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REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL MEMBERS 21

REPORT OF THE BRITISH FEANI
NATIONAL COMMITTEE

British National FEANI Committee
Year of Adhesion : 1965
Declared engineers: 235 000
Number of EUR INGs: 16 307 (active: 7 103)
Member associations: The Engineering Council of the United Kingdom was created
by Royal Charter in 1981. Its Patron is HRH The Duke of Kent. It supervises the British
engineering profession through licensed member institutions
From May 2020 our new address is:
The Engineering Council
Northern & Shell Building,
10 Lower Thames Street,
London, EC3R 6EN
international@engc.org.uk
www.engc.org.uk

The Engineering Council 2018-20 Strategic Plan has three stakeholders. To remain relevant, it must accommodate
main aims: changes in the knowledge and understanding, skills and
behaviours required of engineering professionals and in the
• provide Public Benefit - society must continue to have ways in which these are developed throughout their careers.
confidence that registered engineers and technicians will
uphold the Engineering Council’s (EngC) standards and The revised standards documents are as follows:
exercise their responsibilities in an ethical manner
• Registration Code of Practice (RCoP) – the rules for Li-
• maintain a Globally Recognised Standard censed members

• meet Future Needs – this includes ensuring that sys- • UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence
tems and processes to remain fit for purpose for a future and Commitment (UK-SPEC)
profession where the boundaries between the different
disciplines of engineering may become less distinct and • Approval and Accreditation of Qualifications and Appren-
new technologies will emerge ticeships (AQAA)

Standards Review • Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP)
The EngC is carrying out a five-yearly review of our Standards
along with the rules and guidelines for carrying out regis- • Learning Outcomes for qualifications, apprenticeships
tration and the processes that support it. The purpose of and HE programmes
the review is to ensure that the Standard continues to be
relevant, flexible and future-ready for the benefit of all