Who Are We?
Well, we're all Technicians, duh!
In all seriousness however, unlike many other Computer Science departments across the sector, we do not use directly provisioned resources from Central ICT. We have to fend for ourselves in most cases. The best analogy for this is to imagine that ICT are Network Rail - they provide the infrastructure, and we are LNER, we run the services on top of the infrastructure.
This set up means we have strategically placed Technical Services right within the School. We can provide much more focused and specialised support for our teaching and research.
We just have to cry back to DT when a projector breaks or the network stops working...
People, Roles and Responsibilities
Correct as of publication time.
Current Computing Technicians
Name | Role | Key Responsibilities | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
Matt Ashton | Technical Resource Manager | Infrastructure/HPC, Budget and Team Management | 7 |
Florence Noble | Computing Technician | Operations, Administrative and Games Computing | 5 |
Josh Cooper | Computing Technician | Development, Robotics and LAR/LIAT Support | 5 |
Former Computing Technicians
Name | Role | Key Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
Ollie Grooby | Senior Computing Technician | DevOps, Second Line Support and Team Lead |
Alfie Hughes | Computing Technician | Networks, Cloud, Desktops and Compliance |