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Younger Members

Younger Members
The principle objective of the Younger Members (YM) is to contribute to and improve the benefits that the IRSE provides for its younger members. This is achieved by providing a focus within the Institution for the co-ordination of YM events and communications.

The YM arrange several events in the UK every year. These usually include a seminar, an IRSE examination review meeting and meetings with YM groups from other institutions. Feedback is sought to enable the YM to plan events for the future to help meet the professional development needs of younger members.

The YM also strive to raise awareness of the benefits that the IRSE offers to younger members and to understand the issues and topics relevant to younger members, so they may be raised and addressed through events and communications.

The YM support the initiatives of the IRSE Council, Committees and Sections for younger members. The YM Committee aims to encourage the Institution’s other Committees and Sections to ensure that the needs of their local younger members are met through appropriate representation within their events and organisations.

The YM Forum, established in 2007, continues to grow from strength to strength. Having published two technical papers on Train Detection and Automatic Train Operation, the forum will be commencing with the discussion and preparation of the next technical subject. This web based forum encourages links with younger members throughout the world. The forum is always looking for new participants, please get in touch to find out more.

The IRSE professional examination is very relevant to younger members and provides a way of learning about and demonstrating your knowledge of railway signalling and communications and allied topics. For further details about the examination and the support available to study for the examination, see the IRSE exam page in the careers area of this site.

Next event :

Over previous years we have run a number of workshops to help young engineers prepare for the IRSE professional exams. So far this year we have run a principles workshop focused towards module 2 and 3 of the exam and now we are pleased to offer a chance to get a closer look at some common signalling equipment used on the UK network to help you prepare for the module 5 examination in October. This workshop will be held in Derby on Saturday 14 August 2010. Further details and an application form on the right of this page.

Future events

The 2010 Annual Younger members Seminar and Technical Visit will be held on 25th and 26th November 2010. The seminar to be held on 25th November will take place in the London Transport Museum.

The AGM, Exam Review and Half Day Seminar will be held in early 2011.

Past events

The 2010 IRSE Examination (Signalling Principles) Preparatory Weekend took place over the weekend of 8th / 9th May 2010 at the Signet Solutions site in Derby.

A half day Seminar, Exam Review and AGM took place at 1 Birdcage Walk, London on 28 January 2010.

A two day technical seminar and visit took place in York, UK on 12/13 November 2009.

How to join
There are no separate membership requirements for Younger Members. If you are a member of the Institution and are still in your formative years of professional development, then contact us if you would like to receive e-mail updates on Younger Members events or would like to become involved in organising YM activity.

Railway Young Professionals

The Young Railway Professionals have come to together through the younger members' sections of the Rail Engineers Forum (REF), which is comprised of the Institution of Railway Operators (IRO), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and Permanent Way Institution (PWI).

It is their aim to inspire young professionals to see the wider rail industry and understand the deeper perspective on their role within the railway. They also hope to assist young professionals to network and build up links across the industry, benefitting your career in the long-term. See the more information panel for access to their web-site.