I鈥檓 Simon Broad and I鈥檓 a Programme Manager with the 主播大秀 Academy Schemes.
Recently my team helped launch the 主播大秀鈥檚 new and ground-breaking for school-leavers interested in technology.
Find out more about the 主播大秀 Technology Apprentice Scheme
We are really excited about it as it gives young people a great opportunity to get into broadcast and media technology.
For many reasons all broadcasters are finding it difficult to recruit broadcast engineers. There aren鈥檛 enough university courses that offer the right mix of media engineering and computer science, and lots of companies are trying to hire scarce technology talent.
So with the help of some government co-investment and the support of ITV, Channel 4, Arqiva, Red Bee Media and Creative Skillset, the 主播大秀 has worked with universities to develop a degree level Apprenticeship (level six) so that when you graduate you鈥檒l have an engineering degree, an impressive CV thanks to work experience with the 主播大秀 and our partners, and no debt - at least no student loan as the Scheme pays your university fees alongside an Apprentice salary
Today we are holding a live Q&A on Twitter between 1pm - 2pm where I will be answering questions you may have about the scheme so please tweet us at using the hashtag #bbctechapp.
The cut off for applications is the聽20 May so visit the to find out more or watch the video above.聽
I'd welcome any questions you have on the scheme either in the comments below or via Twitter.
Simon Broad is Manager for the 主播大秀 Technology Apprentice Scheme.
The Twitter Q&A is now over but you can continue to tweet questions to Simon at using the hashtag #bbctechapp or leave a question in the comments section below.