Do as much learning by yourself as possible prior to enrolling. It helps a lot to hit the ground running when you start, as the rate of learning is quite intense. It will also help you to make an informed decision on whether to enrol or not.

My tutor was excellent, very knowledgeable and very helpful. I also made good friends on the course and felt things were structured well. The thing I most enjoyed was being in a classroom environment after two years of lockdown.

I was hired as a junior developer by my employer because I had completed the bootcamp. My previous experience helped a lot but I wouldn’t have been offered this role without having done the bootcamp. I am now 18 months into this role and have been promoted from Junior Developer to Developer.

Yes, I am now a Software Developer at Semestry (Tribal Education).

I started working in tech in 2012 and was asked a few times by employers whether I would like to learn to code and move into a developer role. I said no each time as I didn’t feel I had the support to learn how to code on top of performing my usual duties. Over lockdown I started learning JavaScript using an online course, but when we came out of lockdown I found it difficult to continue learning on my own. I signed up to the bootcamp in order to get a better education and support with coding.

I worked as a software support engineer for a number of years and wanted to move into web development. The University of Birmingham has a great reputation.