The IET Sussex Network organise a programme of events each year, all of which can be found under the Events tab on our web site. Our neighbouring Networks also organise events, as do other Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) in our area. Just as most of our events are open to non-members, so many of the other PEI events are also open, although ... read more...

The Sussex Network committee continue to plan our programme of technical talks for the 2020/21 season, using a slightly different approach. read more...

The Sussex Network is, I think, rightly proud of the 16 technical talks that it stages and the dozen STEM events that its volunteers attend each year. read more...

The Sussex Network’s interaction with the local community mainly revolves around our series of talks, our STEM activities and developing relationships with the local universities. Non-members attend our talks at two locations (north and south of the county), we meet children at STEM fairs, where we have an IET stand, and at workshops that we run in ... read more...

Your committee is thinking of organising a 'social' event for members and their guests, perhaps in May or June of this year. Our thoughts are that people like to get together for a chat, usually referred to as 'networking' these days. So if we provide a convenient venue (probably initially in Crawley), from about 6:30 one weekday evening, along with ... read more...

Things are always quiet on the STEM front during the Autumn term. I guess the children are finding their feet in their new year group and before they know it they are preparing for the Christmas activities. The schedule of events doesn't really seem to start picking up until the spring, once potential bad weather has passed. The Sussex Network are fairly ... read more...

During August we had the delight (and exhaustion) of having our Daughter and two Grandchildren from California stay with us for three weeks. During their stay they rode on quite a number of trains, from the South Downs Light Railway to the Eurostar to Rotterdam to visit their cousin. Included in that list was the Volk’s Electric Railway (VER) that runs along Brighton seafront from the Palace Pier to the Marina, a distance of about one and a half kilometres. read more...

The last few weeks has seen university graduation ceremonies across the country, often accompanied by departmental prize-giving. The Sussex Network has presented IET awards at the University of Chichester, the University of Sussex and, most recently, the University of Brighton. I was privileged to present awards at the School of Computing, ... read more...

Throughout the ages people have valued a good view. Whether it is to obtain some strategic advantage over enemies or just to enjoy the scenery, people have stood on hilltops, built watch towers or added viewing areas to high-rise buildings so as to provide a good view. read more...

My last post talked about some local technology, emphasising the combination of old tech and new tech to help solve a problem. I guess that like most counties, Sussex has other examples of old and new technology applied to, if not identical then similar problems. read more...