About South Yorkshire Network

The South Yorkshire Network organises a programme of technical meetings, visits, colloquia, learned society and social events to meet the needs of the Institution members residing within, or close to, its boundary. The network covers the following areas:- All the S postcodes (including Chesterfield, Worksop, Dronford and Mexborough), DN1 to DN12 (Doncaster), DN22 (Retford) and DE45 (Bakewell).

Sheffield achieved Centre status in 1978, some 56 years after the first meeting in the city. The reorganisation of the IET Centres into Branches (pre Networks) involved a name change from Sheffield to South Yorkshire. There are around 3,500 members in the South Yorkshire Network, however of these only 250 members have actively attended locally arranged events during the past session. If you were one of the 95% of members who did not attend a meeting last session please do try to attend at least one event from this years varied programme.

The needs of younger members are served by a Younger Members Committee that operates its own programme of activities as a contributory part of the overall programme of the Network.

The Network’s history began in 1871 as the "Society of Telegraph Engineers". It became the "Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians" in 1880 and adopted the title “The Institution of Electrical Engineers” in 1888. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1921, the Golden Jubilee Year. In October 1988 it merged with the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers and in 1991 the Institution of Manufacturing Engineers merged with the Institution. After both mergers it retained is original charter and the name "Institution of Electrical Engineers".

Following the merger with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers in 2006, the new Institution of Engineering and Technology was formed.

The objects and purposes of the Institution are to "promote the general advancement of engineering and technology and their applications and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on these subjects amongst the members of the Institution and otherwise".