Engineering
GSAL Futures Conference, 2024
- Session Choice #3
Panelists
April Dickson (OG98) – director, Hydraulic Analysis Ltd
John Pickard (OL72) – retired, energy specialist
Eleanor Hall (GSAL14) – engineering geologist, AtkinsRéalis
Engineering
Students will gain a unique insight into different types of engineering pathways. The alumni will discuss the routes they took to get into their current roles and what engineering opportunities they think there will be in the future.
Who is it for
Students who are interested in:
- Physics
- Design Technology
- Economics
- Business Studies
- Geography
- Geology
- Maths
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Project management
- Leading a team
- Consulting
- Government and Politics
- PE
- CCF
- Scouts
Profile of panelists
April Dickson
After leaving Leeds Girls’ High School in 1998, April studied mechanical engineering at the University of Liverpool. She is currently a director for Hydraulic Analysis Limited, which conducts studies on pipelines across several industries, including water, oil and nuclear.
John Pickard
John left Leeds Grammar School in 1972 and studied geology at University College, Oxford University. He then worked for BP and other energy company in Norway, where he still lives today.
Eleanor Hall
Eleanor (GSAL14) is a geologist engineer at AtkinsRéalis, a design, engineering and project management organisation. She had studied geology at the University of Liverpool and then engineering geology at the University of Leeds.