TechFest Talks - A Podcast by Students for Students

In this episode Rory McIver, who is an S6 pupil at Portlethen Academy with a vast interest in music and the creative ways to perform talks with Moe who is a mature student in his 4th year of Ethical Hacking at Abertay University. Have a listen and find out what sort of Cyber Security threats most businesses face, how to protect your business from these threats, as well as how can one become a successful ethical hacker and more! 

In this episode Arushi Rastogi, the student of Cults Academy talks with a triple Olympian, double commonwealth champion, multiple world and European medalist Hannah Miley! Listen to this episode and find out what made Hannah decide to go into competitive swimming, how Hannah kept her morale up after facing setbacks in her swimming career and much more!

In the first episode of our new Girls in Energy series, Abbie and Emily talk with David Rodger who is a CEO of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG). Listen to this episode and find out how David got from where he started to where he is today, what is the proudest moment in his career, how hard it is to be a CEO, where he sees the world in 50 years and much more! 

In this inspirational episode Liverpool College student Raaga Ritikadevabaktuni talks with an explorer and researcher Phillip Carrotte about mountaineering and what it was like to take part in Antarctic Quest21', as well as about his experience while working alongside the UN in South Sudan and much more!

In this episode Cults Academy student Jui Patkar interviews Marcus Nisbet and Frances Loughrey about future workforce roles in health care.

In this episode 5 girls from Meldrum Academy interview Antony Jinman who is about to take off to the Antarctic Quest 2021. 

In this episode an S6 student Rory McIver interviews composer Laura Bowler and soprano Juliet Fraser about their experience in taking part in Sound's Flight Free Festival 2021. The ''Distance'' project was co-commissioned by sound, Spitalfields Music and Cheltenham Music Festival with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Hope Scott Trust and individual donors.

In this episode a fifth year student Jasmine Kieran-Ejimadu talks with Victoria Allan who has recently completed her graduate scheme and is a Mechanical Engineer at CNOOC International, currently working in the Maintenance Delivery Team. In this interview Victoria talks about what it's like working off-shore, as well as about some of the issues the energy industry faces today, career opportunities in the industry and much more. 

As part of our collaboration with Skills Development Scotland to celebrate Scottish Careers Week 2021 we have developed a Student Led podcast series TechFest Talks. We believe that these series have not only informed our podcast hosts of the opportunities to turn their passion into a career as they meet Industry Professionals featured in the series, but also have an opportunity to develop their individual skills and inspire our podcast listeners.

As part of our collaboration with Skills Development Scotland to celebrate Scottish Careers Week 2021 we have developed a Student Led podcast series TechFest Talks. We believe that these series have not only informed our podcast hosts of the opportunities to turn their passion into a career as they meet Industry Professionals featured in the series, but also have an opportunity to develop their individual skills and inspire our podcast listeners.