Bursaries
The Transport Planning Society’s bursary scheme aims to encourage transport planners at an early stage in their career to produce a piece of structured thought on a topic of current relevance to transport planning. The value of the bursary is £500.
The TPS provides a mentor for each successful applicant, to assist with the technical content of the work. The completed work will be disseminated by the Society, who will also assist presentation of the findings more widely, if appropriate. The bursaries provide a great opportunity to develop as a transport planning professional.
TPS Bursary Awards 2011
The Society is focusing the call for bursary applications on our theme for 2011:
'How will localism affect the planning, co-ordination and delivery of land use and transport?'
The localism agenda introduced by the Coalition Government in 2010 has the potential to have a dramatic impact on the way transport and land use are planned, co-ordinated and delivered. How will neighbourhood planning mix with the activities of local planning and transport authorities, and LEPs? How will “larger than local” transport schemes be identified, prioritised and delivered? What are the best structures for integrating transport and land use planning in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales? What models have proved successful elsewhere? Did regional planning work? Did county structure planning work? Will localism lead to nimbyism? How does this fit with National Infrastructure Plans?
Applicants are asked to frame a specific title and subject for their bursary paper, of their own choice, relevant to the theme and to transport planning in the UK.
The value of the bursary is £500 and up to 5 awards will be made. The best paper will be awarded a prize for “Bursary of the Year”, to be presented at the TPS AGM on 23 February 2012.
The required output will be a paper 3-5,000 words in length, and associated presentation to the TPS Board, requiring about 7 days work. The TPS will provide a mentor for each successful applicant, to assist with the technical content of the work. The completed work will be disseminated by the Society, who will also assist presentation of the findings more widely, if appropriate. The bursaries provide a great opportunity to develop as a transport planning professional.
The application form can be downloaded here.
Please note that the deadline for applications is Friday 10th June 2011.
TPS Bursary Awards 2010
The Bursary Awards for 2010 were all centred on the theme of: 'Getting sustainable transport planning right into an age of public sector austerity'.
Our six successful bursarians come from Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Newcastle. Their Bursary Papers can be read here, and can also be found in our online library.
This year, for the first time, the TPS awarded a prize for 'Bursary of the Year'. The standard of the papers was so high that it was decided to award a joint 'Bursary of the Year' to Graham Grant and Mark Powell. Congratulations to you both!!
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Victoria Hills, then Chair of TPS, seen here presenting the awards to Graham and Mark at the TPS AGM on 23rd February 2011.
Our six successful bursarians come from Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Newcastle. Their Bursary Papers can be read here, and can also be found in our online library.
Mackenzie Nicholson, MVA London: The evolution and role of public private partnerships.
To read Mackenzie's Bursary Paper please click here.
Mark Powell, MVA London: Can transport really help the national economy to grow? And if so, how do we choose between projects in the Age of Austerity?
To read Mark's Bursary Paper please click here.
Chris Harris, WSP Edinburgh: What role can the private sector play in achieving sustainable transport objectives in Scotland?
To read Chris' Bursary Paper please click here.
Benjamin Simm, JMP Birmingham: Economic Recession and Uncertainty - a platform for LTP3 to be innovative?
To read Ben's Bursary Paper please click here.
Graham Grant, Newcastle City Council: Should sustainable transport planning be the fodder of transport planners and politicians or is it time for grassroots activism? How creative uses of public space can help to influence travel patterns and travel demand.
To read Graham's Bursary Paper please click here.
James Howard, JMP Manchester: The vulnerability of current approaches to appraisal in light of low traffic growth and public sector austerity.
