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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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    There's a lot going on in this thread. For what it's worth, I'm an IET employee but not a spokesperson so this is all my own opinion / observation with the benefit of the inside view.


    Re bias: it's very easy to say there's "no bias against x group" when it's not happening to you. Bias can be very, very subtle and often unintended. It's not always the result of malicious prejudice, which is much easier to spot.


    Re IET events: it's simply not true that most events happen in and around London. I think this perception is driven by a handful of high profile events happening at Savoy Place, but I have the raw data and can demonstrate with ease that more happens outside of London than inside of it.


    Re trans women competing in YWE: Well, certainly they should be allowed to participate. Trans women are women and it's an award for women, not for "humans born female". I can see a lot of people use "woman" and "female" interchangeably and that's probably worth addressing and taking a bit more caution over. 


    Re awards more generally: There are already lots of awards open to everyone, so young men or anybody else have plenty of opportunities to participate.
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    There's a lot going on in this thread. For what it's worth, I'm an IET employee but not a spokesperson so this is all my own opinion / observation with the benefit of the inside view.


    Re bias: it's very easy to say there's "no bias against x group" when it's not happening to you. Bias can be very, very subtle and often unintended. It's not always the result of malicious prejudice, which is much easier to spot.


    Re IET events: it's simply not true that most events happen in and around London. I think this perception is driven by a handful of high profile events happening at Savoy Place, but I have the raw data and can demonstrate with ease that more happens outside of London than inside of it.


    Re trans women competing in YWE: Well, certainly they should be allowed to participate. Trans women are women and it's an award for women, not for "humans born female". I can see a lot of people use "woman" and "female" interchangeably and that's probably worth addressing and taking a bit more caution over. 


    Re awards more generally: There are already lots of awards open to everyone, so young men or anybody else have plenty of opportunities to participate.
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