Armed Forces Covenant
The Company is delighted to announce that we have signed the Armed Forces Covenant pledging our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community. Ahead of our Annual Awards Dinner at Carpenters’ Hall on Tuesday 4th June 2024, Master Engineer, Dr Dolores Byrne OBE and Chief…
Services Engineering Awards 2024
The Worshipful Company of Engineers, through its charitable arm the Engineers Trust, is honoured to recognise outstanding performance and leadership across all branches of the Armed Forces and their civilian engineering support teams. Awards were presented at the Company’s Awards Dinner on 4th June 2024….
A thank you to Raymond Joyce
We extend a heartfelt thank you to Raymond Joyce for his leadership as Master Engineer during our 40th Anniversary year. His dedication in representing the company at various formal and informal settings, and as a spokesperson for our profession, has been outstanding. Here is what…
AGM and Installation 2024
The Company gathered on 23rd April 2024 at Stationers’ Hall for its Annual General Meeting (Common Hall). This followed on from a meeting of the Court where the outgoing Master, Raymond Joyce, took the chair. The Court was pleased to welcome two new members of…
Science in Parliament – Spring 2024
The Spring issue of Science in Parliament has just been published. It contains a number of articles by distinguished contributors, and in addition to the usual features there is a special photo report on STEM for BRITAIN 2024. The front cover appears by courtesy of…
‘Just a Drop’ – Libeko borehole project, Zambia
At the close of 2023, the Engineers Trust was delighted to award the Engineering Outreach Grant of £5,000 to Just A Drop , enabling their engineering project in Libeko, Mumbwa District, east Zambia that contributes key relief from the region’s poverty. Just A Drop needed financial…
Computational Medicine & Digital Twins Improving Medical Care
Novel medical technologies are being introduced at unprecedented rates, demanding scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy at an unprecedented pace to ensure patient safety and benefit. With success in both in-vitro/in-vivo studies, products are tested on clinical trials assessing use in humans. Predicting low-frequency…
Tacitus Lecture 2024
‘Optimism and Change: Sexuality, Climate and Engineering’ by John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley hosted by the Michael Larsen, the Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders The Tacitus lecture this year was a wonderfully optimistic overview of the challenges and opportunities faced by…
International Women’s Day 2024
To celebrate International Womens’ Day on 8 March 2024 we gathered these short biographies of some of our amazing female members. Read inspiring stories from 32 of the most influential engineers of today. 32 inspirational engineers for International Women’s Day
Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed
Reflections on British Industrial Strategy today Professor David Edgerton FBA, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London gave the after-dinner speech at our Court and Partners’ Dinner on 16 January 2024. He…