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17th October 1981
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Keywords : Education

"HERE is insufficient education in the transport industry, delegates o the Institute of Transport Administration's Southampton conferInce were told last Saturday. ALAN MILLAR reports.

Dr Edwin Course, from Southaround the problem of how to impton University, said that alhough training standards were easonably satisfactory, and he lassed the Certificate of Profesion& Competence as training ether than education, the indusry's early efforts with education lave not been followed up.

He pointed out that his Univerity benefits from the knowledge Ind experience of mature stulents who take part in postpraduate transport courses ading to a Master of Science legree, but said the successful andidates never go into road ransport.

Instead, he said, they either in Government organisations ir become consultants, whereas noe industry could learn a great 'eel from experienced indiItivals who had undergone proIt.ctive education.

Dr Course acknowledged that lreat problem exists in the °ad freight industry, where ro And 70 per cent of the indusry iS in the hands of operators of ive or fewer vehicles, and emiloyers cannot afford to release n employee for the course.

He suggested that an organiation like the Road Transport ndustry Training Board might re able to help provide financial upport, but accepted that the 'ompany might be so tightly run is to cause problems.

So more discussion grew up provide education for provincial students who might have to make 100-mile round trips to those colleges with sufficient places to justify running transport courses.

British Rail petroleum freight marketing manager Eric Smith suggested that new technology could make a contribution to solving this problem, and raised the possibility of encouraging the Open University to produce transport programmes which could then be recorded on video cassettes.

Dr Course suggested that, while such aids as video or correspondence courses do help, they are second best to "live" classes in which students can put in as much as they draw out. But he di add that one could not ignor the question whether or not a s udent should take his family wit him if he attends a reside ntia course.

Mr Smi h also suggested that television based systems such as Preste could offer a great deal to tr nsport educators, and said that t ey could break down the probl m of educating in remote area..


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