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Hi I'm Ruth Loughrey and I'm working with the BBC as Trainee Broadcast Engineer. I currently
have a work placement with Digital Production Systems Support. I'm working with Cybertronix
and Weatherscape systems for BBC Weather; I'm also working with their media asset management
system which is Jupiter and Quantel. Which is massive and complicated.
I have always loved physics at school and I have a fantastic physics teacher at school
who was a woman actually.
I think when I graduated it wasn't something I was really made aware of it was sort of
two to three path ways for me.
I was working for a bank and it was a real shame that I wasn't using the kind of skills
that I had with physics and the BBC's Engineering programme was perfect as you don't have to
get your hands too dirty (Laughs)
There's lots training and you're not limited to one specific type of engineering area.
The day that I found the job I was really excited to apply and I knew straight away
that it was for me. To be honest it was the only thing I applied for. I was so pleased
that I got it.
One of the things I enjoyed most was the BBC's production of the Olympics. It was one of
the things I mentioned in my application form. You know, in fact that the BBC can do a project
editorially and using engineering; bringing them together to make it work. That's the
type of company I want to work for.
I think it is a real shame there aren't many women in engineering and science. Girls should
be encouraged to do math, computer programming, physics, you know chemistry and biology. You
know even the ones that get to university and actually study maths and physics the transition
rate into these industries isn't very high. I wouldn't like to say that women are one
thing and men are another. I think you know we are more or less 50/50 in population between
men and women and it should be like that in all industries because that how humans are
meant to be and the more women you have in engineering the more likely you are to get
even more in eventually.
If you are truly passionate about media and TV and music Radio this is a fantastic place
to be and you should say that in your application form. Because that's what they want to hear.
They don't want people coming here and just doing a job and going home. They want people
to be involved and excited and contribute their bit and be that from an engineering
perspective or be that from someone who is a DJ, you don't have passion then there is
no point.