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Where is the IET going?

Raymond Cragg
The IET on Twitter is mostly about women in engineering and it appears we also have or have had an Executive member who represents the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK). Since when did we get away and direct our selves at subsections of the organization? There is no minorities that I am aware of in the IET at least not because of bias in any way shape of form. The same goes for women in engineering, no one is biased against them. Low numbers are because they dont want to be in engineering..

Where is the IET heading? It does not seem to be going in a place most of the member wold probably want or is it?
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    IMechE CEO 18th Feb

    Queen Elizabeth prize for engineering… A quick look at the winners however shows that even though they are reasonably international, all fourteen of them so far have been men.  It somewhat reflects the world of 20 or more years ago when their inventions needed to start to have the impact they have today, but it also reminds us how much more we should celebrate when we see the first woman being recognised hopefully soon.  At the IMechE, we are proud to be the leading institution in that we have had three female Presidents, but all of these have come in the last 22 years; there were none for 150 years before that. 

    Our Equality and Diversity Steering Group still therefore needs to have many initiatives to try to recognise the challenges of working in a male-dominated profession.  Most recently it has just launched free online diversity and inclusion training.  The course is available to all members and volunteers of the Institution, but as there are a limited number of training sessions available, they will allocate the places on a first-come first-served basis.

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    IMechE CEO 18th Feb

    Queen Elizabeth prize for engineering… A quick look at the winners however shows that even though they are reasonably international, all fourteen of them so far have been men.  It somewhat reflects the world of 20 or more years ago when their inventions needed to start to have the impact they have today, but it also reminds us how much more we should celebrate when we see the first woman being recognised hopefully soon.  At the IMechE, we are proud to be the leading institution in that we have had three female Presidents, but all of these have come in the last 22 years; there were none for 150 years before that. 

    Our Equality and Diversity Steering Group still therefore needs to have many initiatives to try to recognise the challenges of working in a male-dominated profession.  Most recently it has just launched free online diversity and inclusion training.  The course is available to all members and volunteers of the Institution, but as there are a limited number of training sessions available, they will allocate the places on a first-come first-served basis.

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