Adastral Park - British Science Week

Day 3: Creative Media - more profiles

Amelia (host): Here are some more profiles of people from Adastral Park and across BT that work in the area of creative media.

Tom

Apprentice Applied Researcher, BT

Key qualifications: BSc Digital & Technology Solutions specialising in Data Analytics with the University of Exeter (predicted July 2023)

What does your job involve? As an apprentice I get the opportunity to rotate every 6 months into a new team in Applied Research, developing skills in a wide range of different teams. So far I have been in the Network and Diagnostics team, the 5G team and Converge Multimedia Services team researching the best and newest technologies!

How did you get into your current role? I did work experience in Applied Research and knew straight away that this is where I wanted to be! I then joined the Research apprenticeship programme in 2019 and will finish it in 2023 with a permanent role in Applied Research as a Research Professional.

What did you want to be when you were younger? I wanted to be a football player!

What do you do outside work? I am a massive football fan and in my spare time love watching movies and playing video games.

Ben

Year 2 Apprentice Researcher, BT

Key qualifications: Undertaking a BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Degree with the University of Exeter

What does your job involve? I rotate to different teams every 6 months for my apprenticeship, I have worked with VR and AR, conducted data analysis into TV viewing data and more recently am investigating anomaly detection machine learning for a paper I am writing.

How did you get into your current role? I joined BT as a Research apprentice in 2019, I did several work experience placements while in high school and college so I knew which apprenticeship I wanted to apply for. My apprenticeship finishes in 2023 at which point I will join a team within Research as a Research Professional.

What did you want to be when you were younger? A Civil engineer, my college course was in engineering but also covered computing which lead me to apply to BT.

What do you do outside work? Mostly DIY while stuck in lockdown, never had more time for home improvements till now!

Dan

Apprentice Researcher, BT

Key qualifications: A-Levels in Economics, History & Computer Science

What does your job involve? Undertaking six-month rotations throughout Applied research, learning how emerging technologies can create value for BT.

How did you get into your current role? I joined BT’s Apprentice scheme in September 2020 as a college leaver.

What did you want to be when you were younger? I wanted to become a Police officer, although I quickly came to realise it isn’t as glamorous as Will Smith made it out to be in Bad-Boys!

What do you do outside work? I enjoy anything sport related & getting out to experience new things.