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Help inform our next campaign

Natalie Boon

Hi everyone!

Hope you're safe and well.

We champion equality, diversity and inclusion here at the IET - and frequently run campaigns to challenge outdated stereotypes and make our profession a more welcoming and inclusive place.

We're starting work on our next campaign - and we need your help!

Our focus for this phase is on how we can take real, tangible steps to unite our community to make engineering and technology a career path that is accessible to everyone.

So, what’s your experience? Tell us by adding your thoughts below.

We want to hear from everyone, and we mean everyone. We believe that continuing to thrive in this sector can only happen if we all connect and work together, and that means we need all viewpoints – positive, negative, and even the grey area in between!

So whether you have had good or bad experiences, whatever your background, and whether you identify with different protected characteristics or not – we want to hear from you.

And if you’re comfortable sharing your thoughts in a little more detail, we’re looking for a broad mix of individuals to be interviewed in the next few weeks. You can submit your details for consideration via this link.

And if you would prefer to remain anonymous but still have a viewpoint you’d like to share – no problem! You can send us your thoughts using this form instead.

Thank you in advance for your support.

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    Elizabeth Morgan: 
     

    Hello all. Whilst we do welcome and encourage an honest and frank exchange of views, may I please remind you to be civil and respectful of the opinions of others. 

    Hi Elizabeth

     

    Totally agree. I was trying to reply to Rob Eagle but the post has been removed. I'm including my response as it does address his negative comments in a civil way.

    The Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) took a very different opinion to Rob Eagle when recruiting for Bletchley Park in 1938. GCHQ continues that tradition today, recognising that engineering excellence is not the preserve of a few white, middle-aged men. Without the success of Bletchley Park we may may all be living under a very different regime without our freedom.

    We are in a global economy and to be successful need to inspire the next generation to consider science, engineering and technology as an exciting career option. This may be an obvious choice for some, especially if they have parents with a science or engineering background. We should not exclude other children from aspiring to become engineers and scientists just because of their personal circumstances, gender, race or other differences. Many successful people cite an inspirational teacher or mentor that put them on their path to a successful career. If we are to compete in the world then we need to encourage more youngsters in to engineering and that requires a cooperative effort to promote it. It will still be down to individual choice and ability at the end of the day but let's not handicap our profession by excluding all possible talent.

    Andy

     

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    Elizabeth Morgan: 
     

    Hello all. Whilst we do welcome and encourage an honest and frank exchange of views, may I please remind you to be civil and respectful of the opinions of others. 

    Hi Elizabeth

     

    Totally agree. I was trying to reply to Rob Eagle but the post has been removed. I'm including my response as it does address his negative comments in a civil way.

    The Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) took a very different opinion to Rob Eagle when recruiting for Bletchley Park in 1938. GCHQ continues that tradition today, recognising that engineering excellence is not the preserve of a few white, middle-aged men. Without the success of Bletchley Park we may may all be living under a very different regime without our freedom.

    We are in a global economy and to be successful need to inspire the next generation to consider science, engineering and technology as an exciting career option. This may be an obvious choice for some, especially if they have parents with a science or engineering background. We should not exclude other children from aspiring to become engineers and scientists just because of their personal circumstances, gender, race or other differences. Many successful people cite an inspirational teacher or mentor that put them on their path to a successful career. If we are to compete in the world then we need to encourage more youngsters in to engineering and that requires a cooperative effort to promote it. It will still be down to individual choice and ability at the end of the day but let's not handicap our profession by excluding all possible talent.

    Andy

     

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