{"id":126440,"date":"2023-11-15T21:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta-ukri.msappproxy.net\/?page_id=126440"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:19:37","slug":"video-kieran-bullivant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/news-and-events\/101-jobs-that-change-the-world\/video-kieran-bullivant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Bullivant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"govuk-body-l\">How I found my passion as an engineering technician in research and development (R&amp;D), 101 jobs that change the world, season two, episode five.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoholder\" title=\"Embedded video\">\n<p><span class=\"videowrapper embed-youtube-nocookie aspect_ratio_562\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How I found my passion as an engineering technician in R&amp;D | 101 jobs that change the world S2 Ep 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/n-T8G_fMPiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span> <!-- \/.videowrapper --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"video-caption\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119420192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119420192 BCX0\">Video credit: UK Research and Innovation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW119420192 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW119420192 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW119420192 BCX0\" \/><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW119420192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW119420192 BCX0\">Video transcript and on-screen captions are available by watching on <\/span><span class=\"FindHit SCXW119420192 BCX0\">You<\/span><span class=\"FindHit SCXW119420192 BCX0\">Tub<\/span><span class=\"FindHit SCXW119420192 BCX0\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119420192 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW119420192 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW119420192 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW119420192 BCX0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kieran Bullivant is an engineering technician. He explores and tests new approaches to problems, helping advance new technology for creating clean energy. Everyone expected him to go to university because he had good grades, but back then he didn&#8217;t know what career he wanted and didn&#8217;t want to force himself to pick a course.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life while at school, whereas everyone else seemed to know exactly what they wanted. I felt so much pressure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch this video for the unconventional journey that led to his current role at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTdGJFL8ko-jYuXEXNUnqMQ\">Manufacturing Technology Centre<\/a>\u00a0(MTC).<\/p>\n<p>Today, as an engineering technician at the MTC, he loves the variety of what he does, from looking at metal powder particles under a microscope to using a large laser cutting system to melt through thick sheet metal.<\/p>\n<p>He recently shared his story with us for our 101 jobs that change the world series, highlighting the different people and roles that are vital to the research and innovation system. Watch this video to learn more about how he found his passion as an engineering technician in R&amp;D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I found my passion as an engineering technician in research and development (R&amp;D), 101 jobs that change the world, season two, episode five. Video credit: UK Research and Innovation\u00a0 Video transcript and on-screen captions are available by watching on YouTube.\u00a0 Kieran Bullivant is an engineering technician. 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