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Women in Engineering Day

Issue 34 - June 2015

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In this issue...

Advice for women in engineering: Be yourself, but be yourself very well – Dana Skelley OBE, Director of Strategy and Operational Excellence at Skanska

Follow my lead: Lauren Stacey, Technical Team Leader at British Airways on why women should spread their wings through careers in engineering

Bringing flexi back: Maintaining the mind-set of a problem solver – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Army STEM Ambassador, Laura Davies is getting children all fired up about engineering with the help of the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car

Why career breaks shouldn’t mean career ends – Dawn Bonfield, President of the Women’s Engineering Society

Breaking down the barriers for women: If we don’t, who will? – Saphina Sharif, Business Planning Manager for Atkins

Flexible working in engineering: A joyful combination of school runs, temporary works discussions, cardboard box costumes and vast concrete pours – Rachel Morris, Project Engineer at Laing O’Rourke

Female engineers conquering challenges on and off the racetrack – Philippa Oldham, Head of Transport and Manufacturing at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Pilot for hire: Charlotte Leclerc dreams of becoming a professional pilot and she’s pulling out all the stops to make it happen

Busting the myth that engineering wasn’t meant for me – Laura Hoang, Engineer at BAE Systems

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