Read about some real women in real careers - their stories of what they wanted to do and how they got to where they are. They are women at all stages - some have reached a place where they feel they have achieved something important, others are still working on it. If you have a life story you would like to share - get in touch and add yourself to these pages.
Lorna McCallum, Self Employed Project Manager
Approximately 80% of project managers are men but women have many of the necessary attributes to become a successful project manager - it's sometimes just about realising that we do have transferable skills and how we can apply them.
Scothouse Solutions Ltd
Iliana Portugues, Operations Director
As an engineer I always believed my main goal was to develop technology to support the development of society.
Elimpus
Raffaella Ocone, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Be curious, investigate. Try to be confident in your abilities and do not feel ashamed to ask.
Heriot Watt Unversity, Edinburgh
Lesley Palmer, Architect
Architecture has been an intrinsic part of my upbringing and it was a childhood ambition of mine to become an Architect
m/8 creative design & Dept of Architecture, University of Strathclyde
Sophie Dickenson, Sustainability Assistant
The best part is being able to put what I learnt at Uni into practice.
DSSR Consulting Engineers
Annie Millar, Graduate Project Manager
By studying engineering I feel that you learn a lot of transferable skills that helps to make you more employable and gives you the opportunities to travel and work abroad if that is important to you.
Selex Galileo
Salma Abdelgelil, Section Manager - Systems
My advice is that you need to know what your top three priorities in life are, write them down and never bargain or settle when it comes to those three
Proctor & Gamble
Hafsa Ali, Service Analyst
Women should not feel intimidated just because they are in the minority, rather this should be seen as an opportunity.
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Marnie McCormack, Technical Architect, Vice President, Firmwide Engineering & Architecture
Getting tangible results for the work you do is immensely rewarding. Working in a technically focused role keeps your intellect sharp and challenges you to keep expanding your knowledge.
J. P. Morgan