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What is Fellowship?

Alex Barrett
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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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    Roy,

    I would wholeheartedly agree. I had an enjoyable evening in a pub chatting with Andy Millar last year covering a variety of topics including Fellowship (though it has not yet resulted in his application being submitted). When I was put on the spot to describe the difference between CEng and Fellow the description that came into my head was that the CEng is someone who moves the Technology forward, while the Fellow is someone who moves the Profession forward (and they are not mutually exclusive).

    As for finding suitable Fellows to support your application, the IET should be able to help with that if needed.

    Alasdair
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    Roy,

    I would wholeheartedly agree. I had an enjoyable evening in a pub chatting with Andy Millar last year covering a variety of topics including Fellowship (though it has not yet resulted in his application being submitted). When I was put on the spot to describe the difference between CEng and Fellow the description that came into my head was that the CEng is someone who moves the Technology forward, while the Fellow is someone who moves the Profession forward (and they are not mutually exclusive).

    As for finding suitable Fellows to support your application, the IET should be able to help with that if needed.

    Alasdair
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