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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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    Hello Alex,


    The requirements for Fellowship are quite well defined on the IET website, and there are many different "types" of Fellow. Anyone who applies for professional registration is looked at with regard to Fellowship, and may be invited to apply. In my role as PRA, I tend to look out for what I think are suitable candidates although it's not particularly my role, but I'll suggest it to the Fellowship people and/or the candidate If I think that there might be an obvious case. Yes, most engineers have a problem "bigging themselves up", so I try to help them to do so when they apply for registration - I know many other PRAs do the same - that's why we are PRAs. :)


    Maurice, there are doubtless some stuffed shirts in an organisation with 160,000+ members, however "natural wastage" should cure that particular problem in the long run :) The newly adopted rules around how the institution is governed are a refreshing wind blowing through the corridors of Savoy Place in my opinion!
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    Hello Alex,


    The requirements for Fellowship are quite well defined on the IET website, and there are many different "types" of Fellow. Anyone who applies for professional registration is looked at with regard to Fellowship, and may be invited to apply. In my role as PRA, I tend to look out for what I think are suitable candidates although it's not particularly my role, but I'll suggest it to the Fellowship people and/or the candidate If I think that there might be an obvious case. Yes, most engineers have a problem "bigging themselves up", so I try to help them to do so when they apply for registration - I know many other PRAs do the same - that's why we are PRAs. :)


    Maurice, there are doubtless some stuffed shirts in an organisation with 160,000+ members, however "natural wastage" should cure that particular problem in the long run :) The newly adopted rules around how the institution is governed are a refreshing wind blowing through the corridors of Savoy Place in my opinion!
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