Conferences and courses
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Maudslay Fellow Commonership
• The trustees of the Maudslay Foundation have established the Fellow Commonership at Pembroke College, Cambridge, with the aims of strengthening the association between Cambridge University and Industry' and also to further mutual interests in applied research and engineering education in the field of production engineering.
The Fellow Commoner will undertake research and teaching of underand postgraduate students with emphasis on bridging the gap between theory and its application in industry.
Approximately £550 will be awarded to the Fellow Commoner who is expected to be able to draw all or part of his salary from his employer during his residence at Pembroke College for two or three terms over a six to nine month period.
The Maudslay Trustees invite applications from candidates with experience in production engineering in industry, having an interest in the application of production technology to modern manufacturing methods, research and development, and in the communication of their ideas, knowledge and experience to others.
Candidates should normally be between 28 and 35 years of age and corporate members of either the Institution of Mechanical Engineers or the Institution of Production Engineers. The closing date for applications is January 1, 1970.
Full details and application forms may be obtained from the Secretary of either Institution.
Security and safety
• Letchworth College of Technology, in co-operation with the RTITB, is commencing three-day residential conferences on "Security and safety training for management in the road transport industry' There will be two conferences, each at Homestead Court Hotel, Welwyn Garden City. The first will be on October 7-9, and the second on March 31, April 1-2, 1970.
The closing dates for bookings, which are limited, are August 18. for the first conference. and February 16, 1970 for the second one. The inclusive fee for either conference is 21gns. and each one is eligible for an RTITB grant.
Export training
• Subjects, speakers and session chairmen for the Export Training Conference (Olympia, September 9-121 are given in a folder obtainable from Mack-Brooks Exhibitions Ltd., 96 Hatton Garden. London, Ed. The conference is sponsored by the Institute of Export and held at Olympia during the 4th Export Services Exhibition, September 8-12.
The four-part conference is for exporters both existing and potential. Papers will be presented by speakers from government departments, industrial training boards. the BNEC, the Institute of Export, industry, and commerce.
Chairmen for the four sessions are:— D. W. Beharrell, vice-president, British Export Houses Association (day 1: The Training Itself); Leslie Jenkins, deputy chairman, British National Export Council (day 2: Export Selling: Why Training is Necessary); Sir Donald Anderson, chairman, P and 0 Group (day 3: Transport: Why Training is Necessary); Sir Anthony Elkins, president of the Institute of Export (day 4: Export Practice: Why Training is Necessary). Each session is from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Delegates will receive a summary of each paper before the conference and the complete proceedings, including discussions, afterwards. Questions will also be encouraged by restricting papers to 25 minutes.
The registration fee is £4 each session and there is a reduced fee of £12 for all four sessions.
Training officers
• A 20-day course for training officers or training administrators in the road transport industry has been arranged at the Mostyn Hotel, Portman Street, London, W1, commencing on Monday September 29. The course will attract grant from the Road Transport Industry Training Board. The course fee of 200gns includes day-time meals and refreshments and relevant course material but accommodation charges are not included.
Full details of the course are obtainable from: Stoneman Bolt and Associates Ltd., 21 Wigmore Street, London, W1H 9LA.
Traffic administration
• The College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering starts an 11 weeks' introductory course in Traffic Administration on August 28. Full-time, this will cover the graduate membership examination of the Institute of Traffic Administration. It will also provide groundwork for general transport studies. Inquiries should be addressed to the Registrar, The College, 102 Sydney Street, Chelsea, London SW3.
World airport problems
• An international conference with the title "World airports—the way ahead" will be held in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Festival Hall), London, September 23-25. Jointly sponsored by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Institute of Transport and the British Airports Authority, the conference will be concerned with the implications of the jumbo jet era for both passengers and freight.
The conference will comprise 12 sessions spread over three days plus study tours on the fourth day to Heathrow Airport, Rolls Royce, Derby, and other places.
In 1969 some 310m passengers and 4m tons of freight are expected to pass through airports of the western world. Within 10 years air passengers are expected to number more than 1,000m and air cargo to have multiplied by perhaps six times. The conference will investigate traffic handling in terminals but will also assess the problems which the growth of air traffic will bring to the communities around major airports and to those responsible for regional planning.
Further information from: Miss Yvonne Brooks, Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, London, SW1.
Cardiff open forum
• When the South Wales Maintenance Advisory Committee for Goods Vehicles last year arranged an Open Forum, over 1,000 operators attended. A similar high attendance rate is expected for the Committee's next forum which will be held on September 17 at the Cory Hall, Cardiff.
"Operators' licensing (intentions and responsibilities)" will be the topic and papers will be presented by Mr. J. Lane, head of road transport (goods), MoT London; Mr. G. Toyne, deputy chief mechanical engineer. MoT London; Mr. T. J. Goldrick, chief engineer. FTA; and Mr. W. V. C. Batstone, executive director engineer, BRS Ltd. Messrs. R. G. Imhoff and H. G. Waldock, area mechanical engineers, MoT South Wales, will join the panel which will be chaired by the South Wales Licensing Authority, Mr. R. R. Jackson.
Exeter encore
• A second Road Transport Manager's course will be held at the Exeter Motel, Middlemoor, Exeter, commencing 9 a.m. Friday October 3. The course will be run on a day-release basis on six Fridays from October 3 to November 7.
Lecturers will be drawn from the College staff and from outside experts and subjects will include:–the Road Transport Act 1968; the transport manager's licence; C and U Regulations; plating and testing; driver training; maintenance; and hours of work and the tachograph.
Applications for the course should be made to the class tutor, Mr. L. J. Oldridge, Department of Engineering, Exeter Technical College, Hele Road, Exeter.
Quality control
• The City and Guilds of London Institute, aware of the needs for technicians to appreciate quality control and the effects it has on their work, has announced a scheme, based on a course of a minimum of 80 hours' duration, which will lead to an award of a Certificate in Quality Control.
The first examination will be in 1970 and the subjects covered will include component or piece part production, assembly, processing, and service and distribution.