• Question: Is engineering not popular with women because it isn't attractive to them? Maybe women think that it is more of a man's job so overlook it?

    Asked by cprosser14 to Cathy, Jaz, Mark, Roma, Rory on 16 Jun 2014.
    • Photo: Roma Agrawal

      Roma Agrawal answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      I agree with you, and it’s our job to make sure women realise that it’s not true. There is no such thing as a man’s job, I want to hunt down the people that think that!! 🙂

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      Rory Hadden answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      I hope that is not the case. There are so many options for a career in engineering that it is almost impossible not to find something of interest for everybody. Some of the new areas that engineers are working in draw on diverse subjects. These are bioengineering (biology and engineering), software engineering (ICT and engineering), geoengineering (geography and engineering) and nanotechnology (engineering and very very tiny things!).

      There really is something for everyone!

      Rory

    • Photo: Jaz Rabadia

      Jaz Rabadia answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      I think there are lots of stereotypes about engineers, that they all look a certain way and talk a certain way.

      Myself, Cathy and Roma are proof that girls do engineering too… and we do it well 🙂

      We are all trying hard to reach out to young girls and explain what engineering is and how great a career it is

      Jaz

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      Cathy Fraser answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      From my experience of engineering I think it’s not as popular for women as its not properly explained that engineering is what you make of it – and covers so many wide ranging topics!
      It’s important for everyone to get good careers advice that clearly explains what careers are, and what the options are within that career – engineering is no different!

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      Mark Greaves answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I think that the wide variety of engineering is not clearly explained to young people these days. Yes there probably are certain engineering jobs that would be considered more of a man’s job – how many women would want to spend there working lives in and around sewers for instance? But there are so many different engineering careers to choose from and explore, you may find that some areas of engineering are dominated by women!

      Having said all that our engineering director is a woman and our head of engineering disciplines is a women. With hard work and dedication anyone can make it in engineer!

      Mark

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