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Bob_ 19 years ago

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.

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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 19 years ago

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_ 19 years ago

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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