Dr. Amer Ali said: “This partnership, which is a formal certification and recognition of the continuing and growing collaboration between LSBU and PWI, strengthens and supports the mission of both LSBU and PWI to ensure that graduate engineers have the best academic and professional qualifications they need to be competent and skilful in their engineering career”. This academic-professional partnership agreement is one of four similar partnerships that Dr Ali developed and signed with the ICE, CIHT, IHE and PWI. Dr Ali who is specialised in highway and transportation engineering has developed and taught various transport courses and modules including railways, highways and traffic engineering, in addition to coordinating and teaching a major professional development scheme for LSBU civil engineering students which he created in 2015. “These are within my mission and capacity as a Fellow of the above four PEIs, a Lead Reviewer for the CEng/IEng professional qualifications, and a member of the Main JBM Board which reviews and accredits civil engineering courses across the UK on behalf of the ICE, CIHT, IHE, PWI and IStructE under the umbrella of the Engineering Council”.

Mr. Jonathan Bray said: “This Partnership Agreement between the LSBU and the PWI is an exciting development for both organisations. The PWI provides support to Railway Infrastructure Engineers across their careers and  is developing ever closer links with academia. This agreement formalises the provision of that support to LSBU undergraduate Railway Engineering students. Working together with the LSBU and PWI will seek to support high quality and qualified Engineers to join the rail industry bringing growth and innovation”. Jonathan is a Vice President of the PWI for the South East of England including London. He is also a full-time professional railway engineer being Head of Infrastructure for KeolisAmey Docklands maintaining the Docklands Light Railway in London. “It is great to see the enthusiasm of the young engineering students at LSBU and a privilege to be involved in supporting them as they embark on their exciting careers ahead”.