Transport Planning - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate

University of the West of England, Bristol

Postgraduate

In Bristol

£ 7,000 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Transport touches everyone's lives. Transport planning is all about finding out how to reconcile today's needs for movement and development with protection and improvement of natural and urban environments. This course provides the necessary academic background to begin or enhance your career in transport planning.
MSc Transport Planningdraws on our strong links with employers, and offers the potential for a summer work placement linked to your dissertation.
All of our teaching staff are engaged in research and consultancy, and often advise national and local government.
Cutting edge research on the doorstep
Bristol is the home of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and an exciting place to study transport. The city has some interesting and complex transport problems, and plans to tackle them include a bus rapid transit network, continuing developments to cycling networks as the country's first Cycling City, and experimental closures of the city centre to motor traffic. We have close links with local authorities in the area, and have been commissioned to evaluate Bristol's Local Sustainable Transport Fund project.
Why do most Park and Ride schemes cause an increase in overall traffic? Why do people living in high-density housing make fewer journeys than people in suburbs, yet cause more traffic congestion? Does an increase in traffic inevitably equal increased collision and injury rates? These are just some of the questions posed by researchers from the Centre for Transport and Society at UWE Bristol in a series of short films, 'Surprising Things You Never Knew About Transport', which challenge beliefs among policymakers and the general public.
The course is international in outlook, although it will also teach students about the context and framework of transport in the UK. It has attracted students from a wide range of countries, and from employers around the region.
Watch the YouTube film to find out what some of our students have to say about their experiences...

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)
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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

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About this course

Professional accreditation
This is an approved course for those wanting to gain the Transport Planning Professional Qualification, the equivalent qualification to chartered status in other professions.
It is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), and is designed to meet all the academic requirements for becoming a Chartered Member. And it is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as a specialist planning programme.
In addition, this course is accredited by:
Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Structural Engineers
The...

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Subjects

  • Planning
  • Teaching
  • Transport Planning
  • Cycling
  • International
  • Staff
  • Project

Course programme

Content

Throughout the course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills transport planning employers look for in potential employees. You will also focus on how spatial planning interacts with transport needs and transport systems, and we encourage you to be open to new ideas and to critically examine established practices.

  • Transport economics and appraisal
  • Travel demand analysis
  • Transport policy and finance
  • Changing travel behavior

You will also study:

  • Plan making - This module introduces students to the core skills necessary to conceive of, develop and write appropriate plans for a range of spatial scales in a range of sectors. It requires students to evaluate the potential for imaginative responses to planning challenges at a range of spatial scales including neighbourhood, local, strategic and international. Plan-making incorporates a European field trip.
  • Implementation and design quality - This module offers a practical and theoretical understanding of the mechanisms and system of planning. It provides students with the analytical skills needed to make outcome based planning decisions, underpinned by the 'development management' approach, which focusses on the quality of the outcome and the effectiveness of the process. The module is project-based and you will work with spatial planning students.
  • Dissertation - This includes research training and the potential for a work placement.

Please also note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied. However, the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

We use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, workshops, debates and discussion, teamwork, presentations and external visits. Teaching staff are mainly active researchers in the Centre for Transport and Society, but where appropriate we include contribution from UWE Bristol experts working and teaching in other related fields.

We also have guest lectures from professional practitioners, which give you valuable insights into the latest developments in practice.

Transport planners must be numerate. If you lack confidence in this area, we can provide guidance and assistance for the mathematical content of the course.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Study time

Full-time: One year (includes dissertation)

Part-time: Two years, plus dissertation

Assessment

Assessment is through coursework presentations and examinations.

For more details, see our full glossary of assessment terms.

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