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Where is the IET going?

RayC
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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    Lisa Miles:




    Mark Tickner:

    .... you should have a Young Engineer of the Year alone.  




     

    That already exists Mark. Last years winner:  https://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/news/media-and-press/press-releases/josh-mitchell-named-uk-young-engineer-of-the-year-2018/ 


    There are various other 'Engineer of the year' awards available globally but I believe (and  happy to be corrected if I'm wrong) that there is only one award to celebrate the achievements of young women in engineering and that is the IET / WES (Women's Engineering Society) Young Woman Engineer of the year awards. 


    I've always been very interested in the different and varied opinions around this particular award with some saying 'absolutely, it's great to recognise young women in the industry' and others saying 'it's a sexist award and should be scrapped'.


    If we shouldn't have the Young Woman Engineer of the year award then should there not be a Women in Engineering Society either? ?

     




    I'm going to poke my tongue out at you Lisa ?


    You are correct of course, but why pick out just females?  Why not specific awards and society's for the ethnic minorities (ok, some of those might exist)?  What is the IET's position on a trans-female/trans-male for entering the YWE competition (I don't expect you to answer that; and for the record I do know such an individual).


    The issue with positive discrimination is that it can disenfranchise.  Why should young males pick up engineering when it is promoted to females?  (I feel we should promote engineering to all)


    The issues of minorities and females in engineering is a serious one; if we have to trample over a few toes then so be it.  But I'd rather see it hand in hand with equality rather then creating barriers with any form of discrimination.

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    Lisa Miles:




    Mark Tickner:

    .... you should have a Young Engineer of the Year alone.  




     

    That already exists Mark. Last years winner:  https://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/news/media-and-press/press-releases/josh-mitchell-named-uk-young-engineer-of-the-year-2018/ 


    There are various other 'Engineer of the year' awards available globally but I believe (and  happy to be corrected if I'm wrong) that there is only one award to celebrate the achievements of young women in engineering and that is the IET / WES (Women's Engineering Society) Young Woman Engineer of the year awards. 


    I've always been very interested in the different and varied opinions around this particular award with some saying 'absolutely, it's great to recognise young women in the industry' and others saying 'it's a sexist award and should be scrapped'.


    If we shouldn't have the Young Woman Engineer of the year award then should there not be a Women in Engineering Society either? ?

     




    I'm going to poke my tongue out at you Lisa ?


    You are correct of course, but why pick out just females?  Why not specific awards and society's for the ethnic minorities (ok, some of those might exist)?  What is the IET's position on a trans-female/trans-male for entering the YWE competition (I don't expect you to answer that; and for the record I do know such an individual).


    The issue with positive discrimination is that it can disenfranchise.  Why should young males pick up engineering when it is promoted to females?  (I feel we should promote engineering to all)


    The issues of minorities and females in engineering is a serious one; if we have to trample over a few toes then so be it.  But I'd rather see it hand in hand with equality rather then creating barriers with any form of discrimination.

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