The number of newly registered incorporated engineers continues to decline. The strategy of the Engineering Council is clearly not aligned to supporting the engineering technologist professional. Given the governments commitment to technical education the IET should create their own professional register to provide a relevant standard. It is obvious the current UKSPEC standard lacks credibility in terms of the IEng grade
Alasdair, absolutely. I think that is exactly the point I've been trying to make - rather than throw it out as failed, let's do what's needed to fix it. Like Andy, I'm ready to consider the merits of all options, but personally, I feel there's nothing wrong with the registrations as they are intended to work, the problem is more with it not being used in the way it was intended, so let's try to fix that as our first option.
Alasdair, absolutely. I think that is exactly the point I've been trying to make - rather than throw it out as failed, let's do what's needed to fix it. Like Andy, I'm ready to consider the merits of all options, but personally, I feel there's nothing wrong with the registrations as they are intended to work, the problem is more with it not being used in the way it was intended, so let's try to fix that as our first option.
