Since beginning our UK Summer School programme in 1997, we have supported over 709 women to learn more about engineering. In 2019, we took the step to create our Pathways to Engineering programme with the goal of further improving social mobility in the engineering sector. This year, Pathways to Engineering has partnered with the University of Liverpool, University of Warwick, Cardiff University, and several partner engineering firms to support a further 48 women.
To celebrate Women In Engineering Day 2023, we hear from Mishka – a Building Service Engineer at one of our key employer partners on the programme, Ramboll, about how she discovered her passion for engineering.
Life has a remarkable way of guiding us down unexpected paths. As a 25-year-old woman specialising in electrical engineering, my career journey has been anything but conventional.
Growing up in Malawi, a small country in Africa, I faced cultural expectations of academic excellence and the pursuit of high-paying professions. The pressure to become a doctor, engineer, accountant, lawyer, or risk being considered a failure was prevalent within my half-Indian, half-South African heritage.
