We are pleased to invite you to the next Seminar of our Sport, Human Rights and Safeguarding Research Group,School of Psychology and Life Sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University. This seminar will be online (via Teams) at 12.00-13.30 GMT (13.00–14.30 CET) on Thursday 14 November 2024, delivered by Tom Dore, Vice President of the British Esports Federation and Vice Chair of the Education, Culture, Youth (ECY) Commission of the Global Esports Federation.
Understand how the British Esports Federation, the UK’s not-for-profit, national body for esports, are utilising best practice and learnings from sport, to develop standards that don’t currently exist in esports. Learn how British Esports and Canterbury Christ Church have been working with the International Safeguards for Children in Sport to adapt their hugely successful Safeguards framework for esports.
Please join via the Teams link: https://msteams.link/F329. For any enquiries, email the Director of the Research Group, Prof. Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, <dikaia.chatziefstathiou@canterbury.ac.uk>
Tom Dore
Tom is recognised as a global leader in esports education, having led the development of both competitive and academic esports programmes in the UK and around the world.
He led the establishment the British Esports Student Champs which is now in its 7th year and currently sees 700+ school and FE College teams competing online each week. In partnership with Pearson, the global learning company, he also led the development of the first vocational esports qualifications of their kind in the world: BTECs in Esports. These UK Government approved qualifications for 16–18-year- olds are available around the world and have seen 13500+ student registrations over the last 5 academic years. Tom also wrote the inaugural Microsoft Esports Teacher Academy and presented it to 2500 teachers in 115 countries around the world.
Tom is a Vice President of the British Esports Federation and Vice Chair of the Education, Culture, Youth (ECY) Commission of theGlobal Esports Federation. Learning from traditional sport, he is currently leading the drive to create global standards for safeguarding in esports, along with a recognised framework for esports coaching.
Tom has a background in secondary education having taught across state, independent and alternative provision schools for nearly 20 years. This includes experience in different senior leadership roles covering both academic and pastoral responsibilities. Hesupports traditional sport in addition to esports and has coached cricket and golf as well as leading school expeditions to Mongolia, Namibia and Venezuela.
