Highways apprentices on road to success in Leicester

Five trainees in Leicester City Council’s highways team have successfully completed their Level 2 Apprenticeship qualifications in highways maintenance. Ash Walker, Gavin Carter, Josh King, Adam Warwick and Brandon Moore have gained the qualifications after more than two years of hard work, and have now all gone on to full-time employment in highways works with […]

Thatcham doubles apprentice intake

The motor insurers’ R&D centre Thatcham Research is going to take on two major intakes of new starters planned in the Autumn, with over 150 what it calls much-needed apprentices set to join its programme this year. The first 35 apprentices started on Monday 27 September, followed by a second group which is due to start […]

Traffic controllers use Aimsun modelling for training

Traffic managers in Slovenia are training on a range of scenarios in a virtual world in order to be better prepared to manage road incidents and disruption in real life. Network supervisors in the Republic of Slovenia’s management centre DARS are using the tool from Aimsun which simulates the live traffic environment based on a […]

Amey delivers virtual highways work experience for students across the UK

Public service provider Amey has delivered a virtual work experience programme for 24 students across the UK, to provide an insight into the Highways business, give hands-on project experience and teach employability skills.   For three days, the students aged between 14 and 18 worked with Amey contract teams in Staffordshire, Sheffield Streets Ahead and Kent to find […]

Loughborough University launches MSc in Intelligent Transport Systems

Loughborough University is recruiting students for a new MSc in Intelligent Transport which will start in October 2021. Designed in collaboration with industry, the university says it’ll look at transport challenges, new technology innovation and modelling. The MSc will be taught by members of the Transport and Urban Planning Group (TUPG) in the School of […]

HE courts graduates to “build network of the future”

Highways England is recruiting a new intake of graduates as it embarks on what it calls an exciting multi-billion investment programme for the country’s strategic road network.  The government-owned company is offering a range of three-year graduate programmes across the country, designed to give graduates all the skills and experience they need to grow their careers.  Recruitment for our broad range of apprenticeship […]