If the main problem faced by the industry is attracting young people (16 September), then the solution is right there on page 46.

The graduate advisory board is a fantastic advertisement for a modern, dynamic industry. Young, glamorous, intelligent, successful – who wouldn’t want to spend their time with them? And one of them is a walking advertisement for getting young women into the industry … the Chartered Institute of Building’s Michael Brown should get him on a billboard, quick.

Postscript

Pascale Scheurer, chair, RIBA Young Practitioners Panel; founder, Chicks with Bricks

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