Last week students from a school in Bicester attended Aston Martin's International Women in Engineering celebration.

Twelve girls from year nine and 10 at The Cooper School had the opportunity to attend Aston Martin's International Women in Engineering celebration at their Formula 1 campus near Silverstone Circuit.

The students met nine female engineers from the race industry, who told the students about the work they have been doing, how they overcame the challenges they have faced and how they manage to balance their work life with their home life.

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In a post on Facebook the school said: "A key message was that no career is set in stone.

"People often have several careers as their interests and lifestyles change over time.

"Follow your passions and don't let others knock you back."

The students had the chance to meet and speak to the engineers in person to ask their own questions.

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The question and answers session was live streamed to schools and colleges across the globe.

Grace, a race engineer at Aston Martin, told the students about how she loved making cars and other structures using K'nex as a young child, but was constantly being prevented from doing so by the boys in her primary school class.

She told the students that she was told "girls don't make cars", and she spoke about her experiences at university of being the only female student in the lecture theatre.

She also spoke about the challenges and stereotypes she faces now.

The message that Grace and other members of the panel, who have faced similar experience, gave was that they love what they do. 

Students also had the chance to meet and speak to some of the engineers in person to ask their own questions.

A key message was that no career is set in stone. People often have several careers as their interests and lifestyles change over time.