In short, they're in Networks and Telecommunications!
There are six of them. They are apprenticeship students at the Béziers University Institute of Technology (IUT), in their second year of the Networks and Telecommunications program. Their professor suggested they enter the “I Film My Education” contest[1]. They filmed their program. They didn’t expect to win. They won.
By adapting the famous format of the series“Bref,”Flavien, Florian, Oriane, Joris, Bastien, and Edouard—six students in the work-study “Networks and Telecommunications” DUT program at theIUT in Béziers—won a Gold Trophy at the national“Je filme ma formation”competition.It all started with a suggestion from Frédéric Comby, their networks professor, which the small team accepted mainly“just for fun.”
Quick and (very) well done!
Bastien and Florian, fans of the series *Bref*, suggest adopting this format—“very short, very fast-paced, which lets you convey a lot of information without boring people and, above all, by making them laugh,” explains Oriane. Juggling classes and internships, time flies for the six students, who have only their evenings to try their hand at filmmaking.“We actually didn’t really get started until a week before the deadline, ” says Joris. A script and camera shots were written in two days. Filming took place in a single evening, and Florian (the video’s main character) edited it in record time as well!
Their video then joined the 279 others selected from 450 French schools. Due to the health crisis, the grand awards ceremony—usually held at the Grand Rex—took place without an audience. So they experienced the moment via their webcams, each from their own homes. “We could tell our video was pretty good, but we never thought we’d actually win,” Bastien says, still surprised.
Spotlight
A“source of genuine pride ” for Philippe Pujas, director ofthe Béziers IUT, who is also charmed by the humorous and modern tone of a video that doesn’t hesitate to play on geek stereotypes:“It illustrates very well how we run the IUT and the close relationship we have with our 550 students. ” This victory shines a spotlight on a little-known program that “isn’t easy to communicateabout,” adds the director. The issue stems from a lack of awareness about careers in the networking and telecommunications sector:“The public and students immediately think of someone who repairs internet routers, when the field is actually much more diverse and technical than that,” continues Philippe Pujas.
“We work a bit behind the scenes in IT,” says Oriane, who is doing her cybersecurity apprenticeship at the Nîmes Urban Community. Bastien and Joris, on the other hand, have turned their attention to telecommunications. “I work for Téléconcept and specialize in patient call systems in nursing homes and hospitals,” explains Joris. “I install and maintain telephone networks for businesses, ” adds Bastien, who works for Alliance Télécom.
30,000 job openings
“This is a sector where companies report more than 30,000 unfilled jobs, even though only 1,500 students graduate each year,” laments Philippe Pujas. “There’s a real recruitment problem linked to the lack of visibility surrounding these professions. We also have difficulty recruiting women, even though this isn’t a gender-specific field.” In this context, the IUT hopes that this national showcase will not only highlight the IUTs and apprenticeship programs but also inspire young people to pursue careers in these fields.
As for our six videographers, while their training will wrap up next August, the film doesn’t end there. Whether it’s engineering school for Oriane, a vocational bachelor’s degree for Bastien, or a study abroad program for Joris, all possibilities are open for a happy ending that’s already in the works!
[1] The contest is organized by CanaldesMétiers.tv under the patronage of the Ministry of National Education and Youth, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Higher Education, and the Ministry of Research , and Innovation