An Engine for Change - A Chronicle of the Engineering Council

8A CHRONICLE OF THE ENGINEERING COUNCILChange role, leaving an associated ‘Engineering Council (UK)’ to continue the successfulregistration and qualification function. This new arrangement finally came into force inFebruary 2002.The ChronicleThis Chronicle recounts the story of the Engineering Council between November 1981 andFebruary 2002.Fig. 1 shows, with the aid of the EC’s first logo, the four main directions in which the ECfaced - the Profession (including the Institutions), the Government, the Education System andIndustry/Employers. If a third dimension, extending out of the page is added, this canrepresent the public and the international community.Within each of the chapters that follow we have generally followed a standard pattern. Thiswill enable readers who dip into our descriptions of the various eras of the EngineeringCouncil to find related events at similar points in each chapter. The pattern that we havechosen deals first with People - the main players such as the Chairman, Director-General,other Directors, Committee Chairmen, and Committee structures and activities. We then,under the heading of Interfacing with the Institutions, describe events relating to theInstitutions, the Engineers’ Professional Forum and other meetings of Institutions’ Presidentsand Secretaries or Chief Executives. Then, under the heading of Interfacing with Registrants,we follow activities of Registrants, the Register itself and the Engineering Council RegionalOrganisations and related local groupings. After this we discuss Education and Training,dealing first, under the heading of Interfacing with Schools, with schools and schemes such asWomen Into Science and Engineering, Neighbourhood Engineers and Young Engineers forBritain and then, under the heading of Interfacing with Further and Higher Education, withfurther and higher education, including Standards and Routes to Registration (SARTOR), theEngineering Council’s Examinations and Continuing Professional Development. We then,under the heading of Interfacing Internationally, look at International matters, including thework of the European Engineers’ Federation (FEANI) and the British National Committee forInternational Engineering Affairs. Towards the end of each chapter, under the heading ofInterfacing with Industry, we review relationships between the Engineering Council andindustry, mainly through the Industry Affiliate scheme, and lastly, under the heading ofInterfacing with the Public, we look at a variety of initiatives including publicity, theenvironment and other national issues under the broad umbrella of public affairs. Finally, weconclude some chapters with additional remarks on the departure and arrival of Chairmen,senior staff and others who have made noteworthy contributions to the Engineering Council.© Engineering Council UK 2004