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U.K. ENGINEERING 2016 REPORT

Former Community Member
Former Community Member
​I have noted in another discussion, several comments of my own, but there seems to be a lack of interest or it takes too long to read and digest the report.

​Apart from Roy's original comments and direction to be able to read the report, it would be great to find out if IMechE, ICE and the IET have had any official comments on the report and if not, when can we expect any.?


​Daniel


P.S. Just had to get away from CEng v IEng status discussion.
  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    PRI



    ECUK only
    does what the PEIs instruct.

    The ECUK
    agreed that PRI interview should not be part of the
    procedure.



    I was
    refused CEng with other PEIs because I was abroad, there were no
    true engineers available, only sales persons and commodity
    speculators. They never met ECUK requirements, there were never
    three persons at a PRI interview, the procedures were not
    followed.



    The whole
    point is that if you have undertaken accredited academic studies
    and have the practical training and work experience, you should not
    be assessed by a few subjective PRIs who do not even make UK Spec.
    ( Some might; but the exception is reason enogh to abandon the
    system).



    Explain
    that to the students that who are embarking on PE studies.



    I am
    getting into deep water, with economic, social science, history
    analysis of the CENG cituation in the UK.



    The UK
    2016 ENGINEERING REPORT - is trying to undo this UK anomaly.



    The reason
    I started on this questioning was the disrespect for IEng; the CEng
    lobby that are not CEng ECUK; the recruiting of overseas PEs into
    UK PE Registration for personal gain and the huge expansion of IET
    by overseas membership, and lastly the FEANI or EU engineering
    registration for the majority of UK PEs ie BSc or equivalent, who
    are refused PE registration in Europe.



    I am not
    alone in this questioning.

    I live in
    France because of corruption in EU & UK administration.
    plagiarising my name and work.

    In France
    I have met the President, the Minister of Industry and EU
    officials,  they explained to me the universal political drive
    to train people for technology and to set up and finance
    apprenticeships.

    I have led
    French Trade missions, was noted as one of the 100 hightech
    companies to help start the EU market in 1992, and am now a leading
    nuclear engineer in R&D. I am lEng by default.



    The UK is
    now starting this approach to opening up technology to all and to
    recognise the need for the IEng type PE.



    I had
    ideas which I tried to analyse, then in mentoring students in
    technical English, I came across the same phenomena in other
    academic fields.



    It is all
    related to Neo-liberalism and commutarianism. This is now
    recognised as dead, but the damage is done and the UK has it
    embeded in its Institutions, British Chamber of Commerce, EFL,
    IET.



    We have
    terms of hegemony ( CEng controling majority IEng),
    commodification, (selling products such as education, language and
    dimplomas for profit where there was no previuos market);
    globalisation, global culture.

    IET seems
    to have gone down this path at the deprement of the non CEng
    members.



    Some
    people want status, what I feel is necessary is access to work with
    equal opportunities. This is not political it is simply a just
    reward for hard effort and professionalism. CEng & IEng, Male
    & Female, complementary and equal. I have worked in teams as an
    equal partner with emminent professors, Nobel laureates, and been
    consulted by UKAEA, IBM, CERN CEA and others , no one said you are
    anly aN IENG.



    I am not
    interested in descriptions and titles.



    look at
    the state the UK is in, not even capable of building a fully design
    well proven nuclear reactor. which I had analysed and made my
    comments on for immediate action. - now the UK EPR.



    I am not
    CEng, have been denigrated by UK universities HNC = 30 ECTS!, have
    undertaken two MEng and was mocked by a Lord of the realm faciong
    corruption charges and a drunke PRI who also face legal
    charges.



    Change is
    needed, The ECUK is not in a position to change anything, it
    follows PEI orders, IET is a minority in the PEI club, it can
    infuence but not change anything.



    The CEng
    hemogemists have the upper hand. 



    IEng have
    voted, a blank vote.



    Has any
    one on these blogs the courrage to stand and speak.

    Those that
    do are belittled.



    My advice
    is ignore and keep on stating what needs to be changed.



    I' m for a
    democratic PEI that respects its majority membership - BSc,
    Technicians, Technologists and those that want to do real research
    -taught masters and PhDs. 

    Not elite
    hemegonists.



    IIE was
    working hard for that but the grandfather CEng Electricals have
    killed the movement. Let's get IET back on the tracks.



    John
    Gowman MIET





  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    PRI



    ECUK only
    does what the PEIs instruct.

    The ECUK
    agreed that PRI interview should not be part of the
    procedure.



    I was
    refused CEng with other PEIs because I was abroad, there were no
    true engineers available, only sales persons and commodity
    speculators. They never met ECUK requirements, there were never
    three persons at a PRI interview, the procedures were not
    followed.



    The whole
    point is that if you have undertaken accredited academic studies
    and have the practical training and work experience, you should not
    be assessed by a few subjective PRIs who do not even make UK Spec.
    ( Some might; but the exception is reason enogh to abandon the
    system).



