Profile: Anne Fuller

In this article Philip Isaac, Dan Bergsagel and Sinead Conneely propose small, short, local design-and-build projects as an effective means of engaging students with engineering, and as a process which all members can get involved in.

What makes an engineering practice attractive to women, asks Margaret Cooke of Integral Engineering Design. Could it just be a happy, healthy, friendly and flexible workplace that appeals to everyone – regardless of gender?

If your dream job involves castles and stately homes, it's unlikely you would turn your attention to structural engineering. But as Kim Rochard explains, it’s possible to combine the two in the specialised field of conservation engineering. Helena Russell finds out more.