Volunteers

Get involved

IET activities offer many opportunities to get involved and raise your profile. Don't just join, join in!

Volunteering

Volunteering can give you great satisfaction and enjoyment whilst enhancing your professional and personal development, as well as providing benefit to others. Meet some current IET volunteers and learn more.

You can get involved by:

Helping to organise meetings and events for your Local Network or chosen Technical and Professional Network;
Nominate yourself for a seat on one of the IET’s main boards or committees, including Council and the Board of Trustees;
Submitting research papers to the IET journals;
Helping to author new publications;
Reviewing papers in your area of expertise;
Speaking at a Local Network meeting;
Taking on the role of a professional review interviewer;
Getting involved with applications for professional registration;
Becoming an IET mentor;
Contributing to government consultations;
Assisting in assessments for awarding qualifications;
Promoting IET activities in schools, colleges, universities and in places of employment.

Communities

IET communities are groups of members who are passionate about science, engineering and technology and keen to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with others.

Communities can be groups of members united by a common interest or area of expertise, eg: technical groups. They can also be groups of members who live or work close to each other, eg: geographical groups. However, the IET also supports communities that form for other reasons, eg: people who share the same career stage or perhaps groups that form around a specific task.

You can find out more about IET Communities by visiting the Communities section of this website.

Shaping the future

The IET is a voice for the profession and represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues. During the course of a year, the IET responds to around 30 consultations from Parliament, Government, the European Union and other agencies. The responses submitted include contributions from our members so you really do have a means to offer your opinion and help us shape the future.