    Explain
    that to the students that who are embarking on PE studies.



    I am
    getting into deep water, with economic, social science, history
    analysis of the CENG cituation in the UK.



    The UK
    2016 ENGINEERING REPORT - is trying to undo this UK anomaly.



    The reason
    I started on this questioning was the disrespect for IEng; the CEng
    lobby that are not CEng ECUK; the recruiting of overseas PEs into
    UK PE Registration for personal gain and the huge expansion of IET
    by overseas membership, and lastly the FEANI or EU engineering
    registration for the majority of UK PEs ie BSc or equivalent, who
    are refused PE registration in Europe.



    I am not
    alone in this questioning.

    I live in
    France because of corruption in EU & UK administration.
    plagiarising my name and work.

    In France
    I have met the President, the Minister of Industry and EU
    officials,  they explained to me the universal political drive
    to train people for technology and to set up and finance
    apprenticeships.

    I have led
    French Trade missions, was noted as one of the 100 hightech
    companies to help start the EU market in 1992, and am now a leading
    nuclear engineer in R&D. I am lEng by default.



    The UK is
    now starting this approach to opening up technology to all and to
    recognise the need for the IEng type PE.



    I had
    ideas which I tried to analyse, then in mentoring students in
    technical English, I came across the same phenomena in other
    academic fields.



    It is all
    related to Neo-liberalism and commutarianism. This is now
    recognised as dead, but the damage is done and the UK has it
    embeded in its Institutions, British Chamber of Commerce, EFL,
    IET.



    We have
    terms of hegemony ( CEng controling majority IEng),
    commodification, (selling products such as education, language and
    dimplomas for profit where there was no previuos market);
    globalisation, global culture.

    IET seems
    to have gone down this path at the deprement of the non CEng
    members.



    Some
    people want status, what I feel is necessary is access to work with
    equal opportunities. This is not political it is simply a just
    reward for hard effort and professionalism. CEng & IEng, Male
    & Female, complementary and equal. I have worked in teams as an
    equal partner with emminent professors, Nobel laureates, and been
    consulted by UKAEA, IBM, CERN CEA and others , no one said you are
    anly aN IENG.



    I am not
    interested in descriptions and titles.



    look at
    the state the UK is in, not even capable of building a fully design
    well proven nuclear reactor. which I had analysed and made my
    comments on for immediate action. - now the UK EPR.



    I am not
    CEng, have been denigrated by UK universities HNC = 30 ECTS!, have
    undertaken two MEng and was mocked by a Lord of the realm faciong
    corruption charges and a drunke PRI who also face legal
    charges.



    Change is
    needed, The ECUK is not in a position to change anything, it
    follows PEI orders, IET is a minority in the PEI club, it can
    infuence but not change anything.



    The CEng
    hemogemists have the upper hand. 



    IEng have
    voted, a blank vote.



    Has any
    one on these blogs the courrage to stand and speak.

    Those that
    do are belittled.



    My advice
    is ignore and keep on stating what needs to be changed.



    I' m for a
    democratic PEI that respects its majority membership - BSc,
    Technicians, Technologists and those that want to do real research
    -taught masters and PhDs. 

    Not elite
    hemegonists.



    IIE was
    working hard for that but the grandfather CEng Electricals have
    killed the movement. Let's get IET back on the tracks.



    John
    Gowman MIET





  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    PRI



    ECUK only
    does what the PEIs instruct.

    The ECUK
    agreed that PRI interview should not be part of the
    procedure.



    I was
    refused CEng with other PEIs because I was abroad, there were no
    true engineers available, only sales persons and commodity
    speculators. They never met ECUK requirements, there were never
    three persons at a PRI interview, the procedures were not
    followed.



    The whole
    point is that if you have undertaken accredited academic studies
    and have the practical training and work experience, you should not
    be assessed by a few subjective PRIs who do not even make UK Spec.
    ( Some might; but the exception is reason enogh to abandon the
    system).



    Explain
    that to the students that who are embarking on PE studies.



    I am
    getting into deep water, with economic, social science, history
    analysis of the CENG cituation in the UK.



    The UK
    2016 ENGINEERING REPORT - is trying to undo this UK anomaly.



    The reason
    I started on this questioning was the disrespect for IEng; the CEng
    lobby that are not CEng ECUK; the recruiting of overseas PEs into
    UK PE Registration for personal gain and the huge expansion of IET
    by overseas membership, and lastly the FEANI or EU engineering
    registration for the majority of UK PEs ie BSc or equivalent, who
    are refused PE registration in Europe.



    I am not
    alone in this questioning.

    I live in
    France because of corruption in EU & UK administration.
    plagiarising my name and work.

    In France
    I have met the President, the Minister of Industry and EU
    officials,  they explained to me the universal political drive
    to train people for technology and to set up and finance
    apprenticeships.

