Engineering team's Red Bull soapbox entry aims to encourage women

The all-female engineering team wants to encourage more women to join the industry.

Loughborough University engineering students Belle Singleton, Isra Shaikh, Keya Zara Patel and Megan Thurgood make up The 12 Percent

Loughborough University students Belle Singleton, Isra Shaikh, Keya Zara Patel and Megan Thurgood will compete in the Red Bull Soapbox Race at Alexandra Palace, London, on Saturday 22 June. “Though there have been marginal improvements, women still represent a minority in the field. So we’re trying to advocate for more women to go for those engineering roles and courses.”

Ms Patel, who is 23, will pilot the soapbox and has planned a co-ordinated race-day outfit, consisting of a pink tracksuit, blonde wig and DIY cardboard crown to be attached to her helmet.She added: “We’re going to be racing down the track in a puffy pink dress, looking all girly, and still hopefully beating the boys.

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