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Press releases 2023

The Professional Qualifications Act 2022 comes into force on 1 December

Published: 16/11/2023

The UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced that the Professional Qualifications Act 2022 (PQ Act) will come into force on 1 December 2023. The impact of this Act on the Engineering Council and its Licensees will be minimal. …

Registrant among the recipients of the 2023 BCS Lovelace Medal

Registrant among the recipients of the 2023 BCS Lovelace Medal

Published: 13/11/2023

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate registrant, Professor Tom Crick MBE PhD FHEA FBCS CEng CSci FAcSS, one of three recipients of the BCS Lovelace Medal this year. …

Registrants among those recognised at IET Achievement Awards

Registrants among those recognised at IET Achievement Awards

Published: 09/11/2023

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate the registrants who were among the 11 of the world’s top engineers and technologists recognised at the IET Awards, which were held on 20 October in London. …

The Engineering Council publish UK-SPEC HRB competences

The Engineering Council publish UK-SPEC HRB competences

Published: 02/11/2023

The Engineering Council is delighted to announce that the competence tables for UK-SPEC HRB have been published …

Registrants appointed to Royal Academy of Engineering Trustee Board

Registrants appointed to Royal Academy of Engineering Trustee Board

Published: 28/09/2023

The Engineering Council is delighted to report the appointment of two registrants as new members of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Trustee Board. …

Registrants among 73 new Fellows elected by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Registrants among 73 new Fellows elected by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Published: 28/09/2023

The Engineering Council is delighted to share the news that more than half of new Fellows elected are registrants and we would like to congratulate them on this significant achievement. …

Updated guide published on how to become a professionally registered engineer or technician

Updated guide published on how to become a professionally registered engineer or technician

Published: 22/09/2023

The latest edition of the Guide to Professional Registration has just been published. …

Registrants among MacRobert Award-winning Ceres team

Registrants among MacRobert Award-winning Ceres team

Published: 31/07/2023

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Tomasz Domanski IEng MIMechE, Nick Lawrence CEng MIMechE, Dr Mark Selby CEng FIET FREng, and Rajan Thandi CEng MIMechE who were part of the team at Ceres Power to be awarded the 2023 MacRobert Award, the most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation. …

Agreements signed to facilitate international mobility in the UK and Netherlands

Agreements signed to facilitate international mobility in the UK and Netherlands

Published: 28/07/2023

The Engineering Council is pleased to announce the formal signing of an agreement with the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) which will facilitate the mobility and recognition of engineering professionals between the UK and the Netherlands.twork in the Netherlands today. …

First licence to offer Higher-Risk Building (HRB) registration awarded

First licence to offer Higher-Risk Building (HRB) registration awarded

Published: 24/07/2023

The Engineering Council is pleased to announce that the first licence for Higher-Risk Building (HRB) registration has been awarded to the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE). The institution is the first professional engineering institution (PEI) to be granted a licence to register engineers and technicians who have been assessed against the Engineering Council’s new Standard, UK-SPEC HRB, which will officially launch later this year. …

Becky Maughan IEng MIMechE wins 2023 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Becky Maughan IEng MIMechE wins 2023 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Published: 17/07/2023

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate registrant Becky Maughan IEng MIMechE, an aerodynamicist at BAE Systems, who has won the 2023 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award. The announcement was made at a presentation dinner held at Plaisterers’ Hall in the City of London on 11 July 2023 …