Sri Lankan Engineer living in Australia awarded prestigious award Vice-President of Spain and Minister of Ecological  Transition, Teresa Ribera, presenting the award to Distinguished  Professor Buddhima Indraratna on the 20th of May in Madrid, Spain at a  special ceremony hosted by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM).      Source:-dailymirror   Distinguished  Professor Buddhima Indraratna (Director of Transport Research Centre,  University of Technology Sydney, Australia) was honoured with the  prestigious José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation’s International Civil  Engineer Award for 2024. Considered as the Nobel equivalent in the field  of Civil Engineering, the award was presented by the Vice-President of  Spain, Teresa Ribera, during a formal ceremony in Madrid.   The José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation’s event for Civil  Engineering awards for the 2024 International Civil Engineer and the  Most Impactful Civil Engineering Project, was attended by nearly 400  invited people, both from Industry and academia. The guests of honour  included the Vice-President of Spain, ...

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NEW UTS INSEARCH SRI LANKA CAMPUS BEING PREPARED International-quality campus fit-out underway   13 September 2019, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – With less than two months to go until teaching commences, the final construction and fit out for the University of Technology Sydney’s new, state-of-the-art Colombo campus is underway. The design of the new pathway institute – to be called UTS Insearch Sri Lanka – draws on the latest thinking in campus design for international education. It is designed to support both informal and formal learning, with spaces inspired by UTS’s learning. Futures strategy providing students and staff with dynamic physical spaces to collaborate and interact. “We are combining future-focused curriculum with an integrated use of technology, and champion an approach to learning that places students at the centre of their learning experience – the aim is to produce graduates who are ready for UTS and the future of work,” said Tim Laurence, ...

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   UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY LAUNCHED IN COLOMBO –  AUSTRALIA’S NUMBER ONE YOUNG UNIVERSITY IS OPENING Programs for students preparing to study internationally COLOMBO & SYDNEY, 4 July 2019 – The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mr Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe has officially launched Colombo’s newest international higher education college, ‘UTS Insearch Sri Lanka’. Attending the launch event were: Australia’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr David Holly; Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International) for the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Mr Iain Watt; Managing Director of UTS Insearch Mr Alex Murphy, and more than 200 dignitaries, business leaders and educators from Colombo. The launch will see UTS bring its latest developments in higher education learning from Sydney to support the skills and knowledge Sri Lankan students need for international study and career success. The’ initial investment in Sri Lanka is more than US$2 million and affirms Australia’s commitment and ...

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