Want to learn and succeed with Video Games or Music? This is the place for you.
We are based in Eastcheap House which is just at the entrance to the Garden Square Shopping Centre. All of our Games Design courses are on the 2nd floor, which is a bright, open-plan space designed for learners to flourish in a relaxed environment. Our Music Performance and Business Start-Up courses are held on the 1st floor, where our learners can explore the exciting world of music in a darker, more atmospheric space, taking influence from live music venues and rehearsal spaces. On the same floor, our Business courses are delivered in a bright, sunny room, designed to be inspiring to encourage learners’ confidence with business ideas. We also have something incredibly unique; two flight simulators… the ultimate sensory room!
It’s right in the middle of Letchworth in a busy shopping centre, a short walk from a variety of shops. The train station is a approximately 3-5 minute walk away. Taxis tend to drop off and pick up just outside, or near Sainsburys. Letchworth itself is quite a calm town with plenty of green spaces to relax in too. Our learners tend to keep the local bakeries in business however if someone wanted to bring in a pack-lunch, then they can use one of our fridges and relax in our centre during lunchtimes.
3D printer for Games Design students to print their assets and as mentioned above, two immersive flight simulators where our young people can fly through space, shoot lasers, OR land an Airbus at night!
Overall we want to remove as much anxiety as possible for our learners. Upstairs in our Games Design area, we went for more of a Game Development office space feel, rather than an education environment which they may have been used to previously. It works!
For the students, its the best place for them to personally develop. To be around like-minded peers and discuss a whole range of topics specific to the course but also, to have fun! Our aim is to help our students reach their full potential with a bespoke approach to learning, but also for them to become more confident individuals with a can-do attitude, with an increased feeling of self-worth and wellbeing.
We have had various students leave us in Level 3, go off to University to continue their journey in Games Design and into work in the digital sector however learners can move into employment in sectors where weren’t originally even on the cards. One learner is working in laboratories in BioScience for example. This goes to show the variety of transferable skills which our courses have within. The world’s your oyster! Another great example is one of our learners who started Level 2, moved to Level 3, started work experience with EOB, became an LSA and is now one of our Online Tutors delivering Level 1 and 2 Games Design courses.
Enemy of Boredom is located at Letchworth, a small town that does not have the hustle and bustle of other locations that I would find overwhelming due to my autism and anxiety. I have enjoyed learning Game Design at Enemy of Boredom for these past two years because of the support of the tutors and staff helping me to understand the curriculum.