    I have led
    French Trade missions, was noted as one of the 100 hightech
    companies to help start the EU market in 1992, and am now a leading
    nuclear engineer in R&D. I am lEng by default.



    The UK is
    now starting this approach to opening up technology to all and to
    recognise the need for the IEng type PE.



    I had
    ideas which I tried to analyse, then in mentoring students in
    technical English, I came across the same phenomena in other
    academic fields.



    It is all
    related to Neo-liberalism and commutarianism. This is now
    recognised as dead, but the damage is done and the UK has it
    embeded in its Institutions, British Chamber of Commerce, EFL,
    IET.



    We have
    terms of hegemony ( CEng controling majority IEng),
    commodification, (selling products such as education, language and
    dimplomas for profit where there was no previuos market);
    globalisation, global culture.

    IET seems
    to have gone down this path at the deprement of the non CEng
    members.



    Some
    people want status, what I feel is necessary is access to work with
    equal opportunities. This is not political it is simply a just
    reward for hard effort and professionalism. CEng & IEng, Male
    & Female, complementary and equal. I have worked in teams as an
    equal partner with emminent professors, Nobel laureates, and been
    consulted by UKAEA, IBM, CERN CEA and others , no one said you are
    anly aN IENG.



    I am not
    interested in descriptions and titles.



    look at
    the state the UK is in, not even capable of building a fully design
    well proven nuclear reactor. which I had analysed and made my
    comments on for immediate action. - now the UK EPR.



    I am not
    CEng, have been denigrated by UK universities HNC = 30 ECTS!, have
    undertaken two MEng and was mocked by a Lord of the realm faciong
    corruption charges and a drunke PRI who also face legal
    charges.



    Change is
    needed, The ECUK is not in a position to change anything, it
    follows PEI orders, IET is a minority in the PEI club, it can
    infuence but not change anything.



    The CEng
    hemogemists have the upper hand. 



    IEng have
    voted, a blank vote.



    Has any
    one on these blogs the courrage to stand and speak.

    Those that
    do are belittled.



    My advice
    is ignore and keep on stating what needs to be changed.



    I' m for a
    democratic PEI that respects its majority membership - BSc,
    Technicians, Technologists and those that want to do real research
    -taught masters and PhDs. 

    Not elite
    hemegonists.



    IIE was
    working hard for that but the grandfather CEng Electricals have
    killed the movement. Let's get IET back on the tracks.



    John
    Gowman MIET





  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    PRI



    ECUK only
    does what the PEIs instruct.

    The ECUK
    agreed that PRI interview should not be part of the
    procedure.



    I was
    refused CEng with other PEIs because I was abroad, there were no
    true engineers available, only sales persons and commodity
    speculators. They never met ECUK requirements, there were never
    three persons at a PRI interview, the procedures were not
    followed.



    The whole
    point is that if you have undertaken accredited academic studies
    and have the practical training and work experience, you should not
    be assessed by a few subjective PRIs who do not even make UK Spec.
    ( Some might; but the exception is reason enogh to abandon the
    system).



    Explain
    that to the students that who are embarking on PE studies.



    I am
    getting into deep water, with economic, social science, history
    analysis of the CENG cituation in the UK.



    The UK
    2016 ENGINEERING REPORT - is trying to undo this UK anomaly.



    The reason
    I started on this questioning was the disrespect for IEng; the CEng
    lobby that are not CEng ECUK; the recruiting of overseas PEs into
    UK PE Registration for personal gain and the huge expansion of IET
    by overseas membership, and lastly the FEANI or EU engineering
    registration for the majority of UK PEs ie BSc or equivalent, who
    are refused PE registration in Europe.



    I am not
    alone in this questioning.

    I live in
    France because of corruption in EU & UK administration.
    plagiarising my name and work.

    In France
    I have met the President, the Minister of Industry and EU
    officials,  they explained to me the universal political drive
    to train people for technology and to set up and finance
    apprenticeships.

    I have led
    French Trade missions, was noted as one of the 100 hightech
    companies to help start the EU market in 1992, and am now a leading
    nuclear engineer in R&D. I am lEng by default.



    The UK is
    now starting this approach to opening up technology to all and to
    recognise the need for the IEng type PE.



    I had
    ideas which I tried to analyse, then in mentoring students in
    technical English, I came across the same phenomena in other
    academic fields.



    It is all
    related to Neo-liberalism and commutarianism. This is now
    recognised as dead, but the damage is done and the UK has it
    embeded in its Institutions, British Chamber of Commerce, EFL,
    IET.



    We have
    terms of hegemony ( CEng controling majority IEng),
    commodification, (selling products such as education, language and
    dimplomas for profit where there was no previuos market);
    globalisation, global culture.

    IET seems
    to have gone down this path at the deprement of the non CEng
    members.



