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What is Fellowship?

Alex Barrett
I'm not sure which forum this belongs in, this seems to be the closest?


A question, what is Fellowship in the context of the IET? Is it the recognition by the profession of somebody who stands out in their field, their profession and in general as an engineer and character? Or is it just a "supersize" membership.

As the only route to Fellowship of the IET seems to be by applying on your own behalf, it looks like the latter. There doesn't seem to be any scope for recognising those engineers who really do stand out, but aren't self-seeking enough to look for recognition. I know personally some engineers who in my opinion are natural Fellows but would never put themselves forward for this recognition.
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    Without a doubt, it is, at least in part, about posting more fees, and I did stop and wonder about that before I applied, but ultimately, I think it's a subtly different motivation to that for C.Eng, it's the two-way street of showing a greater commitment to the profession, and getting recognition for that which includes confirmation that not only do you satisfy membership and/or registration requirements, but are regularly contributing to the profession at a higher level, which can be - and is - defined in a number of different ways (see the application form to see what they are).


    I would suggest that the trend you observe had led to do with a conscious decision not to go for it than the simple human problem of getting round to it, with all life has to throw at us getting in the way. It was for me, I was at least 10 years later than I should have been. There the additional problem of finding suitable Fellows to support your application.
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    Without a doubt, it is, at least in part, about posting more fees, and I did stop and wonder about that before I applied, but ultimately, I think it's a subtly different motivation to that for C.Eng, it's the two-way street of showing a greater commitment to the profession, and getting recognition for that which includes confirmation that not only do you satisfy membership and/or registration requirements, but are regularly contributing to the profession at a higher level, which can be - and is - defined in a number of different ways (see the application form to see what they are).


    I would suggest that the trend you observe had led to do with a conscious decision not to go for it than the simple human problem of getting round to it, with all life has to throw at us getting in the way. It was for me, I was at least 10 years later than I should have been. There the additional problem of finding suitable Fellows to support your application.
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