An Engine for Change - A Chronicle of the Engineering Council

182A CHRONICLE OF THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL• The ETB will need to secure long-term funding from Government, commerce andindustry for core and project purposes, in addition to the money contributed byprofessional engineering Registrants.• Representative bodies such as the EEF, EMTA and RAEng will need to exhibit fullheartedco-operation with and through the ETB, even at some cost to their own agendasand prominence.Towards the ‘Engine for Change’These five points and success in the four primary objectives will put to the test whether sucha federation for a common purpose is a practical possibility. If it does succeed then, at longlast, Monty Finniston’s concept back in 1981 to create an ‘Engine of Change’ will havebecome a reality. In Sir Peter Williams as Chairman and Alan Clark as Chief Executive theETB has got off to a good start having found eminent and perceptive leaders. They willsurely carry forward Dr Hawley’s vision in the interests of the UK. It is worth mentioningthat he left them, as a legacy, a letter giving them his views on immediate necessarydevelopments to carry the ETB forward.Further InsightsReaders who may wish to glean further insights to the thinking behind the Hawley Reviewand the creation of the Engineering and Technology Board should refer to Michael Letellier’sThe Rebirth of UK Engineering, published by Training Publications Ltd in 2003. Appendix 4of that publication gives the complete text of the letter that Dr Hawley wrote to Sir PeterWilliams in December 2001.ValeteAt this stage, the writers of this Chronicle can only stand back and appreciate the efforts thathave been made and, suppressing any scepticism about ETB’s chances, extend every bestwish for the success of the venture, the latest chapter in the evolving saga of the EngineeringProfession’s development through the sequence of {EIJC}/{CEI}/{EngC} and now the ETBplus the EC(UK).© Engineering Council UK 2004