Students could be paid £2,000 for playing VIDEO GAMES in first-of-its-kind university scholarship

STUDENTS could be paid up to £2,000 to play video games in a first-of-its-kind university scholarship. The University of Roehampton is offering talented esports players a £2,000 cash scholarship for every year of their studies. That means someone completing a typical three-year degree could bag a whopping £6,000. But b

Roehampton University’s esports scholarship is challenging traditional ideas about student funding by offering financial support to students who excel in competitive gaming while maintaining academic progress. The initiative comes as concerns over university costs intensify, highlighting a wider issue: many students re