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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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    Moving now to your question about peers and “what determines an appropriate match to a particular applicant and upon what basis?”. 





    This all sounds marvellous. I find myself wondering which of the sectors and panels would fit my case. In my first registration interview my two interviewers introduced themselves and talked a little about their backgrounds, not particularly a match to mine but probably as close as the IET could manage. In my second interview I was faced with three interviewers and introductions were at best cursory. My only clue to their backgrounds was a mention of “the semiconductor industry”. It was some months before I discovered the reason for the third presence and I’m still guessing which one it was. Naturally the IET is unable to tell me any more than “They were both experts in your discipline and specialisms, selected based on the evidence in your application”.

     

    Coming back on to the topic of Fellowship, I have in mind a character who is a natural Fellow, at the pinnacle of his specialism, of wide experience in business, of good character, and widely described by those who know him as “self-effacing”. By virtue of this and the nature of the IET Fellowship process, the IET will never acknowledge him. It prefers to elevate those who push themselves into the limelight. I think there should at least be room for both.

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    Moving now to your question about peers and “what determines an appropriate match to a particular applicant and upon what basis?”. 





    This all sounds marvellous. I find myself wondering which of the sectors and panels would fit my case. In my first registration interview my two interviewers introduced themselves and talked a little about their backgrounds, not particularly a match to mine but probably as close as the IET could manage. In my second interview I was faced with three interviewers and introductions were at best cursory. My only clue to their backgrounds was a mention of “the semiconductor industry”. It was some months before I discovered the reason for the third presence and I’m still guessing which one it was. Naturally the IET is unable to tell me any more than “They were both experts in your discipline and specialisms, selected based on the evidence in your application”.

     

    Coming back on to the topic of Fellowship, I have in mind a character who is a natural Fellow, at the pinnacle of his specialism, of wide experience in business, of good character, and widely described by those who know him as “self-effacing”. By virtue of this and the nature of the IET Fellowship process, the IET will never acknowledge him. It prefers to elevate those who push themselves into the limelight. I think there should at least be room for both.

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