Eduvos Takes Next Step In Esports For Higher Education
Eduvos Takes Next Step In Esports For Higher Education. Earlier this month, Eduvos, one of the largest private higher education institutions in South Africa, and RGB Gaming, pioneers in sustainable e-sports at learning institutions, partnered to launch a game-changing experience at Comic Con Cape Town. The four-day event, which ran from 27 to 30 April, saw Eduvos and RGB Gaming showcase the intersection of e-sports and education, with a dynamic exhibition space and gaming tournaments for all ages.
Eduvos is leveraging e-sports across the country, to provide its students – known as Vossies – with a platform to explore the benefits of gaming and develop critical skills that are essential for success in the modern world. Dr Riaan Steenberg, executive director at Eduvos says: “We recognise the opportunity that e-sports holds for our students and the impact it will have on both their studies and future career paths. The success of the exhibit at Comic Con is a testament to the growing popularity of e-sports and at Eduvos we are enabling real world careers with practical skills and internationally relevant degrees.”
Eduvos is currently launching four e-sports leagues at their Midrand, Bloemfontein, Tyger Valley and Pretoria campuses. The opportunity to join a league is available to all Eduvos students, and the institution aims to have all 12 leagues launched by the end of the year. At Comic Con, onlookers, including Eduvos staff, families and friends, watched the Vossie gamers from Eduvos’s Tyger Valley and Claremont campuses compete in Overwatch 2. It was the first tournament in which the Vossie gamers came together.
The exhibit featured a gaming experience where tournaments were hosted with schools from across the country. The tournaments demonstrated the benefits of e-sports, which include strategic thinking, creativity, teamwork, communication, and community building. Eduvos recognises that these skills go beyond the gaming hall and equip students with the critical skills needed to succeed in their tertiary studies. Cameron Varga, one of Eduvos’s gamers and a first-year BA Media Studies student at the Eduvos Tygervalley Campus says: “The experience I’ve had in e-sports has helped me in other areas of my life. E-sports takes a lot of focus, especially when you’re competing on a high level. That focus comes in handy when you’re studying.”
