Editing British Computer Society (section)

==Overview==
With a worldwide membership of 57,625 members as of 2021,<ref name="Members">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcs.org/media/8345/annual-report-2021.pdf |title=2021 Annual Report|website=British Computer Society |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> BCS is a registered [[Charitable organization|charity]] and was incorporated by [[Royal Charter]] in 1984. Its objectives are to promote the study and application of communications technology and computing technology and to advance knowledge of education in ICT for the benefit of professional practitioners and the general public.

BCS is a member institution of the [[Engineering Council]], through which it is licensed to award the designation of [[Incorporated Engineer]] and [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|Chartered Engineer]] and therefore is responsible for the regulation of ICT and computer science fields within the UK. The BCS is also a member of the [[EUCIP|Council of European Professional Informatics Societies]], the [[Seoul Accord]] for international tertiary degree recognition, and the European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education [[EQANIE]]. BCS was previously a member organisation of the [[Science Council]], through which it was licensed to award the designation of [[Chartered Scientist]].

BCS has an office in London. The main administrative offices are in [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], west of London. It also has two overseas offices in [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Mauritius]].

Members are sent the quarterly IT professional magazine ''[[ITNOW]]'' (formerly ''The Computer Bulletin'').

BCS is a member organisation of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO), a worldwide association of professional organisations which have come together to provide a forum to standardise, professionalise, and otherwise advance the discipline of [[Enterprise Architecture]].