Cyber trailblazer SGS Berkeley Green UTC has launched a BTEC in esports.

The esports BTEC has been designed as a stepping-stone to thriving industries like creative media and games design, providing students with a portfolio of relevant, technical and transferable skills.

Rich Williams, head of digital, said: "Esports is an area of enormous growth internationally and it fits perfectly alongside our digital curriculum. Students will be able to study a single Level 3 esports course alongside other digital or engineering qualifications, or even A Levels. We are the only school in the area able to offer such a specialist course.

"The UTC is in a prime position to deliver the BTEC, as students have access to unrivalled facilities and probably the largest specialist teaching team of any school in the region. Expertise from key stakeholders has been used to develop an engaging course that enables students to progress and enter the workplace confident and well prepared.

"Over the last year, we have seen online employability thrive and specialised jobs in digital technologies have opened up at an extraordinary rate. To be able to provide a course that is so current and that captures this movement, shows that we really are providing an education for the future."

The UTC is still accepting applications for entry into year 10 and 12 for September 2021. For more information, visit https://academytrust.sgscol.ac.uk/sgs-berkeley-green-utc or email office@berkeleygreenutc.org.uk and see for yourself why Berkeley Green UTC successfully offers today's education for tomorrow's careers.