The IHE and PWI Student Awards event was held on Tuesday 4 July 2023 at the Keyworth Centre, LSBU.

The former Director of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) and the Technical Director of the Permanent Way Institution (PWI, The Institution for Rail Infrastructure Engineering) presented prizes to our students based on grades and professional commitment/membership, and they also gave talks about their institutions and professional development.

Congratulations to all students who were awarded prizes.

Dr. Amer Ali said: “The Partnership between London South Bank University (LSBU) and the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) is a culmination of the extensive and deep collaboration between the two institutions which I started when I joined LSBU in 2011. It is important for promoting the professional development of staff and students and to equip our students with the highest achievable knowledge and skills. To give an example of the level of collaboration, I was honoured to invite and welcome three presidents of the IHE (Mr. Steve Spender, Mr. Richard Hayes, and Mr. Martin Polland) to visit LSBU and talk to our transport and civil engineering students on a number of occasions. I am the Vice Chair of the IHE Greater London Branch which I re-launched with a colleague from the industry, Mr. Luke Meechan, the current chair”.

This LSBU-IHE academic-professional partnership agreement is one of four similar partnerships that Dr Ali developed and signed with the Institution of Civil Engineers

Based on an invitation by Dr Amer Ali, who is the coordinator of professional development and liaison officer for the IHE, ICE and CIHT, the President of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE), Mr. Richard Hayes visited LSBU on Tuesday 19 November 2019 and gave a talk about the IHE and professional development to our final year BEng civil engineering students.

This was followed by a similar talk to our final year BSc civil engineering students, by the former President of the IHE, Mr. Steve Spender.