{"id":140428,"date":"2023-06-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=140428"},"modified":"2023-06-15T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T11:15:25","slug":"producing-esports-confetti-esj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/06\/producing-esports-confetti-esj","title":{"rendered":"Producing Esports: Confetti and its students reflect on their degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This article was originally published in Esports Insider’s print magazine The Esports Journal Edition 12 on April 4th 2023. You can buy a print copy here<\/a> or read the edition online for free here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In 2020, Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies<\/a>, a tech-focused specialist education provider and part of Nottingham Trent University<\/a>, became the first in the UK to offer a dedicated esports production degree<\/a>. Unlike most other esports degrees, which teach esports more broadly, Confetti is laser focused on giving students everything they need to kickstart careers in production.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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With the first cohort of students approaching the end of their three-year degree programmes, The Esports Journal got in touch with Confetti to see what life at the Institute is like for emerging students \u2014 and what that means for their careers.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Gin Rai, Confetti\u2019s Esports Manager and Higher Education Course Leader<\/strong>, discussed the way the university body views its esports programme and the direction it is headed, together with students Alex Calladine, James Frost, Rafael Barbosa, and Rebecca Green.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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