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CIT casts its net wide For transport study awards
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!VER £3,000 has been made vaiIable by the Chartered Initute of Transport for six difrent awards. The awards will a made to applicants who ttisfy the education and aining committee of CIT of le value of a proposed proet.
The Institute reports that le award made to the nployee of an RHA member )mpany has attracted either ary few, or low-quality, )plicants in recent years. his year, it is hoped, both the mlity and quantity of applimts will improve.
The whole purpose of the Nard scheme is to give those volved in road transport the vorturtity to pursue their udies or research either here r abroad. Recently, sucassful applicants have been )le to visit Europe and the nited States with the assistIce of the award scheme_ Not every award is granted total to any one applicant ut at the discretion of the ommittee, the amount may e shared between two or tree equally attractive appliations.
The Commercial Motor sers Association endowed a apital sum in 1944 for a road 'ansport research fellowship, bich now amounts to £750 ar annum to enable British tbjects engaged in transport r the UK to examine and port on road transport subcts overseas.
There is a qualification that le applicant must be over 30 aars of age_ This topic lends self to examining either eight or passenger transport r the European infrastrucire. It has been granted to Dplicants from the police, aining establishments and perators.
The Henry Spurrier Travelmg Scholarship, which is also alued at £750, was won last ear by Mr J. Sandover of oughborough University of echnology, to assist in asearch on which he was !ready engaged. It is much ider in its terms of reference an many of the others and has been granted to applicants in the past for projects as diversified as cab soundproofing or fare collection systems.
It can be granted to assist applicants to finish degree studies or higher education. It is awarded to encourage study and research in all subjects connected with road transport.
While most of the awards are very open, the Sir William Chamberlain award of £250 is restricted to applicants who have either started on a career in road transport, or intend to do so, in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside or Lancashire. This is granted for study and research in all road transport subjects to be used to assist in full-time or part-time study or travel.
Another award carrying a form of restriction is the £500 National Bus Company transport research fellowship. This is confined to fellows of members of CIT who are engaged in the management and operation of people movement. It is awarded to assist with study, travel or research in the United Kingdom and overseas. The studies require to be into the management and organisation of national inter-urban and regional psv networks. This award was inaugurated in 1975.
Employees of RHA member-companies or fellows or members of CIT are able to apply for the RHA Travelling Scholarship of £300. This is awarded to meet travelling expenses in mainland Europe to examine road haulage practice. There has been a great shortage of applicants for this award and both the CIT and the RHA are looking for an increased entry this year.
As a guide to prospective applicants, it has been suggested that study tours to examine the syllabus for the international Certificate of Professional Competence, reciprocal cross-border arrangements or the organisation of urban transfer terminals might prove interesting to the examining committee. There were no awards in this class in 1974, 1976 or 1978.
The travel and research award made by the Worshipful Company of Carmen is made to enable fellows or members of the Institute to travel and research all aspects of road transport problems, including the relationship between road transport and other transport modes. The French kangaroo system appears to be one subject which lends itself quite readily to this award and also the road connection with the Rhine barge traffic.
Feeder services to airports and the road, rail and air connections with the French market are other topics which might prove worthy of examination. With Britain's close transport connection now with mainland Europe, there should be plenty of scope for these latter two awards.
In addition to these research awards, the Institute is once again encouraging members and non-members alike to enter papers which have been presented at CIT meetings for awards in this category.
London Transport has added £200 to its prize in the LT award section. This will be presented to the person delivering the best paper on a metropolitan or urban transport subject. It is confined to members of the Institute — fellows are ineligible.
The BET road passenger transport award carries a value of £150. It is made for a contribution of merit in the study of science and the art of road passenger transport operation and administration.
Students of the Institute will be well aware of the Herbert Crow medal, which is once again to be awarded for a paper of merit on a subject connected with road goods transport.
The Wincanton Award, which first came into being during the company's silver jubilee in 1975, carries £500 and a medal and is to encourage papers which are forward-looking and make a strong contribution in the field of road transportor physical distribution. This is open to anyone in. the UK, Ireland or mainland Europe.
The Road Transport (Passenger) medal will be presented to the best paper read to a CIT meeting on road passenger transport.
Other transport awards cover the other modes of transport and include a £250 award presented by OCL for a paper of merit on a theme related to international -maritime through transport. This could attract road operators who are engaged in carriage of containers on deep sea movements. It is open to both members and non-members of CIT.
It is conceivable that the British Railways medal could go to a road man if he were to present a paper on an aspect of railway transport which, of course, includes the Freightliner service or express parcels movement involving British Rail services.
The British Ports Association Studentship prize is to be awarded for a paper dealing with a study at UK ports on dock, harbour or conservancy matters. This is confined to port or conservancy authority employees.
There is also a prize to be awarded for a meritorious paper on air transport. It is the British and White Smith Air Transport Award.
Application forms are available from the Director of Education and Training at the Chartered Institute of Transport, 80 Portland Place, London WIN 4DP. They have to be completed and returned to the CIT by May 31, when the Education and Training Committee will examine them. Thereafter they will invite those likely to be successful to interviews in London.
Successful applicants in the past have come from such diverse places as traffic offices, platform staff and from behind the managerial desk.