Day 1 of the British Esports Student Champs Grand Finals is officially live! 🔥 Today's schedule: 🟢 11:20 BST: League of Legends Grand Finals 🔴 14:40 BST: VALORANT Grand Finals Watch the future of UK esports battle it out here: twitch.tv/britishesports Who are you backing? @twitchUKI

It's been a fantastic first day at the Student Champs Grand Finals and here's your winners! League of Legends its Croydon Prime! Valorant its CCP Lighthouse! We've got plenty more action coming up tomorrow with Overwatch and Rocket League starting form 11 at Twitch.tv/Britishesports 📷@TPM_Photo #StudentChamps #EsportsFinals #LeagueOfLegends #Valorant

Great to be invited to join the BBC Lifehacks live panel at East Durham College during the build-up to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. Students joined our 'Staying Put, Moving Forward', hosted by the BBC. The discussion explored the incredible career opportunities that exist within the city, and the panel shared views that you no longer need to leave the North East to follow your dreams. We shared insight around the work British Esports is doing to harness young people’s love for video gaming, and the education and work-ready skills development we deliver. Esports students develop valuable future-ready skills, from teamwork and leadership, communication to graphic design and business. Stephen Gallagher, Commercial VP: “It’s not just video gaming - the esports education pathway delivers things like business studies, graphics development, broadcasting skills, marketing and technical skills.” A big thank you to Helen Wardropper, Amy Elise Mercer, North East BIC, East Durham College and everyone involved for championing opportunities for the next generation! #YouthSkills #DigitalSkills #Teamwork #EastDurhamCollege #FutureReady #CareerDevelopment #BBC

Todays the last day of Dreamhack! It's all about free play at our stand, come and try out the fantastic driving rigs courtesy of Next Level Racing, play on our fantastic gaming PC's have a chat and maybe pick up some merch! We look forward to seeing you there #Dreamhack2026 #Dreamhack #NextLevelRacing #PCGaming #SimRacing #EsportsCommunity

We've absolutely loved our first day at Dreamhack and we aren't slowing down today. Its day 2, come down and see us in hall 2, test out our fantastic sim rigs courtesy of Next Level Racing! Plus all the amazing activations we have on today! #DreamHack2024 #NextLevelRacing #GamingEvent #EsportsCommunity

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We are delighted to announce our selection as National Team Partner for the inaugural @ENC_EN. Proudly working alongside fellow UK-based organisations: @EsportsWales @FNATIC @ScotEsports @EnglandGaming @TheUKETC @HereLiesJeff has been selected as the National Team Manager 👇

British Esports is delighted to have welcomed Mayor of Sunderland Councillor @EhtheshamH to its National Esports Performance Campus @NEPCGG in Sunderland a few months ago. Ehthesham Haque became the city’s youngest Mayor at 28-years-old and first Mayor of Asian descent when he was appointed in May 2025, after serving a year as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor was given a tour of our facilities, tried out one of our sim racing rigs, and revealed he’s a bit of a gamer himself. “I game all the time, I have a PS5, a PC, sports games, shooters, Battlefield, CoD, you name it, I’ve probably tried it!” he said. "Thanks very much to the National Esports Performance Campus for inviting me here today. It’s been an absolute honour, it’s very impressive - there are advanced technologies and exciting things happening here."

Plans for esports-specific UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes announced 'For 15 years I’ve been pushing for this, now they've finally approved it. Hopefully this will open up investment and create more jobs' - @ODEEisOG Read more: tinyurl.com/ydawc7ew

Our next panel at our Esports in Education Summit covered standards, pathways and qualifications The panel consisted of: 🟣Laura Hall, @pearson ⚫️Lucy Supperstone, @LshipSkillsFdn 🔵Rikki Paylor - @OldhamCollege ⚪️Hosted by @KalamNeale, British Esports #BettUK2026

That concludes our 2026 Esports in Education Summit at #BettUK2026 in London today.  Thanks to all who attended and we’ll see you next time!  Stay tuned for recap content across the British Esports channels soon.