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Bob_

Jan 1, 1970
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Please excuse this little bit of self-promotion, but I am a lecturer at
a specialist UK higher education institution which, through a lack of
marketing, has places to fill on an interesting course. I'd rather not
get flamed but I expect someone will take offence at my posting.

I teach on a course called Broadcast Media Technology, it is a
Foundation Degree (much like an old HND) and we teach engineering for
broadcasting. The respect our institution has gained through the
industry means our graduates go on to work at all the major UK
broadcasters and many more around the world. The industry is crying out
for new engineers who know how to look after new and old broadcast
equipment. The career is hard but incredibly rewarding and the course
is much the same. We have a handful of spaces left on this course and I
thought to post here in case anyone knows anyone looking for some
direction.

http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/fd_broadcast_tech.htm

Young and old, irrespective of race or gender, the broadcast industry
is having trouble recruiting and it is courses like ours that they look
to for graduates. We have a very high employment rate, and it is my
understanding that students from this course will earn significantly
more than the average IT graduate. International applications are also
welcomed. Please feel free to contact the college or myself by email if
you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Bob Hannent
Senior Lecturer: Broadcast Technology
 
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PeteS

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob_ said:
Please excuse this little bit of self-promotion, but I am a lecturer at
a specialist UK higher education institution which, through a lack of
marketing, has places to fill on an interesting course. I'd rather not
get flamed but I expect someone will take offence at my posting.

I teach on a course called Broadcast Media Technology, it is a
Foundation Degree (much like an old HND) and we teach engineering for
broadcasting. The respect our institution has gained through the
industry means our graduates go on to work at all the major UK
broadcasters and many more around the world. The industry is crying out
for new engineers who know how to look after new and old broadcast
equipment. The career is hard but incredibly rewarding and the course
is much the same. We have a handful of spaces left on this course and I
thought to post here in case anyone knows anyone looking for some
direction.

http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/fd_broadcast_tech.htm

Young and old, irrespective of race or gender, the broadcast industry
is having trouble recruiting and it is courses like ours that they look
to for graduates. We have a very high employment rate, and it is my
understanding that students from this course will earn significantly
more than the average IT graduate. International applications are also
welcomed. Please feel free to contact the college or myself by email if
you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Bob Hannent
Senior Lecturer: Broadcast Technology

Well, the 'content' link is pretty empty in terms of actually saying
anything. Based on that, I could do it (but then I've been in
electronics for 36 years ;)

To say 'Introducing the broadcast way of working' is pretty much a
waste of pixels. It says absolutely nothing at all.

Then 'You will also learn about'

analogue and digital electronics

To what level?

Again, without a decent frame of reference it means nothing.

Then, to claim it's roughly equivalent to HND in 2 years is laughable.
Friends of mine *have* HNDs (from 60s and 70s) and it took two years
typically to get an *OND* (rather than an ONC).

Cheers

PeteS
 
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Bob_

Jan 1, 1970
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PeteS said:
Bob_ wrote:

Well, the 'content' link is pretty empty in terms of actually saying
anything. Based on that, I could do it (but then I've been in
electronics for 36 years ;)

To say 'Introducing the broadcast way of working' is pretty much a
waste of pixels. It says absolutely nothing at all.

Then 'You will also learn about'

analogue and digital electronics

To what level?

Again, without a decent frame of reference it means nothing.

Then, to claim it's roughly equivalent to HND in 2 years is laughable.
Friends of mine *have* HNDs (from 60s and 70s) and it took two years
typically to get an *OND* (rather than an ONC).

Cheers

PeteS

The content of the course is designed to create a graduate who can work
in modern broadcasting and give them experience of working in the
broadcast world before going to work. It is a highly vocational course
because it is supported by the industry it feeds. The broadcast
industry is a very different beast than many others, it is a close knit
community and a complex set of relationships. I have seen few other
industries where people cross between companies and maintain such
relationships.

The electronics delivered is just the core basics of analogue and
digital, but with a particular emphasis on op-amps as they are
particularly important in audio and video applications. The rest is
systems experience in working with broadcast grade equipment and
learning how to specify/maintain/analyse the various systems. There is
also a large quantity of microcontroller applications and interfacing
of computers to microcontrollers to implement control applications is
studied. Computers, programming and networking are also extensively
covered because of the way broadcast is heading.

There is extensive study of past, present and new broadcast systems.
The principles of operation are given rather than teaching individual
items, so candidates learn the 'how' and 'why' rather than the 'what'.

Its a good course for anyone, if you are looking for a change then it
might be something new in life. Accreditation of Prior Experiential
Learning (APEL) is possible for those with a background in subjects
like electronics, or the candidate may choose not to APEL but instead
just submit coursework, sit exams and be excused from attending
classes.

Kind regards,

Bob Hannent
 
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