    Some
    people want status, what I feel is necessary is access to work with
    equal opportunities. This is not political it is simply a just
    reward for hard effort and professionalism. CEng & IEng, Male
    & Female, complementary and equal. I have worked in teams as an
    equal partner with emminent professors, Nobel laureates, and been
    consulted by UKAEA, IBM, CERN CEA and others , no one said you are
    anly aN IENG.



    I am not
    interested in descriptions and titles.



    look at
    the state the UK is in, not even capable of building a fully design
    well proven nuclear reactor. which I had analysed and made my
    comments on for immediate action. - now the UK EPR.



    I am not
    CEng, have been denigrated by UK universities HNC = 30 ECTS!, have
    undertaken two MEng and was mocked by a Lord of the realm faciong
    corruption charges and a drunke PRI who also face legal
    charges.



    Change is
    needed, The ECUK is not in a position to change anything, it
    follows PEI orders, IET is a minority in the PEI club, it can
    infuence but not change anything.



    The CEng
    hemogemists have the upper hand. 



    IEng have
    voted, a blank vote.



    Has any
    one on these blogs the courrage to stand and speak.

    Those that
    do are belittled.



    My advice
    is ignore and keep on stating what needs to be changed.



    I' m for a
    democratic PEI that respects its majority membership - BSc,
    Technicians, Technologists and those that want to do real research
    -taught masters and PhDs. 

    Not elite
    hemegonists.



    IIE was
    working hard for that but the grandfather CEng Electricals have
    killed the movement. Let's get IET back on the tracks.



    John
    Gowman MIET





  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    I think no matter what any engineer says about the value of our education or qualification, it will be the marketplace that will have the final say on our value.   Many engineers earn a good salary.  We must face that our value is not ours to determine, as the marketplace dictates the salaries of physicians, engineers, accountants and other professionals.  I think in free countries the Law of Supply and Demand will dictate engineers employability, engineering salaries in the location where the work is done.   People will continue to move to find work.   

    Some of my colleagues say that a professional engineer credential will have very little effect on the market price or the value of an engineer in the short term, and most likely also in the longer term, as there are very competent engineers of all disciplines without the designation.  I tend to argue with them and present the opposite.

    In the end, business leaders, who control the money/salaries, view engineering as a commodity item that can be bought and sold for the lowest price.  Perhaps there is a new differentiator around the corner.  The good news is that engineering pays well, as long as the engineer does his/her best to maintain competency.  What maintains a CEng, IEng, PEng, PE and one's competence?

    Still remains ongoing and successful engineering practice. 
  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    Moshe ;

    I agree with your
    observations.

    People will
    continue to move to find
    work.  
    -  At a lower salary
    because their local market has been destroyed, it is already
    happening

     

    Many engineers earn a
    good salary. -
    There is a huge market of
    second rate (BSc) engineers on precarious contracts with basic
    salaries , as there are medical doctors and
    jurists.


    In the end, business
    leaders, who control the money/salaries, view engineering as a
    commodity. -
    It is happening now
    that’s why we have Trump, BREXIT and now FREXIT and
    Hungary.

     

    What maintains a CEng, IEng,
    PEng, PE and one's competence?  Still
    remains
     ongoing and
    successful engineering practice.
     
    - After this report
    is actualised, I Eng will be degraded

     

    As I am trying to point
    out, the UK PEs that strived to form IIE for all grades, all
    gender, all domains of engineering have been let down by the IEE
    CEng, global contingent at IET.

    The UK Engineering 2016
    Report is trying to face up to today’s UK necessities as IIE did
    before.

     

    That is to say; a quality
    education, formation, training and registration of UK
    engineers.

     

    However people will
    always look after their interests first.

     

    The UK does not have
    enough PEs, those that we have do not have the skills for modern
    engineering.

    There is an over
    abundance of Masters and PhDs that cannot find work and are taking
    BSc positions for which they do not have the training or
    formation.

     

    To today’s necessities
    are bilingual, BSc PEs with full IT operational competences, but
    skilled in their atypical domains with a full generalist 
    background, and a basic knowledge of finance, contract law, project
    management with systems analysis  just for
    starters.

    The CEng requirements for
    higher maths is long gone, it is for those going into specialised
    research.

    An engineer that
    calculates is a danger, he has to apply approved mathematical
    models and codes only.

     

    There are two branches of
    Master, one is research, the other is specialisation. Research goes
    on to a now out of date PhD, and the specialist is only a
    specialist in his domain, not able to change
    disciplines.

    The MEng needs to be re
    assessed, but it is the road to a true engineer.

     

    Managers can come from
    any field not just engineering.

     

    My family contacts bring
    me into relations with young adults of all standards most of them
    are over educated  with two or three masters and unemployable.
    Those that took Licence and worked, have a good start in life with
    responsible jobs and all the consequences.

     

    You are basing your
    comments on neo liberalism.

     

    This is now abandoned;
    Europe is addressing this today and is in a mess, USA went popular
    as did Britain with Trump and BREXIT.

    We now have
    protectionism.

