NPA Esports QDT meeting

The second meeting of the Qualification Development Team (QDT) for NPA Esports met on Friday afternoon. We commenced this development in January and hope to have it completed by June so that centres can offer it from August.

There was a great turn-out considering the day and time. There’s lots of interest in, and enthusiasm for, this development. Most of the meeting was taken up by the lead developer explaining the consultation that she’s carried out, and discussion around the contents of the qualification. There was general agreement that the qualification should be more than game play. A wider perspective of the esports industry is preferred including such things as event management and data skills. The QDT felt that the qualification (and its assessment) should be practical but it should also be a vehicle for wider, educational outcomes.

The next stage is to define the aims of the qualification and come up with a framework for each of the three levels (SCQF Levels 4, 5 and 6). We hope to do that in the next couple of weeks.

Please contact Megan if you want to know more about this development.