The Buzz Episode 5 - Women in Engineering

Tuesday, 23 June is International Women in Engineering Day – an event that celebrates the female engineers making waves and solving challenges across the globe. But why do we need a special day to celebrate this?

According to the WISE Campaign, there are now over 50,000 women in engineering roles in the UK – nearly double the figure a decade ago. However, to put this into perspective, this accounts for only 10% of the UK’s entire engineering workforce. There is still work to be done.

In this episode of The Buzz, we chat to a couple of the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s own engineers. We ask Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering Danielle George MBE what inspired her to make the move from science to engineering during her time at Jodrell Bank. And we ask Dr Jessica Boland, Lecturer of Functional Materials and Devices at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, what we can do to inspire more girls to choose engineering as both a study and career choice. 

There’s also the return of our regular feature, Kids’ Questions, with one listener asking why there aren’t more female scientists. And we showcase a few of our engineering heroes from the last hundred years – including a motorcycle legend and a star of the silver screen.