The Engineering Council has officially launched our 2030 Strategy after consultation with the profession. This, together with a refreshed brand identity, will drive our work as the UK’s regulatory body for the engineering profession.

To meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world, the new Strategy sets out how we will strengthen regulation of the engineering profession so that engineers and technicians are trusted and empowered to apply the highest professional standards in shaping a safe, sustainable and successful future. We will achieve this goal through four strategic themes:

·       Adapting our regulation to the developing engineering landscape

·       Building fairness, diversity and inclusion in the profession

·       Promoting awareness and adoption of our trusted standards

·       Strengthening commitment to ethical practice and global responsibility

We are working with professional engineering institutions and partner organisations to set, uphold and advance standards across the breadth of the engineering profession. There are a few key areas where this Strategy signals a step change in regulatory activity – particularly in making fairness, diversity and inclusion data a consistent, defined and assured input to the regulatory system, including data on how people experience the system in practice.

We will demonstrate the relevance of professional standards in emerging areas of engineering practice, and ensure that professional registration is understood and relied upon appropriately by employers, Government and international engineering bodies. Working alongside our partner organisations is crucial for this.

Across all four strategic themes, we will strengthen regulation and grow the scale and reach of the Register, empowering more engineers and technicians to meet recognised standards of competence and commitment across every area of engineering practice.

To view the full document, please go to ‘Our Strategy’ webpage.