Office use only Office use only

Academic: Academic:

Work: Work:

Total: Total:

Delete as appropriate:
Member / Associate / Referral Member / Associate / Referral

Name: Name:

Date: Date:

Application for IES Membership

Family Name Forename(s)

Title (delete as necessary): Dr Miss Mr Mrs Ms Mx Prof Other:

Date of birth Home Address

Mobile Telephone

Home Telephone

Office Telephone

Personal Email

Work Email Employer & Office Address

My preferred email is: Personal Work

Job Title

Referee: Name, position and email address of one referee must be given. They don’t need to be an Institution
member but should be able to give information your standing and experience.

Summary of career (in chronological order) – AND send a current CV

From To Organisation & Job Title
(MM/YY) (MM/YY)

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Qualifications – Photocopies of the awarded certificates should be enclosed, with relevant transcripts (if available)
Date Degree / Qualification University / College

If your degree programme is not included within our list of relevant courses (.pdf) please provide justification, in up
to 200 words, for how your academic experience has directly furthered your understanding
of environmental science in an educational and/or professional capacity.

Additional details may be given on a separate sheet.

In order to administer your membership and deliver you our services, it is essential for us to process your
personal data and store it in an electronic format. We have outlined how this information may be used and why in
our Privacy Statement. You can unsubscribe from most of our communications in the Members’
Area or by contacting us directly. It is our policy to retain your details for up to three years once your
membership has expired, but you are welcome to request its removal at any time.

I confirm that I have read the Privacy Statement and am happy for the IES to process my personal data in
order to maintain my IES membership

I certify that the information given on this form is accurate and I apply for membership of the Institution of
Environmental Sciences. I agree to be bound by the Rules, Regulations, Code of Conduct and Constitution of
the IES as amended from time to time (see www.the-ies.org/members_documents), and to maintain with the
IES a registered email address.

Signature Date

If sending application by email, an electronic signature is sufficient.

Applicant Check List:

The Application Form should be sent to:
Ticked data protection box
Institution of Environmental Sciences
Enclosed current CV
1st Floor
6-8 Great Eastern Street
Paid £30 admin fee
London
EC2A 3NT
Completed Diversity Monitoring Form (below)
or sent to [email protected]
Completed "Why IES?" Form (below)

Included copies of relevant graduation

certificates, (with transcripts if available)
A non-refundable fee of £30 is required to cover the cost of administration. You can call us on
+44 (0)20 3862 7484 to pay by credit or debit card, send payment by bank transfer (details on
request) or send a cheque payable to ‘Institution of Environmental Sciences’
.
Your application will be reviewed by the IES Application Review Panel (ARP).
This process takes approximately six weeks. You will be notified as soon as the decision has been made.
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 Diversity Monitoring Form
The IES is committed to eliminating discrimination and increasing participation in the environmental science
sector. Under the UK Equality Act 2010, the IES has a duty of care to its members, employees and the public to
advocate equal opportunity for all, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or any disabilities, ensuring
everybody receives fair and equitable treatment. To do this, we need to determine how diverse the sector is,
identify barriers to inclusion, and evaluate how effective our diversity policies are.

This form will be separated from your IES application prior to assessment

How does the IES define diversity and inclusion?

The IES defines diversity as all the visible and invisible differences between people’s identity and background,
whether it be age, gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or otherwise. We
describe inclusion as the environment in which diversity is valued.
What is monitoring?
To put it simply, monitoring is a two stage process, data collection and data analysis. The first step is for us to
gather information about our members, service users and workforce, including staff, recruits and committees.
The second step requires us to analyse this information by benchmarking, tracking performance and updating our
activities, giving the data collection meaning. Overall, it enables us to better understand the audiences we serve and
respond to issues that may affect them.

This monitoring exercise will ask questions regarding ethnicity, disability, and gender. You are not obligated to answer
every question, although participation is encouraged.

Why monitor?
An effective way to determine whether our equal opportunity and diversity policies may be working is through
monitoring as it can provide a quantitative measure of change.

Without measuring how effective our policies are, even the best of intentions may remain just that, intentions unmet.
Monitoring provides organisations insight into key areas of strength and vulnerability, and to analyse how policies,
practices and procedures may affect different people. It allows us to detect potential inequalities and
underlying triggers to underrepresentation, which may help target appropriate resources to combat these issues.

Over time, we can compile trend data and see whether any actions we have taken to combat inequality have
had any measurable impact. These trends can also be used to inform future planning and policymaking.

How is the information processed?

