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Public affairs

Our Public Affairs work communicates the engineering and technology expertise of our members to external audiences in order to improve policymaking, and delivers campaigns which seek to influence policy for the benefit of the engineering and technology sector.

This means engaging with policymakers and all those who influence policy, from MPs, Peers and civil servants to sector partners, the media and the public, in Westminster and the devolved Parliaments.

Public affairs mission statement 2030

Public Affairs will play a crucial role over the course of this parliament in ensuring that the government can harness to our expertise to engineer and deliver solutions to the challenges and opportunities that change will bring.

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Political party conference roundup

With political party season over, here’s what we got up to…

The IET attended three political party conferences this autumn – Labour in Liverpool, Liberal Democrats in Brighton, and Conservative in Birmingham.

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Recent articles

7 November 2024

Engineering the curriculum: the missing 'E' in STEM

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11 October 2024

Government announcements and initiatives are over, now delivery is essential

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17 September 2024

Cheaper, greener, healthier and richer: the benefits of harnessing technology to decarbonise housing

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28 July 2024

Unaffordable: the bigger picture of a sustainable society and why we can’t afford to delay

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17 July 2024

What the government wants from the engineering sector

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