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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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    For me, being awarded a Fellowship is a recognition by my Institution of my achievement and contribution... this is different from (eg) IEng/CEng which is awarded by a different body (the Engineering Council).  In some respects, this is more applicable since the abolition of the AMIEE interim-membership level.


    It also recognises my committment to my Institution - that I will continue to develop myself, that I will continue to help develop others, and that I will continue to help develop my Institution.


    I am proud of my (long-standing) Fellowship of the British Computer Society (or the Chartered Institute for IT as they prefer to style themselves now)... perhaps it is time to try and add an IET one?
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    For me, being awarded a Fellowship is a recognition by my Institution of my achievement and contribution... this is different from (eg) IEng/CEng which is awarded by a different body (the Engineering Council).  In some respects, this is more applicable since the abolition of the AMIEE interim-membership level.


    It also recognises my committment to my Institution - that I will continue to develop myself, that I will continue to help develop others, and that I will continue to help develop my Institution.


    I am proud of my (long-standing) Fellowship of the British Computer Society (or the Chartered Institute for IT as they prefer to style themselves now)... perhaps it is time to try and add an IET one?
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