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Highway to success

A unique course run by the university and backed by local authorities and contractors has produced its first graduates.

6 August 2014

The Highway Engineering Management MSc is sponsored by the SE7 group of local authorities, comprising seven county councils – Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Brighton and Hove and Medway – and highways contractors, Kier Group, Balfour Beatty Living Places, EM Highways, and Amey.

The first cohort of successful students celebrated their graduation at a ceremony at the university's Cockcroft Building in Moulsecoomb, Brighton on 29 July. The graduates were already working for county councils and contractors in roles including highway assets design and maintenance management.

During this celebration, the Kier Group sponsored a prize of £100 vouchers for the overall best performance throughout the course – won by graduate Helen Currie.

Course leader Dr Muhammad Imran Rafiq, Senior Lecturer in the university's School of Environment and Technology (SET), said the course had proved so successful that it is now being expanded to county council and highways contractors across the UK.

He said: "The course is different from any other course at the university because of the way the partnership between the university and the partner organisations works and this is an opportunity to celebrate its success.

"This is one of the first courses to be structured this way. The university and partner organisations work collaboratively, with all partners closely involved in supporting the students learning, teaching, and student assessments and the university providing the academic rigor, quality assurance, structure and support."

HEM MSc group photo

Left to right: Dr Hamid Eslimy-Isfahany, Principal Lecturer in SET; Dr Kassim Gidado, Principal Lecturer in SET and MSc Programme Leader for BE and CE Division within SET; Robert Nicholls graduate and Principal Engineer (Development Infrastructure) within WSP group; Helen Currie, graduate with Surrey County Council; Mark Kevin Taylor, graduate and working for Hampshire County Council; Amanda Jane Richards, graduate with Surrey County Council; John Robert Vallis, graduate working for Mildren construction; Phil Samms, Local Authority General Manager, EM Highway Services Limited; Dr Muhammad Imran Rafiq, Senior Lecturer in SET, Course Leader for the Highway Engineering Management MSc.

HEM MSc graduate Helen Currie

Left to right: Dr Kassim Gidado, Helen Currie, Dr Muhammad Imran Rafiq, Phil Samms and Dr Hamid Eslimy-Isfahany.

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