Seminar Announcement – Employability Talk
What is Professional Registration for Engineers, and Why should you bother?
Speaker: Dr Paul Morley
Affiliation: Kannegiesser, UK & Institution of Engineering Designers
When: Thursday, 8 February 2018; at 1:30 pm
Where: Mason Bibby Common Room; School of Engineering Host: Dr Jay Yoon (Industrial Design)
Abstract
An informal discussion about; the Engineering Profession generally, Professional Registration in the UK (and internationally), and more specifically the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). Engineering in the UK is in pretty good shape. We are still a county with a strong engineering and manufacturing base. Engineers are in demand and tend to command high salaries – higher than most other professional people. Engineering is creative, exciting, and fun. Professional Engineers – who submit themselves to a rigorous peer-review process in order to become a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, for example, are the leaders in the field, and UK registration is highly regarded internationally. The IED is one of 36 Engineering Institutions who are able to award professional registration grades and represent engineers who are broadly or mainly working in the fields of design – which in fact are most engineers.
About Dr Paul Morley
I’m a walking embodiment of the principle that life is rarely straightforward and a horrible warning about the hazards of not properly planning your career. I started as a biochemist (Durham University), but became a university dropout, retrained as an engineer, studied part-time, not only engineering but also mathematics, IT, business studies and music. I completed a number of different qualifications including a PhD. I joined the army (specialist reserve). I’m now Director of a fairly large engineering company, plus an officer in the army reserve, an OU tutor, and a member of the Education & Training Committee of the IED. In my spare time, I’m a semi-professional cello player and a karate instructor.
Light refreshments will be served.