    I have worked for US and
    German companies, they have all moved the French design offices to
    their countries, gone global, delocalising into lower paid
    countries and then closing down their production bases outside of
    France. This Globalisation.

     

    This policy of unfounded
    economics leads to some phenomena which destroy our engineering
    systems-

    These are :

    Hegemonisation,
     
    the ruling by a minority of
    a majority. CEng dominating IEng & Technician.

    Commodification,
    selling unsellable systems
    for profit, - English as a foreign language, coupled with
    universities and university qualifications, and Professional
    English language engineering registration (
    CEng and IEng).

    Communitarianism
    which
    gives us all the political problems, but includes CEng exclusion of
    IEng, I gave examples, but the IET IT system did not print the copy
    paste.

    What I showed was how Job
    propositions made by CEng in the UK specify CEng only for what are
    only IEng jobs. The other example was IMech E PEs recruiting only I
    Mech Es and blocking IET mechanical engineering. 

    IET for pure profit
    recruited a mass of these PEs even though they were denigrating IET
    mechanicals.

    Globalisation
    which
    will destroy home based engineering economies.

     

    Leaving politics, economics
    and even religion on the sideline, what we need for our engineering
    future is:

     


    -         
    A sensible equal system of
    engineering training which, like law and medicine requires a long
    practical formation.


    -         
    We need to bring back the
    principle of quality (Six sigma, QA be it what it may) to our
    engineering practice.


    -         
    We need to manage our
    engineering markets.


    -         
    Each country needs to clean
    up and re-establish its own engineering base.


    -         
    We need reasonable free
    trade, but not exploitation.

     -    
    Engineers need lots of practice

    T

    he problem being addressed
    is firstly a British
    one-

    The Major three PEIs ICE, IET, IME are
    going to exclude all the other PEIs from The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report
    approval.

    IET is now acting as the
    Electrical and IT spokes person.

    The Generalist and
    specialist PEI and PEs are being locked out of
    discussions.

    This is British Politics,
    which is based upon Neo liberalism in today’s mutation with Hegemonisation,
    Communitarianism, & Globalisation.

     

    The Big Three PEIs at CEng
    dominance will decide for the poor incapable rest ie : IEng,
    Technologists, Technicians, both specialists and
    generalists.

     

    The future of our economy is
    based on future quality engineering.

    We need true working
    engineers

    We need to decide what
    future engineering is to be

    We need to train these
    future engineers by apprenticeship combined with educational and
    industrial support. Government will give the means but will not
    control.

    For safety; engineers need
    to be properly registered.

     

    The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report is addressing this problem, do not let it be hijacked by
    these out of date hegemonists.

     

    The question is

    Does the majority of MIET
    agree.

    If so, then IET has let down
    its founding members and its raison d’être.

    Change is necessary, but
    greed, pride and prejudice is not engineering.

     

    It is not for
    me.

    I’m an Engineer no matter
    what others think – I work and get paid as an
    engineer.

     

    John Gowman,
    MIET

  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    Moshe ;

    I agree with your
    observations.

    People will
    continue to move to find
    work.  
    -  At a lower salary
    because their local market has been destroyed, it is already
    happening

     

    Many engineers earn a
    good salary. -
    There is a huge market of
    second rate (BSc) engineers on precarious contracts with basic
    salaries , as there are medical doctors and
    jurists.


    In the end, business
    leaders, who control the money/salaries, view engineering as a
    commodity. -
    It is happening now
    that’s why we have Trump, BREXIT and now FREXIT and
    Hungary.

     

    What maintains a CEng, IEng,
    PEng, PE and one's competence?  Still
    remains
     ongoing and
    successful engineering practice.
     
    - After this report
    is actualised, I Eng will be degraded

     

    As I am trying to point
    out, the UK PEs that strived to form IIE for all grades, all
    gender, all domains of engineering have been let down by the IEE
    CEng, global contingent at IET.

    The UK Engineering 2016
    Report is trying to face up to today’s UK necessities as IIE did
    before.

     

    That is to say; a quality
    education, formation, training and registration of UK
    engineers.

     

    However people will
    always look after their interests first.

     

    The UK does not have
    enough PEs, those that we have do not have the skills for modern
    engineering.

    There is an over
    abundance of Masters and PhDs that cannot find work and are taking
    BSc positions for which they do not have the training or
    formation.

     

    To today’s necessities
    are bilingual, BSc PEs with full IT operational competences, but
    skilled in their atypical domains with a full generalist 
    background, and a basic knowledge of finance, contract law, project
    management with systems analysis  just for
    starters.

    The CEng requirements for
    higher maths is long gone, it is for those going into specialised
    research.

    An engineer that
    calculates is a danger, he has to apply approved mathematical
    models and codes only.

     

    There are two branches of
    Master, one is research, the other is specialisation. Research goes
    on to a now out of date PhD, and the specialist is only a
    specialist in his domain, not able to change
    disciplines.

