
		30 September 2011

True engineering visionaries
Introducing this year’s Vision Awards winners

The Vision Awards is the Institution’s flagship reward programme to showcase talented people who are inspiring change and driving innovation forward. The awards underpin our vision, to improve the world through engineering by inspiring, preparing and supporting tomorrow’s engineers to respond to society’s challenges. Here, we meet the Undergraduate, Engineering Technician and Whitworth Award winners, the Apprentice of the Year, and find out who was crowned the Young Member of the year at the Institution’s Annual Dinner.

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		Donkey ambulances and solar-powered hearing aids to save lives The landmark Appropriate Healthcare for Developing Countries conference looked at innovative medical technology for the developing world.

		London 2012: Entertain in style at One Birdcage Walk Enhance your London 2012 experience with corporate hospitality or private entertaining at One Birdcage Walk or picnic hampers to enjoy in St James’s Park.

		Supporting professional excellence At Jaguar Land Rover Record numbers of graduates and apprentices are starting their careers at Jaguar Land Rover, with professional registration support from the Institution.

Helping engineering employers Support mentors and graduates Some 130 mentors at the Rolls-Royce site in Derby underwent training in the Institution’s new Career Developer service.

Students enhance their career progression as graduate members Professional registration is a valuable investment for recently graduated student members who are serious about their careers.

FMC Technologies’ CEng hits the big 5-0 The FMC Technologies MPDS celebrates its 20 year anniversary and now has 50 Institution-accredited engineers.

Empowering engineers with disabilities: profile of Daniel Rule Recently Chartered, Daniel Rule is using his personal experiences to mentor other engineers with disabilities to achieve Chartered status.

Engineering: giving greater independence to people with disabilities Institution members are working with charity Remap to design and build bespoke devices to improve the live of people with disabilities.

Sharing technical skills And expertise for industry in India Two inaugural IMechE events take place in India in November: one for the automotive industry and the other for the process industry.

Institution’s archive: Where past and present combine Introducing George Stephenson’s digitised correspondence and the personal papers of Sir Ernest Lemon who made Spitfire production possible.

Helping you achieve your academic goals Making the Institution’s library work harder for you The Institution offers a simple guide to help students feel the benefit of the Information and Library Service.

Institution presence at National Engineering and Construction Recruitment Exhibition The Institution will be at the National Engineering and Construction Recruitment Exhibition (NECR) on 25 & 26 November 2011.

Institution President visits East Anglia Institution President, Professor Roderick Smith, went to East Anglia, visiting the University of Hertford’s Formula Student laboratory.

West Cumbria’s Annual Dinner celebrates engineering and inspires local students West Cumbria members combined their Annual Dinner with a day of school events, and a presidential visit to Sellafield.

Healthcare cover as individual as you are Bupa By You, the new, innovative health insurance product is available to members for a special 15% discounted rate.