British Computer Society
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The British Computer Society is the Professional Body for the computing profession. It was established in 1957 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007. It was awarded its Royal Charter in 1984. It is a member organisation of the Engineering Council which enables it to award Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) status.
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Membership grades
There are three membership levels - ordinary, professional and chartered status - each comprising of several grades. The full list can be found at [[1]]
Ordinary
Associate (post nominal letters - AMBC) - the grade achievable by students studying non-accreditied IT degree courses
Student - the entry grade for most students
Professional
Member (MBCS)- the grade achievable by students studying accredited IT honours degree courses. This is normally applied for and awarded several months after graduation to allow time for the BCS to receive the list of qualifying graduates from universities. In 2005, Leeds Metropolitan University negotiated a change to the process with the BCS enabling its students to gain MBCS on graduation from the University.
Fellow (FBCS) - available for senior computing professionals
Chartered status
Chartered IT Professional (CITP)- available to professional members (MBCS) with several tears' experience working in IT.
Leeds Met courses accredited for MBCS
The following courses are accredited as fulfilling the educational requirement for graduating students to be awarded MBCS:
B.Sc Business Information Systems
B.Sc Business Information Technology
B.Sc Computing
B.Sc Computing (Computer Communication)
B.Sc Computing (Database Systems)
B.Sc Computing (Multimedia Systems)
B.Sc Computing (Software Development)
B.Sc Information Systems
Local branches
The local branch in the Leeds area is the West Yorkshire Branch [[2]]. This group meets monthly. The format of the meeting is usually a talk by someone from within the IT community followed by questions from the floor and discussion. Anyone interested in IT/Computing is welcome to attend. It is not necessary to be amember of the Society.
The West Yorkshire Branch organises the BCS University Challenge competition. This is now in its 21st year and is being hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University in March 2007.
50th Anniversary interviews
A series of interviews with 'key industry figures' is being conducted as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations. Here are the links to those articles that so far have been published:
Vint Cerf, Google's chief web evangelist [[3]]
Related articles
BCS Membership Awards Ceremony
External links
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