Having a student chapter allows students to develop their leadership skills while being active on campus outside of academia, which in most cases makes for a more marketable candidate when job-hunting.
Rachel Tai, Purdue Student Chapter
Case study: The student chapter
When students at Purdue University, Indianna, USA decided to start an IET student chapter, volunteers at a nearby Local Network were only too happy to help get things going.
MyCommunity – your chance to get social
The development of social media has made it easier than ever to interact with people wherever they are in the world. The IET’s MyCommunity platform is connecting engineering communities around the world; members can post papers and invite feedback, start and join discussions, and collaborate on thought leadership. Why not log in and join the discussion?
If there isn’t already an IET community in your local area or technical field, it’s easy to get together with a few colleagues and start one. The IET supports the formation of new communities, and can provide access to tools and resources to enable you to engage with your community.
Malaysian student Rachel Tai first got involved with the IET as a competitor of a Present around the World competition held at the university. She described the IET student chapter as being “excellent for engineering students because [the IET] is well established internationally, so it has accumulated a global knowledge base for engineering”.
Other students commented that the IET offered international opportunities and a networking platform that connects student members to members in industry. Rachel’s aim is to develop the chapter by hosting events on themes including ‘global engineering’ and ‘careers in engineering, technology and science’.
To find out more about ways to get involved with IET communities, visit
www.theiet.org/communities
Your User Guide
www.theiet.org/academic-partners
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