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Winning a Pritchard Francis scholarship seems to ensure employment after graduation.

On the 10th anniversary of the awarding of this civil engineering scholarship, it was noted that all the previous winners had chosen to work at Pritchard Francis despite there being no requirement to do so after winning a scholarship. Even more surprising is that all of them are still employed with the civil engineering company.

This year’s winner, Nicholas Barbaro will, like his predecessors, receive funding to complete his studies and the opportunity of work experience with the company., said the faculty was extremely proud of its graduates and grateful for the opportunities that companies such as Pritchard Francis provided to its students.

All the previous winners were at the anniversary dinner, including the 2004 winner, Chris Tyler, who has recently become a director of the firm, and was named WA’s Young Professional Engineer last year.

Arthur Psaltis, Managing Director of Pritchard Francis, said their retention of UWA-trained engineers was testament to the high calibre of UWA students. “They have a sound understanding of fundamental engineering principles and are able to transition into the workplace with the qualities required of young professional engineers,” he said.

Dean of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Winthrop Professor John Dell , said the faculty was extremely proud of its graduates and grateful for the opportunities that companies such as Pritchard Francis provided to its students.

Published in UWA News , 26 November 2012