The British Institution of Radio Engineers

Abstract

THE British Institution of Radio Engineers has recently issued its twentieth annual report, which covers the activities of the twelve months ended March, 31, 1946. The main object of the Institution is the advancement of the practice of radio engineering, not only by the promotion of meetings and conferences by which the dissemination of technical knowledge is effected, but also by such other activities as will improve the training of radio engineers and secure better recognition of the status of the profession as a whole. The Institution has attempted to improve the education of the young radio technician, not only by the conduct of its own graduateship examinations which continue to attract an increasing number of candidates each year, but also by cooperating with other interested bodies in an attempt to establish suitable national courses of training in the various branches of the telecommunications field. Accounts of the work of the various committees of the Institution during the past year are contained in the report referred to above; and at the twenty-first annual general meeting held on September 25 the Council unanimously recommended the election of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as president of the Institution for the year 1946-47.