Women make up just 17% of the UK's engineering workforce, up from 10.5% in 2010, according to the World Bank. In an opinion piece for The Oxford Magazine, Alloyed's Georgina Frater argues that despite the persistent gender gap, the sector looks very different from how it did a decade ago — and that shouldn't stop young women pursuing a career in it.
"Today, I'm Head of Innovation Services at Alloyed, an Oxford-based company that specialises in designing and manufacturing super-strong, high-performance, lightweight metal components using 3D-printing technology," writes Frater, who studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before discovering a passion for materials science that carried her into metal additive manufacturing.
She sets out the different routes into engineering — from apprenticeships to university degrees — and reflects on the hands-on experience, adaptability, and soft skills that have shaped her own path from the lab to leading innovation at Alloyed.
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