CEng and ECUK, a.k.a. Engineering Council
Once upon a time, I became a Chartered Engineer - this took considerable time money and effort, which was rewarded with a rather handsome certificate (which I am looking at on my wall as I type), a registration card, and a set of very stern rules about professional behaviour that I was supposed to abide by (and so-far, I hope I have).
A young man working for me has just got his CEng. The new ECUK (formerly the Engineering Council) has given him a rather scrappy A4 certificate done on an office printer, no registration card, and not even a copy of the code of conduct for registered engineers.
Not only that, but if he wants to become a Eur.Ing. which cost me a nominal fee and bit of form filling on top of my CEng, the RAeS website now say he has to pay £100 and wait 6 months whilst they think about it.
All seems like a bit of a downgrade of service to me. The amount of effort the chap has gone through to get there, you'd think the least they can do is still give him a decent certificate for his office wall!
Just thought I'd vent my spleen on the subject !
G