"Up until 19 I thought an engineer fixed your washing machine" Sophie Harker, Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2018, Jazz FM Business Breakfast

Only 12 percent of the UK’s engineers are female, despite a study suggesting two third of young women are considering it as a career path.

The survey by the Institution of Engineering and Technology also raises the interesting stat – 9 out of 10 Brits don’t think that gender imbalance is worth addressing.

Ahead of “International Women in Engineering Day”, Nick Howard examines whether that holds up with Sophie Harper, Aerodynamics & Performance Engineer at BAE Systems and 2018 Young Woman Engineer of the Year.

First broadcast 21st June 2019