    The MEng needs to be re
    assessed, but it is the road to a true engineer.

     

    Managers can come from
    any field not just engineering.

     

    My family contacts bring
    me into relations with young adults of all standards most of them
    are over educated  with two or three masters and unemployable.
    Those that took Licence and worked, have a good start in life with
    responsible jobs and all the consequences.

     

    You are basing your
    comments on neo liberalism.

     

    This is now abandoned;
    Europe is addressing this today and is in a mess, USA went popular
    as did Britain with Trump and BREXIT.

    We now have
    protectionism.

    I have worked for US and
    German companies, they have all moved the French design offices to
    their countries, gone global, delocalising into lower paid
    countries and then closing down their production bases outside of
    France. This Globalisation.

     

    This policy of unfounded
    economics leads to some phenomena which destroy our engineering
    systems-

    These are :

    Hegemonisation,
     
    the ruling by a minority of
    a majority. CEng dominating IEng & Technician.

    Commodification,
    selling unsellable systems
    for profit, - English as a foreign language, coupled with
    universities and university qualifications, and Professional
    English language engineering registration (
    CEng and IEng).

    Communitarianism
    which
    gives us all the political problems, but includes CEng exclusion of
    IEng, I gave examples, but the IET IT system did not print the copy
    paste.

    What I showed was how Job
    propositions made by CEng in the UK specify CEng only for what are
    only IEng jobs. The other example was IMech E PEs recruiting only I
    Mech Es and blocking IET mechanical engineering. 

    IET for pure profit
    recruited a mass of these PEs even though they were denigrating IET
    mechanicals.

    Globalisation
    which
    will destroy home based engineering economies.

     

    Leaving politics, economics
    and even religion on the sideline, what we need for our engineering
    future is:

     


    -         
    A sensible equal system of
    engineering training which, like law and medicine requires a long
    practical formation.


    -         
    We need to bring back the
    principle of quality (Six sigma, QA be it what it may) to our
    engineering practice.


    -         
    We need to manage our
    engineering markets.


    -         
    Each country needs to clean
    up and re-establish its own engineering base.


    -         
    We need reasonable free
    trade, but not exploitation.

     -    
    Engineers need lots of practice

    T

    he problem being addressed
    is firstly a British
    one-

    The Major three PEIs ICE, IET, IME are
    going to exclude all the other PEIs from The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report
    approval.

    IET is now acting as the
    Electrical and IT spokes person.

    The Generalist and
    specialist PEI and PEs are being locked out of
    discussions.

    This is British Politics,
    which is based upon Neo liberalism in today’s mutation with Hegemonisation,
    Communitarianism, & Globalisation.

     

    The Big Three PEIs at CEng
    dominance will decide for the poor incapable rest ie : IEng,
    Technologists, Technicians, both specialists and
    generalists.

     

    The future of our economy is
    based on future quality engineering.

    We need true working
    engineers

    We need to decide what
    future engineering is to be

    We need to train these
    future engineers by apprenticeship combined with educational and
    industrial support. Government will give the means but will not
    control.

    For safety; engineers need
    to be properly registered.

     

    The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report is addressing this problem, do not let it be hijacked by
    these out of date hegemonists.

     

    The question is

    Does the majority of MIET
    agree.

    If so, then IET has let down
    its founding members and its raison d’être.

    Change is necessary, but
    greed, pride and prejudice is not engineering.

     

    It is not for
    me.

    I’m an Engineer no matter
    what others think – I work and get paid as an
    engineer.

     

    John Gowman,
    MIET

  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    Moshe ;

    I agree with your
    observations.

    People will
    continue to move to find
    work.  
    -  At a lower salary
    because their local market has been destroyed, it is already
    happening

     

    Many engineers earn a
    good salary. -
    There is a huge market of
    second rate (BSc) engineers on precarious contracts with basic
    salaries , as there are medical doctors and
    jurists.


    In the end, business
    leaders, who control the money/salaries, view engineering as a
    commodity. -
    It is happening now
    that’s why we have Trump, BREXIT and now FREXIT and
    Hungary.

     

    What maintains a CEng, IEng,
    PEng, PE and one's competence?  Still
    remains
     ongoing and
    successful engineering practice.
     
    - After this report
    is actualised, I Eng will be degraded

     

    As I am trying to point
    out, the UK PEs that strived to form IIE for all grades, all
    gender, all domains of engineering have been let down by the IEE
    CEng, global contingent at IET.

    The UK Engineering 2016
    Report is trying to face up to today’s UK necessities as IIE did
    before.

     

    That is to say; a quality
    education, formation, training and registration of UK
    engineers.

     

    However people will
    always look after their interests first.

     

    The UK does not have
    enough PEs, those that we have do not have the skills for modern
    engineering.

    There is an over
    abundance of Masters and PhDs that cannot find work and are taking
    BSc positions for which they do not have the training or
    formation.

