Birmingham City University

And very briefly, could you tell us a little bit about your career journey into tech and cyber and perhaps give some advice for those that are on the fence about joining the industry?

Yeah, so for me, I went to Birmingham City Uni.

That was technically a polytechnic, more of a practical university.

Did two years of teaching, part-time.

It was such a taboo subject.

So the last three years, we've just come off a meeting, you know, Birmingham City University has been assisting with the Bremer & Sully Mental Health Trust Foundation.

We've been hosting some mental health conferences, you know, to widen the conversation and get people to talk more.

And if we can save one life, you know, if something good can come out of something so devastating, then this life would not have gone in vain.

These are the values of Cambridge University.

These are the values of Birmingham City University.

These are the values of all universities, right? The values of university are white supremacy.

That's what university does.

So they were young people aged 16 to 25 who had faced a lot of challenges and it was supported accommodation because they had nowhere else to live.

After that, I worked for a university called Birmingham City University in their educational outreach team.

And that was the first time that I had the opportunity to, they used this data set, it was called Polar Data, and it shows how many people from different postcode areas go to university.

So I put my hometown postcode in and the figure was 18%.

So I dusted my CV.

I read Human Resources from Birmingham City University.

And I learned a lot.

I used to tell people that because when you study HR, all they want to do is, you know, recruitment.

So I was managing Banbury United.

I was working for Birmingham City University as head coach of their football team.

And I was working in a warehouse delivering sofas for one of my mates.

I was pretty much six days a week and four or five nights a week.

Just get, get on with the job, use your hands sort of thing.

You haven't really got to use your mind.

Um, the Birmingham City University route if that grew any bigger because they've just moved into the Commonwealth Games Stadium or was the football management thing going to kick off because that was my first job.

Unfortunately, the management thing came off and it's pretty relentless then for the next four years.

I've

actually got a friend of mine runs the radio drama course at the Birmingham Conservatoire and was really excited about the fact that there's going to be this facility connected to Birmingham City University.

That was one of the main things.

And Added to this, I have to say, Birmingham Council has put a lot of money into investing into this tea factory because it's meant to be for the community.

Hello, I'm Steve Dyson, and in this series I'm talking to architects and technical experts from across the industry about how the sector is adapting to regulations brought in by the Building Safety Act.

In today's episode, I'll be joined by students and lecturers from Birmingham City University, commonly known as BCU, to look at the future of architecture and how the next generation is being prepared for a profession that's continually evolving.

With research showing that regulation is changing the way practitioners work today, how can the industry ensure the architects of tomorrow continue to embrace creativity and innovation? I'm first joined by two people helping to educate the next generation of architects.

Eccleson is a course director of BA Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at BCU and Abu Siddiqui is a visiting tutor at BCU and chair of the Royal Institute of British Architects South East London branch.

Had a bit of time.

Also today I actually went into that place, Birmingham City University.

Had to go get some boxes.

They really packed me up.

M- m- m- more than most of us are employed in some kind of capacity, right? And so the question we have to always ask ourselves is that when we're doing accountability, who are we accountable to? And you know what happens if you're not.

What happens if you-- Well, you know, you see what happens if you-- [chuckles] I can tell you right now what happens if you go against the grain, if you say, if you just talk truth and you just talk truth.

Why do you think I don't have a job at Birmingham City University? Let's just be very, very, very, very clear.

I was not wanted for a reason, and the only reason is I told the truth.

I mean, I'm doing a bit of university lecturing these days.

I don't know whether either of you two have got involved with that, but I get invited a couple of times a year to go to, uh, Birmingham City University and lecture first or second-year students.

And, uh, you know, these are courses that are, from what I can gather, massively oversubscribed, and you c- you can sense within the room, even with first-year undergraduates, there are several in that group who are already showing incredible signs of versatility.

And as you mentioned, Rob, w- with your letter writing to the likes of Barry and David, that initiative to be proactive.