Energy sector faces struggle to find the female engineers of the future

The woman in charge of UK's largest power station admits they must do more to change attitudes

While the lack of female chief executives in the UK is a problem, the lack of female engineers is an even bigger concern, as Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of Drax group, knows only too well. The head of the UK's largest power station is grappling with the question of how to attract more women into the energy sector.

Thompson says the six places available on the Drax apprenticeship scheme this year attracted just two female applicants compared with 76 men. The education is partly to blame, she says, but energy companies also need to do much more to change girls' perceptions.

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