Here are some of the Professional Bodies and Learned Societies that relate to the industry. If you know of one that we have missed, please get in touch via enquiries@archivesit.org.uk and let us know.
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT is the professional body for the Information Technology Industry, with headquarters in the UK it has members in over 60 countries. BCS award the prestigious Chartered IT Professional and Registered IT Technician statuses as well as the Lovelace Medal
IET
The Institution of Engineering and Technology is the leading professional body for engineers working in the electronics, electrical and digital manufacturing industries. TheIET awards the prestigious Chartered Engineer status and the Mountbatten Medal
ITSMF (UK)
The IT Service Management Forum is the occupational special interest group for IT Service Management practitioners. The ITSMF was founded in the UK and now has chapters around the globe
ACM
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the professional body for the Computing and IT industry in the United States of America. It awards the annual Turing Prize. It is the world’s largest learned society for computing
RAEng
The Royal Academy of Engineering is the UK’s national academy for engineering, it awards the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
CEdMa
The Computer Education Management Association is the occupational special interest group for leaders of IT education and skills businesses in the UK
The Royal Society
The Royal Society is the pre-eminent learned society for the study of science, and the oldest such learned society in the world.
SFIA Foundation
The SFIA Foundation, is a not for profit body, jointly funded by BCS and TheIET, that owns and develops the Skills Framework for the Information Age, known as SFIA (‘Sah-Fee-Ah’). The framework provides a knowledge and skills model for IT practitioners at 7 levels of increasing competence and across the full spectrum of IT specialisms such as Business Analysis and Software Development.
