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What is Fellowship?

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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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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

Hi Ian,

Thanks for sharing information on IET Fellowship. I have few questions and would appreciate your kind guidance.

1. Is the FIET assessment criteria for applicants with industry experience and academic experience same? While there could be overlaps, many of the criteria specified under "Creativity" (for example) - published books/chapters, conference chairs, Research grants/funding, research students, managed researched staff - all pertain to FIET applicants with academic background. In general, FIET applicants with industry experience tend to have Patents. Would this be considered as necessary and sufficient to meet the creativity criteria?

2. For Innovation, the requirement is that one should demonstrate personal responsibility for significant technological innovation and achievement to bring a product or service to market. While FIET applicants with industry experience can provide some level of evidence to this, due to the nature of business (for example, secret projects in consumer industries), many a times, it wouldn't be possible to provide all information to the satisfaction of the assessment committee. For example, launch date of the product, category/end application, revenue etc. However, the work itself would be on the latest technology. Could you share some insights?

Thanks a lot.
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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

Hi Ian,

Thanks for sharing information on IET Fellowship. I have few questions and would appreciate your kind guidance.

1. Is the FIET assessment criteria for applicants with industry experience and academic experience same? While there could be overlaps, many of the criteria specified under "Creativity" (for example) - published books/chapters, conference chairs, Research grants/funding, research students, managed researched staff - all pertain to FIET applicants with academic background. In general, FIET applicants with industry experience tend to have Patents. Would this be considered as necessary and sufficient to meet the creativity criteria?

2. For Innovation, the requirement is that one should demonstrate personal responsibility for significant technological innovation and achievement to bring a product or service to market. While FIET applicants with industry experience can provide some level of evidence to this, due to the nature of business (for example, secret projects in consumer industries), many a times, it wouldn't be possible to provide all information to the satisfaction of the assessment committee. For example, launch date of the product, category/end application, revenue etc. However, the work itself would be on the latest technology. Could you share some insights?

Thanks a lot.
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