Transport degrees
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There are 36 places available annually on the University of Huddersfield's Transport and Logistics BSc degree course. The normal entry requirements are A-Levels or a GNVQ Advanced Level award. The course is reduced to two years for those with a relevant HND or similar.
There are four programmes: transport, European logistics, logistics and supply chain management, and food chain management. On the European course, most of the students have come from France to learn English. Many of them stay here because in the UK there's a high demand for people with foreign languages.
The transport programme runs for four years, of which the third is spent working in the industry, Year 1is a foundation course. Subjects covered in the first term include economics, transport policy, transport and logistics skills, IT and management, financial accounting and other options. The second term covers economics in more depth, plus an introduction to tourism and leisure, marketing, statistics and management accounting. Students may also study purchasing and supply management, law or a foreign language. Year 2 is harder. An enterprise workshop is followed by courses in European business, freight transport, distribution management, more economics, more marketing, quantitative methods and modelling. The third year is spent in a business or organisation involved in transport, distribution and/or logistics operations. All students obtain salaried placements. In year 4 students build on their second year, with more of a focus on strategy. Again, they may pursue a language or take a number of different options.
Huddersfield takes a mixture of mature students and school-leavers. Similar courses are available at Loughborough, Aston and South West of England universities, although none offer the industrial placement.
Student loans of up to £4,000 a year, with favourable interest rates, are available to anyone on a degree course. Fees are going up to £1,500 a year in September. A meagre grant may be available.
Some companies pay for employees to take the degree. The costs vary, but the highest cost is obviously the time spent away from work, as the course is full-time.
High flyers can take an MSc in transport and logistics part-time over two years. This costs £2,500.
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