Most of the data collected within this survey is considered to be sensitive in nature. We ensure that this
information will always be handled with great care, respect and privacy. The answers you provide are only
available to personnel who require access to it and will never, under any circumstances, be passed on to a third
party in a way which enables you to be identified, including the assessment of your IES application. We
may report on the answers you provide as a depersonalised and aggregated dataset, ensuring our sample size
is sufficiently large. You can edit these responses later in the Members' Area. If you do not initiate your
membership within three months of acceptance, all responses will be removed from our records.

You can read more about how we process personal data, including sensitive personal data, in our Privacy Statement.

Participation
We respect that some people would prefer not to complete diversity forms, potentially through fear that the
information will be misused, or that questions are highly personal or irrelevant. We wish to assure you that you
are not obligated to answer any of these questions if you do not want to. Participation is entirely voluntary and,
whether you choose to respond or not, you will not be subject to discrimination. If you can, we encourage you to
respond to this survey as the quality of monitoring can only be as good as the quality of the data.
Gender
The IES would like to monitor the gender of its members to assess whether there is underrepresentation across
the sector and, if so, augment practices accordingly. We recognise that gender is a spectrum and have tried to list
sufficient options to reflect this. However, if your gender has not been listed here, please use the Self-describe
option to specify. You are welcome to skip this question by selecting Prefer not to say.

Please select the option that best describes your gender:

Female Male Non-binary Trans* Self-describe: ...................... Prefer not to say

Ethnicity
We wish to monitor the ethnicity of our members as it will enable us to evaluate potential discrepancies within our
activities and refocus resources to better serve underrepresented groups of people.

We acknowledge that the collection of ethnicity data can be challenging due to the subjective and multi-faceted
nature of what an ‘ethnic group’ is. We have chosen to categorise ethnicity in line with the 2011 Census
(UK) which encourages people to self-identify their ethnicity. If your ethnicity is not listed here,
please specify in the appropriate space. You are welcome to skip this question by selecting Prefer not to say.

How would you describe your ethnicity?

Asian/Asian British:
British Bangladeshi Chinese Indian Pakistani Other Asian Background: .......................

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:
British African Caribbean Other Black Background: .......................

Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups:

White & Asian White & Black African White & Black Caribbean Other Mixed Heritage: ......................

White:
British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Other White Background: ......................

Other Ethnic Group:

Arab Other Ethnic Background: ......................

Prefer not to say:

Prefer not to say

Disability
The IES monitors the disability of its members to ensure that disabled people are not disproportionally excluded
from participating in environmental science. This can inform us of whether it is necessary to target resources to
combat discrimination. Under the UK Equality Act 2010, you are disabled if you have a physical or mental
impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do ‘normal daily activities’,
where:
• ‘substantial’ is more than minor or trivial
• ‘long-term’ means 12 months or longer
• ‘normal daily activities’ include everyday tasks such as eating, washing, walking, or shopping
Disabilities may include, but are not limited to, one or a combination of the following: hearing impairment; learning
disability; long-standing illness or health condition; mental health condition, physical or mobility impairment; or visual
impairment. You will not be required to specify the nature of your disability/disabilities in this form, however, if wish
to discuss this with the IES Office, please email [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 3862 7484. You are welcome to
skip this question by selecting Prefer not to say.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term health condition?

Yes No Prefer not to say
 Why choose the IES?
The IES is keen to explore the motivations of its members in order to ensure we continue to
provide highly valued membership services and adapt our services where necessary to
meet the needs of those working in the sector.
This form will be separated from your IES application prior to assessment
These fields are entirely optional; any data provided will be handled separately from your
application and treated anonymously. These data will be used to help us understand the
attractiveness of the benefits and services we offer, and allow us to prioritise business
developments. These data also help us understand our strengths and weaknesses around
our reach, influence and recognition, and will be used in selecting appropriate marketing
channels for future membership recruitment drives and marketing campaigns.

How did you hear about us?

☐ IES website ☐ Twitter ☐ LinkedIn ☐ Facebook

☐ Search engine ☐ Word of mouth/Colleague Society for the Environment

☐ Science Council ☐ Other:……………………

What motivated you to join the IES?

(Please choose up to three)

☐ CPD opportunities ☐ Recommended by a colleague/employer

☐ Recognition of professional status ☐ Chartership/REnvTech opportunities

☐ Access to the environmental SCIENTIST ☐ Regional and national events

☐ Opportunities to contribute to our policy and guidance work ☐ Use of post-nominals

☐ Affiliation with a leading professional body ☐ Access to IES Communities

(e.g. Land Condition, Marine
☐ Other:................................................. Science etc.)