People

Senior Lecturer
School of Computing and Digital Technology
- Email:
- john.higgins@bcu.ac.uk
- Phone:
- 0121 331 5448
John began work as a technician apprentice in the heavy electrical systems, including nuclear power plant and high voltage distribution, then contract installation of industrial automation and controls systems.
He has previously worked as an aircraft flight systems maintenance engineer (X Licensed) for 13 years then went onto minicomputer systems field servicing, and then support engineer, (VAX/VMS and UNIX operating systems).
Followed by work as project support engineer on electronic control, data logging and instrumentation systems, software development (in ‘C’) CAD/CAM systems, water flow monitoring, bearing and condition monitoring.