The release of Vol.7, No.1 of the WTE&TE commences a new era for the journal that is presently published under the new host (WIETE) and with its renewed Editorial Advisory Board. This issue includes 17 fully peer-refereed original articles, from authors based in 9 countries, worldwide. The articles come from a variety of backgrounds covering a wide range of issues, topics, ideas, problems and challenges that are faced by academics involved in engineering and technology education, with several articles dealing with cross-disciplinary matters to promote and encourage interdisciplinary research, development and collaboration. It should be pointed out that the WTE&TE has been included in the list of journals generated by the Australian Research Council (ARC) under the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The paramount objective of this initiative is to launch a journal ranking list on a discipline-specific basis to evaluate research excellence and research impact.

The picture shows the front cover of the WTE&TE, Vol.7, No.1, 2009.