FAQs

The Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications do not have UCAS points allocated. Our Level 3 qualification (16-18) does have 8 UCAS points.

Yes. Students are able to reference of the leadership skills they have developed through the Esports Leaders programme and give example of how these skills have impacted them in a variety of contexts including how these skills will be used throughout their university experience.

The Level 1 and Level 2 in Leadership Skills qualifications are short bite-sized courses with Level 1 assigned 16 GLH and the Level 2 assigned 20 GLH.

Assessment and observation time has been incorporated into the guided learning hours.

All resources have been created and provided to support the delivery of the qualification to reduce the need to create your own learning materials. We recommend that you allocate 2-3 hours, in total, to cover the administration of the course, develop your course plan and meet with your Internal Verifier prior to and post- course delivery.

The duration of your course is completely flexible and will be dependant on whether you deliver the programme on your curriculum timetable or as an enrichment offer. For all regulated leadership qualifications, you have up to three years to certificate your learners. We suggest that the Level 1 and 2 qualifications can be delivered successfully within an academic year, but you have the flexibility to deliver over a longer time period, if required.

The qualifications that underpin the Esports Leaders programme have been designed to be delivered face to face with learners, whether that be in person or virtually. The tutor resources have been designed to complement both delivery models and the suggested leadership activities can be delivered through an esports activity or within a generic context. The demonstration of leadership hours must be completed through an esports activity. Please refer to the specifications for the relevant qualification level you will be delivering.

We have developed the following resources: • Tutor PowerPoints • Internal Verification paperwork • Learner Evidence records (LER)

Learner's will complete the Learner Evidence Record (LER) which are available in printable and digital versions. The LERs enable learners to record the minimum necessary evidence to meet the specification requirements and pass the course.

To select the right level of qualification for your learner(s) we recommend you view the specifications available for each level. Speak to your delivery team to be sure that the assessment requirements and minimum actions will be achievable for each learner.

Although we provide resources for you and your learners to use to complete the course, the use of these in the form they are provided is not mandatory. As the person that best understands the needs of your learners, you can adapt the delivery of the course content to ensure all learners have an equitable opportunity to learn. For the assessment of your learners all we ask is that you let us know how you would like to adapt your learners' access to assessment by following the Reasonable Adjustments Policy.

Please refer to our Special Considerations Policy for guidance relating to all scenarios outside of a learner's control that might prevent them completing the qualification. It may be that a special consideration for parts of the assessment can be given in lieu of them being able to complete it.

Tutors delivering the qualification will be able to attend a virtual CPD session at the beginning of the academic year, and will receive a copy of the training recording to refer back to as and when required. We also provide three eLearning modules to support staff delivering the following roles: Tutor, Centre Manager and Internal Verifier. These modules take approx. 30-45-minutes to complete and are free to access.A member of the Leadership Skills Foundation will also be on hand to answer any questions and to support throughout the duration of your course delivery.

The qualification includes a mix of theory and competence based criteria. For the theory elements, learners must provide evidence that they understand relevant concepts and information. They will do this by providing written, spoken or other forms of evidence in or alongside their learner evidence record. The tutor will assess if this evidence meets the minimum requirements, set out in the qualification specification. For the practically-based aspects of the course, the tutor will complete written observations to provide evidence of that the learner said and did.

No. The Pathfinder package(s) allow you to offer either the Level 1, the Level 2 or a combination of both levels to up to the relevant number of learners purchased through the chosen package. Learners will need to be registered on the level of qualification that they will be completing (either L1 or L2) as part of the Esports Leaders programme.

You have up to 8 weeks from your stated course start date to register your learners on to the qualification level that they will be undertaking through Centre Hub.

You must ensure that any game you plan to use is appropriate and engaging for your learners and relevant to the element of the course being delivered, and has a suitable PEGI rating. If you would like more information on suitable titles and free to access games please contact British Esports Federation.

When learners are completing the demonstration of leadership elements of the course, they must plan and lead esports games and/or esports related activities. However, a large part of the course is concerned with learners developing their essential leadership skills and many activities that will support them to do this will not be directly esports based. With this in mind, some sessions may well take place without the need to access computers or devices.

No, absolutely not. The course, teaching resources, and assessment guidelines have been carefully designed to ensure that learners can have a fantastic leadership experience using a mixture of 'plugged' and 'unplugged' teaching, learning and assessment methodologies. Having access to 1 console or PC capable of running an esports game is sufficient. The more consoles and/or PCs available, the larger the participation in your esports event.

Through the British Esports Student Champs, the BTECs in Esports and Duke of Edinburgh recognition of esports as a skill, students have been developing skills through esports for a number of years. However, now, for the first time in history, students are able to gain an industry recognised Leadership Qualification in recognition of the key skills and behaviours developed through esports.

The Leadership qualification provides a unique opportunity for students to develop critical skills through engagement in an esports curriculum. They key skills developed, are skills that employers need and provides a platform for skill development linked to employability and progression onto higher education through UCAS recognition.

The course has been designed to both complement the BTEC Nationals in Esports and to prepare students for the BTEC Nationals in Esports. Whether this is an introduction to esports for students, acting as a springboard to progress into the BTEC in Esports, or to be delivered and studied alongside the BTECs in Esports, there are key links and a delivery model which does not duplicate assessment, but that encourages co-delivery and supports key units of the BTEC in Esports such as Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Esports Skills, Strategies and Analysis, Esports Events and Esports Coaching.

No. The Level 2 Qualification in Leadership Skills is a fraction of the hours of a GCSE course. The qualification is designed to develop essential leadership skills using the subject of esports to engage learners. Many of the skills learners develop will be of benefit to them in their GCSE or further studies (e.g. being organised, working with others etc) but the L2 course will supplement not supercede other formal qualifications.

Our partner, the British Esports Federation, can provide you with further information about the BTEC Level 2 course that is available for 14 - 16 year olds. The Esports Leaders Programme perfectly complements the BTEC Level 2 course, adding value to a learner's overall Esports experience.

No. The Esports Leaders Programme is a regulated qualification provided by the Leadership Skills Foundation, as the Awarding Body organisation.