Highway and Traffic Engineers (Training Courses)

HC Deb 08 November 1961 vol 648 c52W

Mr. Bossom

asked the Minister of Transport what facilities exist in the United Kingdom to train highway and traffic engineers.

Mr. Marples

All University courses in civil engineering include some instruction in highway engineering. The degree courses of the following universities also include some traffic engineering:

• Birmingham.
• Durham.
• Leeds.
• London (King's, Queen Mary and University Colleges).
• Manchester.

Post-graduate courses specialising in highway and traffic engineering are available at:

• Birmingham University.
• Durham University (King's College, Newcastle).
• London University (University College). Royal College of Science and Technology,
• Glasgow.

Evening courses in traffic engineering are also available at:

• Westminster Technical College, London.
• Northampton College, London.
• Hatfield Technical College.
• Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (Post-graduate).

In addition to these facilities, short courses in traffic engineering are provided by the Road Research Laboratory and by the West Ham Technical College. From time to time other short courses and seminars are organised by such bodies as the University of Glasgow and the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers.