IET takes gold and bronze for Faraday

08 April 2008

The Institution of Engineering and Technology has won gold and bronze awards for its Faraday 08 – Technology for Life campaign. The awards were presented by the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) on Friday 4 April.

Gold was awarded to the IET in the education category for its documentary film Faraday 08 – Technology for Life. Judges said, “It was a powerful, educational and beautifully executed film where complex subjects were transformed into riveting viewing to make engineering truly glamorous.”

In the e-learning category, bronze was awarded for the IET Faraday 08 website – “an inspiring collection of interactive and traditional media, covering a wide range of topics, resulting in a very engaging and informative presentation.”

Jan Stapleton, IET Manager, Education 5 – 19, said, “We’re very pleased to win these awards. Bringing engineering and technology to life to a teenage audience can be challenging; the judges’ use of words in their citations – powerful, riveting, glamorous – shows that, with the help of the right creative team, anything is possible!”

The IVCA Awards are internationally recognised benchmarks for effective communications. They are judged by over 130 jury members who are leading practitioners within the communication industry, business, the Arts, Government and related sectors.

The programmes were produced with the IET by Radley Yeldar with EdComs. There was a specific brief to create a resource around the theme of ‘engineering in health’ which would bring engineers and technologies to life for a demanding teenage audience.

Mary Donovan
Media and PR Officer
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