7 October 1996 Lincoln offers Summer School in Transport Studies

Transport Studies are the focus of a Summer School programme being offered for the first time by Lincoln University this coming January-February.

Transport sector personnel keen to advance their qualifications are the main target of this new Lincoln initiative, and three graduate level subjects are offered for study. They are –

• Maritime Transport, taken by Professor Brian Slack of Concordia University, Canada, and Felicity Heffernan, Lecturer in Law, Lincoln University.
• Transport of Dangerous Goods, taken by Dr Glen Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, Lincoln University (who was closely involved with transport logistics for the US Air Force during the Gulf War).
• Managerial Economics, taken by Dr Richard Tay, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Marketing, Lincoln University.

Individual candidates may choose to take a maximum of two of the three.

The Director of the Transport Summer School is Lincoln University 's Professor of Transport Studies, Chris Kissling, and the school runs over 8 January - 14 February .

Participants would normally be expected to hold a first degree and the subjects may be taken on a Certificate of Proficiency (COP) basis or as subjects towards Lincoln University 's Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, Postgraduate Diploma in Resource Studies or Master of Applied Science (in Transport Studies).

The fee per subject is $850 and accommodation is available on campus for the period of the course at the rate of $46 per day per person. This covers bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner and morning and afternoon teas.

During the course of the Summer School, but separate from it, two half-day modules on Importing will be offered. These are Introduction to Importing and Advanced Import Management, and they're open to anyone interested in importing processes and electronic data interchange techniques. Registration and fees for these are separate from the Transport Studies programme.

For further information about Lincoln University's Transport Studies Summer School or the Importing modules the contacts are: Don Crabb or Jan Latham, Centre for Continuing Education, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury; phone (03) 3252 811.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.