The Engineering Council and Portugal's Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) have reaffirmed their longstanding partnership and shared commitment to maintaining high professional engineering standards and supporting international mobility at a meeting in Porto on 21 October.
The Engineering Council has published its Guide to Professional Registration for 2026–2027, providing the latest guidance on how engineers and technicians can achieve professional registration and demonstrate their commitment to high standards. The guide also brings together information on all Licensed Professional Engineering Institutions (LPEIs) and Professional Affiliates (PAs), helping readers find the organisation that best supports their professional journey.
In June this year, Engineering Council’s CEO, Paul Bailey, and Chair, John Chudley, attended a two day international summit, in Salerno, Italy. The second ENAEE – European Accreditation Agencies’ Summit focused on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within engineering education and accreditation processes.
The Engineering Council would like to congratulate the 28 distinguished registrants elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, in recognition of their contribution to engineering and society.
New pathway highlights the growing importance of professional competence, ethics and engineering judgment in cyber security. The Engineering Council and the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) have announced that CIISec has become the first body dedicated to cyber security to be licensed by the Engineering Council to assess candidates for professional registration.
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.