The Gloucestershire Local Network will be holding a number of talks and visits during the forthcoming year on a wide range of subjects from Electric Cars to Neurosurgery. Some of these events are held jointly with other Professional Institutions.
Lectures are usually held at the University of Gloucestershire's Park Campus in Cheltenham - all are welcome to attend, including non-members, family & friends. Unless otherwise stated, lectures start at 7.30pm with refreshments from 7.00pm.
All events are organised by a committee of volunteers who meet monthly - please contact one of us if you would like to help.
The network includes an active Young Professionals section for people in the early stage of their careers -please contact John Whitehouse for more details.
To ensure that you get the latest updates on our events please register for a MyIET account on the IET web site if you do not already have one. Once logged in to MyIET, you can add the Gloucestershire Local Network in the Communities section. If your account’s registered postal address is in our area, you will already be showing in the Communities section as registered in our network. Ensure that the mailing preference is not ticked to receive our updates!
Finally, if you need any personal welfare advice or help, don't forget the Benevolent Fund (IET Connect).
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We are always keen to discuss ideas for future events; join the discussion about future events on the LinkedIn Group. Events confirmed for 2011/12 are shown below.
Visit to GE in Bishops Cleeve to look at the technology behind modern aircraft systems. Including a tour of the manufacturing centre and the new aircraft power integration facility. Also a demonstration of the GE flight simulator
19 April 2012, Cheltenham, UK
COMX12 is an end of year exhibition that will provide a showcase for the technical, aesthetic and project management skills of Interactive Games Design, Multimedia Web Design and Computing students at the University of Gloucestershire.
21 April 2012, Cheltenham, UK
The talk will cover the design of Concorde and Concordski, the instrumentation used to record the data and the computers used to process the results. The talk will end with an analysis of the Paris crash.
** Please note this talk has been rescheduled and will now take place on 15th May. **
15 May 2012, Cheltenham, UK
Competition for the best (10 minute) presentation on any Engineering topic by a Young Professional. There is a cash prize and entry to the national final.
28 May 2012
For the third year the IET will be hosting a stand at the Cheltenham Science Festival. On previous years we had several visitors and hopefully inspired a few into careers in Engineering and Technology.
Please volunteer to help on the stand for this year.
12-17 June 2012, Cheltenham, UK
Join us for our AGM and get together. This will be an informal event where partners are very welcome.
12 July 2012
Visit to Vulcan XM655 Maintenance and Preservation Society
Join us on a group tour to see this magnificent aircraft, which is still in ground running condition. Participants will get to sit in the only fully operational Vulcan cockpit in the world that is accessible to the public, as well as viewing a systems check, opening of bomb bay doors and operation of powered flying controls.
22 July 2012