Is there a benefit in spending money to commission an opinion poll of engineering professionals, either within membership of the IET or more widely? It is of course perfectly reasonable to explore the potential implications of various courses of action, which the IET tried to do in advance of the earlier referendum. However, perhaps inevitably some members took this as being politically partisan and asserted “not in my name”. If we have something genuinely insightful to offer, that hasn’t already been said then we should give our expert advice. Otherwise IMHO we have to just monitor developments and respond appropriately.
The issue is clearly an emotive and divisive one, in which there are (IMHO), no gains to be had from an internal IET debate now. Many of the issues, such as around engineering education, training and skills in the UK , existed long before the idea of “Brexit” and will still need dealing with whatever the eventual outcome.
Is there a benefit in spending money to commission an opinion poll of engineering professionals, either within membership of the IET or more widely? It is of course perfectly reasonable to explore the potential implications of various courses of action, which the IET tried to do in advance of the earlier referendum. However, perhaps inevitably some members took this as being politically partisan and asserted “not in my name”. If we have something genuinely insightful to offer, that hasn’t already been said then we should give our expert advice. Otherwise IMHO we have to just monitor developments and respond appropriately.
The issue is clearly an emotive and divisive one, in which there are (IMHO), no gains to be had from an internal IET debate now. Many of the issues, such as around engineering education, training and skills in the UK , existed long before the idea of “Brexit” and will still need dealing with whatever the eventual outcome.
