Parker with Jon Eastwood from National Lottery Community Fund, Lisa Dodd-Mayne from Sport England, Andrew Stokes […]

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A £1.65m renovation is currently underway on a vacant building in Long Street at the University of Suffolk’s […]

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UK university esports body NSE (National Student Esports) has announced a new esports and gaming event – Unidays […]

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UK-based esports events company Epic.LAN is providing industry expertise to help esports students at the University of Staffordshire […]

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International non-profit organisation Play Aid has announced a partnership with Ulster University to offer a psychological first aid […]

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UK university esports body NSE (National Student Esports) has made a string of announcements recently, including new partnerships […]

Read More… from NSE to send Lancaster University team to IEM Katowice, signs deals with Pot Noodle and Pringles as Spring season approaches, Warzone University Invitational also announced

Researchers have called for a governance framework to tackle “unhealthy” esports sponsorships, in order to protect players and […]

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The avatar gender in action role-playing games could affect how people play, according to new research from Nottingham […]

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The Routledge Handbook of Esports recently launched in the UK, promising to offer ‘the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary […]

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The University of Chichester is set to launch what’s being billed as the world’s first BSc (Hons) Psychology of […]

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Playing video games may be associated with improved cognition and brains staying younger, a large-scale study has found. […]

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