This October, the Engineering Council will be joined by the Science Council and Society for the Environment (SocEnv) for a first-ever collaborative webinar examining the value of professional registration across engineering, science and environmental practice.
Dr Fragkoulis Kanavaris CEng CSci CEnv FIMMM FICT CAPM has been awarded the 2026 Hawley Award, which includes a £5,000 cash prize and a medal, at the Engineers Trust Awards Dinner in June. The award honours the most outstanding engineering innovation that delivers demonstrable benefit to the environment and will help to achieve Net Zero Carbon by at least 2050.
The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Christina Jasper IEng MIET, an Aerospace Engineer and Senior Technical Specialist, on receiving the 2026 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award and £1,000 cash prize. The announcement was made at the Engineers Trust Awards Dinner in June and presented by HRH The Princess Royal.
The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) has announced the winners of its annual Top 50 Women in Engineering awards (WE50) on International Women in Engineering Day (INWED). We at the Engineering Council would like to congratulate the registrants among these exceptional innovators on their incredible achievements.
Several Engineering Council registrants and engineering colleagues have been recognised in the 2026 Birthday Honours List. The UK Honours system recognises and celebrates the extraordinary achievements and service of individuals.
CERTING and the Engineering Council are pleased to announce the formal signing of an Admissions Pathways Agreement that will facilitate professional recognition for qualified engineers between Italy and the United Kingdom.
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.
The Engineering Council hosted its annual Summer Networking Reception on 13 May at No. 4 Hamilton Place, the home of the Royal Aeronautical Engineering Society, in London.
New guidance, Managing Competence in the Built Environment: An industry guide on how to meet the ICC principles has been published by the Industry Task and Finish Group (ITFG).
The Engineering Council has been pleased to partner with The Engineer on its annual Salary Survey, which has been published today. It reveals that professionally registered engineers and technicians continue to command significantly higher salaries than their non-registered peers.
A new report from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) has warned that as reforms to simplify technical and professional apprenticeship assessment progress, high standards and clear professional pathways into the built environment sector must be preserved.
The Engineering Council is introducing a refreshed brand identity, reaffirming its role as the UK’s regulatory body for the engineering profession. The new identity supports our ambition to bring greater cohesion across the engineering community and strengthen our leadership role in supporting a unified, high‑standards profession, “the promise of responsible engineering made real”.