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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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    David, what you are describing are the requirements for those engineers who are seeking out this additional title. That is exactly my point. Those seeking Fellowship and able to tick the right boxes will attain it. The truly great engineers I know would appreciate being recognised by their institution, but would not seek out this recognition in the way you are describing. As with registration, it is a sales pitch, "300 – 500 (max) word narrative covering X, Y & Z". I feel the whole mindset is inappropriate.
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    David, what you are describing are the requirements for those engineers who are seeking out this additional title. That is exactly my point. Those seeking Fellowship and able to tick the right boxes will attain it. The truly great engineers I know would appreciate being recognised by their institution, but would not seek out this recognition in the way you are describing. As with registration, it is a sales pitch, "300 – 500 (max) word narrative covering X, Y & Z". I feel the whole mindset is inappropriate.
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