Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Transport MSc Bursary scheme to continue
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund will once again be running the Transport MSc Bursary programme for 2025-26. Funding is available for course fees for both full and part time students. All applications for funding are to be made through one of the 14 universities participating in the scheme, rather than students contacting Rees Jeffreys Road Fund. The […]
Funding opportunities: deadline looming
Transport charity The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has announced two new transport funding opportunities. More details can be found by clicking on the links below, but in summary the opportunities are as follows: Ready for the Future grants are for transport professionals to support them to gain the emerging skills needed for the future in […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund announces Ready for the Future grant scheme
It’s not only children that are going “back to school” – highways and transport professionals can now also apply for funding to learn something new to add to their highways and transport expertise. Transport charity Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has launched a new grant scheme to help address significant skills gaps in the highways and […]
Highways Voices brings you a flavour of the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival
Join Highways Voices on a whistle-stop tour of last week’s LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Coventry, as we hear expertise across the road maintenance, safety, EV and mobility industries. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! In the first of two podcasts from the event, we hear […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund launch Ready for the Future grant scheme
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is launching a new grant scheme to help address significant skills gaps in the highways and transport sector. Ready for the Future grants are intended to support the future development of roads by funding existing highways or transport professionals to acquire skills that will be necessary for highways in the future. […]
Looking forward to Intertraffic Amsterdam on this week’s Highways Voices thanks to SWARCO and AGD Systems
This week’s Highways Voices looks ahead to the biggest single event we cover at Highways News – Intertraffic Amsterdam. Ahead of four special podcasts direct from the RAI in Amsterdam thanks to the support of SWARCO and AGD Systems, we find out what we can expect, as we hear from the organiser Carola Jansen-Young and […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund running Road MSc bursary scheme again
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees have announced that they will once again be running the Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2024-5. The Trustees are hoping to encourage more applications to study for a transport related MSc – both from people who are new to the transport sector and people who are currently […]
Rees Jeffreys Road MSc Bursary Scheme returns for 2024-25
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees have announced that the organisation will once again be running its Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2024-5. The Trustees are hoping to encourage more applications to study for a transport related MSc – both from people who are new to the transport sector and people currently […]
Driverless technology expert publishes key “ethical roads” report
A leading expert in driverless technology has published research into how the public feels driverless vehicles should be programmed to make the right ethical decisions while driving on our roads. You can listen to Nick Reed discuss this in an exclusive interview on the Highways Voices podcast this Wednesday, 12 July,. Professor Nick Reed’s study […]
Richard Hammond and Chris Boardman discuss the future of the car on this week’s Highways Voices
“People… buy a new football strip every six months because of the team they support,” says motoring journalist Richard Hammond on this week’s Highways Voices, “Or a new pair of trainers made on the other side of the world by somebody else’s children out of fossil fuels-derived oil-derived materials and then shipped around the world […]