     

    To today’s necessities
    are bilingual, BSc PEs with full IT operational competences, but
    skilled in their atypical domains with a full generalist 
    background, and a basic knowledge of finance, contract law, project
    management with systems analysis  just for
    starters.

    The CEng requirements for
    higher maths is long gone, it is for those going into specialised
    research.

    An engineer that
    calculates is a danger, he has to apply approved mathematical
    models and codes only.

     

    There are two branches of
    Master, one is research, the other is specialisation. Research goes
    on to a now out of date PhD, and the specialist is only a
    specialist in his domain, not able to change
    disciplines.

    The MEng needs to be re
    assessed, but it is the road to a true engineer.

     

    Managers can come from
    any field not just engineering.

     

    My family contacts bring
    me into relations with young adults of all standards most of them
    are over educated  with two or three masters and unemployable.
    Those that took Licence and worked, have a good start in life with
    responsible jobs and all the consequences.

     

    You are basing your
    comments on neo liberalism.

     

    This is now abandoned;
    Europe is addressing this today and is in a mess, USA went popular
    as did Britain with Trump and BREXIT.

    We now have
    protectionism.

    I have worked for US and
    German companies, they have all moved the French design offices to
    their countries, gone global, delocalising into lower paid
    countries and then closing down their production bases outside of
    France. This Globalisation.

     

    This policy of unfounded
    economics leads to some phenomena which destroy our engineering
    systems-

    These are :

    Hegemonisation,
     
    the ruling by a minority of
    a majority. CEng dominating IEng & Technician.

    Commodification,
    selling unsellable systems
    for profit, - English as a foreign language, coupled with
    universities and university qualifications, and Professional
    English language engineering registration (
    CEng and IEng).

    Communitarianism
    which
    gives us all the political problems, but includes CEng exclusion of
    IEng, I gave examples, but the IET IT system did not print the copy
    paste.

    What I showed was how Job
    propositions made by CEng in the UK specify CEng only for what are
    only IEng jobs. The other example was IMech E PEs recruiting only I
    Mech Es and blocking IET mechanical engineering. 

    IET for pure profit
    recruited a mass of these PEs even though they were denigrating IET
    mechanicals.

    Globalisation
    which
    will destroy home based engineering economies.

     

    Leaving politics, economics
    and even religion on the sideline, what we need for our engineering
    future is:

     


    -         
    A sensible equal system of
    engineering training which, like law and medicine requires a long
    practical formation.


    -         
    We need to bring back the
    principle of quality (Six sigma, QA be it what it may) to our
    engineering practice.


    -         
    We need to manage our
    engineering markets.


    -         
    Each country needs to clean
    up and re-establish its own engineering base.


    -         
    We need reasonable free
    trade, but not exploitation.

     -    
    Engineers need lots of practice

    T

    he problem being addressed
    is firstly a British
    one-

    The Major three PEIs ICE, IET, IME are
    going to exclude all the other PEIs from The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report
    approval.

    IET is now acting as the
    Electrical and IT spokes person.

    The Generalist and
    specialist PEI and PEs are being locked out of
    discussions.

    This is British Politics,
    which is based upon Neo liberalism in today’s mutation with Hegemonisation,
    Communitarianism, & Globalisation.

     

    The Big Three PEIs at CEng
    dominance will decide for the poor incapable rest ie : IEng,
    Technologists, Technicians, both specialists and
    generalists.

     

    The future of our economy is
    based on future quality engineering.

    We need true working
    engineers

    We need to decide what
    future engineering is to be

    We need to train these
    future engineers by apprenticeship combined with educational and
    industrial support. Government will give the means but will not
    control.

    For safety; engineers need
    to be properly registered.

     

    The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report is addressing this problem, do not let it be hijacked by
    these out of date hegemonists.

     

    The question is

    Does the majority of MIET
    agree.

    If so, then IET has let down
    its founding members and its raison d’être.

    Change is necessary, but
    greed, pride and prejudice is not engineering.

     

    It is not for
    me.

    I’m an Engineer no matter
    what others think – I work and get paid as an
    engineer.

     

    John Gowman,
    MIET

  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member in reply to Legh Richardson

    Moshe ;

    I agree with your
    observations.

    People will
    continue to move to find
    work.  
    -  At a lower salary
    because their local market has been destroyed, it is already
    happening

     

    Many engineers earn a
    good salary. -
    There is a huge market of
    second rate (BSc) engineers on precarious contracts with basic
    salaries , as there are medical doctors and
    jurists.


    In the end, business
    leaders, who control the money/salaries, view engineering as a
    commodity. -
    It is happening now
    that’s why we have Trump, BREXIT and now FREXIT and
    Hungary.

     

    What maintains a CEng, IEng,
    PEng, PE and one's competence?  Still
    remains
     ongoing and
    successful engineering practice.
     
