Short course
Sustainable Travel: Cities in Motion
Course status:
Applications being accepted
Location:
Online
Dates:
14/04/2027 - 23/06/2027
Study format:
Online - live
Fees:
£430.00
Understanding how and why people travel is essential for tackling local and global challenges relating to the climate crisis, emerging technologies, economic development, and health and wellbeing. Cities are key to understanding this context, and for promoting solutions. Reducing pollution, encouraging active travel (walking and wheeling), and exploring more sustainable ways of moving around and between cities is a core aspect of community, local and national government concerns and initiatives. The course is designed to encourage participants to interact with, learn about, and question contemporary research and policy debates on urban travel, bringing their own experiences and ideas to the debate.
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Programme details
This course begins on the 14 April 2027, which is when course materials are made available to students. Students should study these materials in advance of the first live meeting, which will be held on 21 April 2027, 17:30-18:30 (UK time).
Week 1: Sustainable travel, and its challenges
Week 2: Exploring trends in urban transport
Week 3: The scope of mobility
Week 4: Urban planning and public transport: problems and solutions
Week 5: What is active travel?
Week 6: The transition to electric mobility
Week 7: The challenges of freight travel
Week 8: Transport and climate change
Week 9: Gender and travelling the city
Week 10: Future scenarios for urban travel
Level and demands
This course is open to all, and no prior knowledge is required.
This course is offered at FHEQ level 4 (first year undergraduate level), and you will be expected to engage in independent study in preparation for your assignments. Our 10-week Short Online Courses come with an expected total commitment of 100 study hours.
English Language Requirements
We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but we warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website. If you are confident in your proficiency, please feel free to enrol. For more information regarding English language requirements, please see here.
Course aims
This course aims to:
- To explain the theories and interpret the practices of sustainable transport.
- To relate to the complexities inherent in creating more sustainable forms of transport.
- To evaluate current evidence to consider the possibilities for developing healthier, more accessible forms of private and public transport.
IT requirements
Any standard web browser can be used to access course materials on our virtual learning environment, but we recommend Google Chrome. We also recommend that students join the live webinars on Microsoft Teams using a laptop or desktop computer rather than a phone or tablet due to the limited functionality of the app on these devices.
Programme details
This course begins on the 14 April 2027, which is when course materials are made available to students. Students should study these materials in advance of the first live meeting, which will be held on 21 April 2027, 17:30-18:30 (UK time).
Week 1: Sustainable travel, and its challenges
Week 2: Exploring trends in urban transport
Week 3: The scope of mobility
Week 4: Urban planning and public transport: problems and solutions
Week 5: What is active travel?
Week 6: The transition to electric mobility
Week 7: The challenges of freight travel
Week 8: Transport and climate change
Week 9: Gender and travelling the city
Week 10: Future scenarios for urban travel
Teaching methods
This course takes place over 10 weeks, with a weekly learning schedule and weekly live webinar held on Microsoft Teams. Shortly before a course commences, students are provided with access to an online virtual learning environment, which houses the course content, including video lectures, complemented by readings or other study materials. Working through these materials over the course of the week will prepare students for a weekly 1-hour live webinar you will share with your expert tutor and fellow students. All courses are structured to amount to 100 study hours, so that on average, you should set aside 10 hours a week for study. Although the course finishes after 10 weeks, all learning materials remain available to all students for 12 months after the course has finished.
All courses are led by an expert tutor. Tutors guide students through the course materials as part of the live interactions during the weekly webinars. Tutors will also provide individualised feedback on your assignments. All online courses are taught in small student cohorts so that you and your peers will form a mutually supportive and vibrant learning community for the duration of the course. You will learn from your fellow students as well as from your tutor, and they will learn from you.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students will be expected to be able to:
- Have generated a foundational knowledge of the key theories and practices of sustainable forms of travel.
- Can evaluate practical evidence and scholarship relating to sustainable urban transport, and how to communicate this knowledge.
- Have considered a global outlook on the current and future transport challenges and opportunities to develop more sustainable cities.
Assessment methods
You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course. This does not count towards your final outcome but preparing for it, and the feedback you are given, will help you prepare for your assessed piece of work of 1,500 words due at the end of the course. The assessed work is marked pass or fail.
Dr Desiree Daniel-Ortmann – Tutor
Assessment methods
You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course. This does not count towards your final outcome but preparing for it, and the feedback you are given, will help you prepare for your assessed piece of work of 1,500 words due at the end of the course. The assessed work is marked pass or fail.
Level and demands
This course is open to all, and no prior knowledge is required.
This course is offered at FHEQ level 4 (first year undergraduate level), and you will be expected to engage in independent study in preparation for your assignments. Our 10-week Short Online Courses come with an expected total commitment of 100 study hours.
English Language Requirements
We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but we warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website. If you are confident in your proficiency, please feel free to enrol. For more information regarding English language requirements, please see here.
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| Course Fee | £430.00 |
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