Enemy of Boredom has today announced its newest venue at the Paintworks is enrolling neurodiverse students in Bristol.
A centre of excellence for qualifications in video games design, EOB Academy’s new video games design studio in Bristol is specifically designed to cater for a growing number of students across the city who are missing out on school due to unmet additional needs, overwhelm or anxiety.
A centre of excellence for qualifications in video games design at venues and online across the UK. EOB Academy Bristol is opening its first video games production company which will also be specifically designed to cater for a growing number of students that are looking to work in the video games industry gaining real production experiences for the global video games market and supported by some of the UKs most exciting video games production companies.
This Enemy Of Boredom project is here to support students across the city who are missing out on school due to unmet additional needs, overwhelm or anxiety.
Enemy of Boredom does education differently, giving students hands-on experience working on real productions with trained teachers and industry professionals. Our new venue will complement the services that Bristol schools and the Local Authority currently offer, being truly focused on securing futures, saving costs and working in the respectful way that all neurodiverse young people deserve.
Recent data from the Department for Education show that the South West has the highest rate of ‘severe absence’ (young people missing more than half of school sessions) and that there is a wide disparity between the absence rates of those with SEND and those without.
EOB Academy Bristol will provide a learning experience that’s specifically designed to disrupt the downward spiral of perceived failure, low self-esteem and disengagement from education that has become a major challenge for families and schools in the area. Students will learn alongside tutors with professional games design experience as part of an inclusive community of young people who all think differently and in an environment that is tailored to their needs.
EOB Academy Creator and CEO, Steve Godwin, said: “Our students need to ‘see it to believe it’ and with professional guidance they’ll be going through a full video games production cycle. They’ll be a part of releasing real games to the global market. I call it ‘the college of real practice’. Through my own lived experience I know that if we’re providing the right environment, passing on the correct skills and having fun at the same time then our neurodiverse students will flourish.”
EOB Academy Bristol Headteacher, Peter Goodman, said: “Our new Bristol location gives us the flexibility to meet each individual student’s needs and help them to be successful at what they love. Bristol already has a thriving community of games designers, and we want to inspire and upskill a new generation of creators to join them.”
About EOB Academy:
Enemy of Boredom is the academy of creative excellence for young people who think differently, offering alternative provision of contemporary arts education for almost a decade from a growing number of dedicated centres across the UK and online www.eobacademy.com