    - After this report
    is actualised, I Eng will be degraded

     

    As I am trying to point
    out, the UK PEs that strived to form IIE for all grades, all
    gender, all domains of engineering have been let down by the IEE
    CEng, global contingent at IET.

    The UK Engineering 2016
    Report is trying to face up to today’s UK necessities as IIE did
    before.

     

    That is to say; a quality
    education, formation, training and registration of UK
    engineers.

     

    However people will
    always look after their interests first.

     

    The UK does not have
    enough PEs, those that we have do not have the skills for modern
    engineering.

    There is an over
    abundance of Masters and PhDs that cannot find work and are taking
    BSc positions for which they do not have the training or
    formation.

     

    To today’s necessities
    are bilingual, BSc PEs with full IT operational competences, but
    skilled in their atypical domains with a full generalist 
    background, and a basic knowledge of finance, contract law, project
    management with systems analysis  just for
    starters.

    The CEng requirements for
    higher maths is long gone, it is for those going into specialised
    research.

    An engineer that
    calculates is a danger, he has to apply approved mathematical
    models and codes only.

     

    There are two branches of
    Master, one is research, the other is specialisation. Research goes
    on to a now out of date PhD, and the specialist is only a
    specialist in his domain, not able to change
    disciplines.

    The MEng needs to be re
    assessed, but it is the road to a true engineer.

     

    Managers can come from
    any field not just engineering.

     

    My family contacts bring
    me into relations with young adults of all standards most of them
    are over educated  with two or three masters and unemployable.
    Those that took Licence and worked, have a good start in life with
    responsible jobs and all the consequences.

     

    You are basing your
    comments on neo liberalism.

     

    This is now abandoned;
    Europe is addressing this today and is in a mess, USA went popular
    as did Britain with Trump and BREXIT.

    We now have
    protectionism.

    I have worked for US and
    German companies, they have all moved the French design offices to
    their countries, gone global, delocalising into lower paid
    countries and then closing down their production bases outside of
    France. This Globalisation.

     

    This policy of unfounded
    economics leads to some phenomena which destroy our engineering
    systems-

    These are :

    Hegemonisation,
     
    the ruling by a minority of
    a majority. CEng dominating IEng & Technician.

    Commodification,
    selling unsellable systems
    for profit, - English as a foreign language, coupled with
    universities and university qualifications, and Professional
    English language engineering registration (
    CEng and IEng).

    Communitarianism
    which
    gives us all the political problems, but includes CEng exclusion of
    IEng, I gave examples, but the IET IT system did not print the copy
    paste.

    What I showed was how Job
    propositions made by CEng in the UK specify CEng only for what are
    only IEng jobs. The other example was IMech E PEs recruiting only I
    Mech Es and blocking IET mechanical engineering. 

    IET for pure profit
    recruited a mass of these PEs even though they were denigrating IET
    mechanicals.

    Globalisation
    which
    will destroy home based engineering economies.

     

    Leaving politics, economics
    and even religion on the sideline, what we need for our engineering
    future is:

     


    -         
    A sensible equal system of
    engineering training which, like law and medicine requires a long
    practical formation.


    -         
    We need to bring back the
    principle of quality (Six sigma, QA be it what it may) to our
    engineering practice.


    -         
    We need to manage our
    engineering markets.


    -         
    Each country needs to clean
    up and re-establish its own engineering base.


    -         
    We need reasonable free
    trade, but not exploitation.

     -    
    Engineers need lots of practice

    T

    he problem being addressed
    is firstly a British
    one-

    The Major three PEIs ICE, IET, IME are
    going to exclude all the other PEIs from The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report
    approval.

    IET is now acting as the
    Electrical and IT spokes person.

    The Generalist and
    specialist PEI and PEs are being locked out of
    discussions.

    This is British Politics,
    which is based upon Neo liberalism in today’s mutation with Hegemonisation,
    Communitarianism, & Globalisation.

     

    The Big Three PEIs at CEng
    dominance will decide for the poor incapable rest ie : IEng,
    Technologists, Technicians, both specialists and
    generalists.

     

    The future of our economy is
    based on future quality engineering.

    We need true working
    engineers

    We need to decide what
    future engineering is to be

    We need to train these
    future engineers by apprenticeship combined with educational and
    industrial support. Government will give the means but will not
    control.

    For safety; engineers need
    to be properly registered.

     

    The UK ENGINEERING 2016
    Report is addressing this problem, do not let it be hijacked by
    these out of date hegemonists.

     

    The question is

    Does the majority of MIET
    agree.

    If so, then IET has let down
    its founding members and its raison d’être.

    Change is necessary, but
    greed, pride and prejudice is not engineering.

     

    It is not for
    me.

    I’m an Engineer no matter
    what others think – I work and get paid as an
    engineer.

     

    John Gowman,
    MIET

  • Interesting response from the CEO of the iMechE, seems to me the more radical parts of the review have already been discounted!


    www.imeche.org/.../hunt-is-on-for-3m-missing-members