Leeds ladies take top spot in community design challenge

Two young female engineers from Leeds Beckett University have won the grand Engineering for People Design Challenge prize.Lydia Williams and Charlotte Sutherland (left) – both civil engineering students at Leeds Beckett – designed a women’s community hub for people living in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, using locally sourced natural and affordable materials. The annual competition is organised by Engineers Without Borders UK, a charity dedicated to inspiring the engineering