The Road Safety GB Academy has unveiled its calendar of training courses for the third and fourth quarters of 2023.
Established in 2013, the RSGB Academy is the professional development arm of Road Safety GB. The Academy helps road safety practitioners enhance their skills in order to deliver effective, evidence-led road safety interventions.
All of the courses offered in the Academy’s programme are being delivered in a Zoom virtual classroom, meaning candidates can participate from the convenience of their home or office.
The courses for which places are now available are as follows:
18 July (part one) & 21 July (part two) 2023
Introduction to Road Safety Delivery
This course has been designed to give practitioners who are new to road safety delivery the knowledge, skills and confidence to be able to deliver simple but effective road safety interventions. It will also provide them with a greater understanding of the relationship between government, partner organisations and the public – and how that relates to road safety programmes and delivery in the UK.
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19 July 2023
Introduction the Needs of Older Road Users
As the population ages it will become increasingly important for road safety practitioners to understand the needs of older road users. This is a complex area and covers a wide range of medical conditions and societal challenges. This course will introduce a road safety practitioner to these challenges, with the aim of helping them to develop road safety interventions that will support older road users, in order to maximise their safety.
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11-12 September 2023 (part 1) & 11-12 October 2023 (part 2)
Road Safety Practitioner Foundation Course
The Road Safety Practitioner Foundation Course aims to provide participants with an overview of the knowledge and skills they need to effectively and safely deliver a road safety educational intervention.
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27-28 September 2023
Behavioural Change Course
This two-day course: understanding road user behaviour; behavioural models; behavioural change techniques; behavioural insights; mapping behaviours; and developing interventions using behavioural models and change techniques.
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4-5 October 2023
Road Safety Evaluation Course
Evaluation is a critical element in any road safety intervention. The course will cover the following aspects of evaluation: evaluation designs; common measures used in evaluation, including questionnaires and semi-structured interviews; analysis of quantitative data; analysis of qualitative data; reporting results and ethical considerations.
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9 October 2023
Designing Effective Messaging
This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to gain knowledge and understanding of the principles of effective messaging and to develop their skills further, so they are able to confidently produce an effective road safety message. The course is aimed primarily at practitioners who use messaging in all forms of media as part of their work activities.
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16 October 2023
Introduction to Statistics
This course aims to improve the participant’s capability to develop targeted road safety interventions by improving their ability to correctly analyse and interpret data.
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25 October 2023
Behavioural Change Course for Highways Engineers
This course is essential CPD learning for civil highway engineers, urban planners and other related disciplines around the development of infrastructure that will impact on the safety of road users. It will provide them with a wider understanding of the relationship between the built environment and the ‘road user’, enabling them to explore, design and implement infrastructure that will take into account the limitations of the ‘human’ in the system.
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1 November 2023
Road Safety Delivery in a Primary School Setting
This course is designed to develop a road safety practitioner’s skills to deliver an effective and engaging road safety intervention to primary school children.
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Click here to see the full calendar of Academy online training courses, or for more information or assistance contact Academy administrator Sally Bartrum by email.
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