The Road Safety GB Academy still has places available on a number of courses taking place over the next couple of months.
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.
Academy courses for which places remain include:
15 Sept 2025 (part 1) & 22 Sept 2025 (part 2)
The Ageing Driver (ADI Training Course)
The course is ideal for any Approved Driving Instructor or Potential Driving Instructor who wishes to learn more about how to support an older driver and who has limited experience in this area. It will develop an ADI’s understanding of: common collisions experienced by older drivers and how the ageing process may impact on eyesight, hazard perceptions skills and strength and flexibility, as well as the need to promote self-assessment skills.
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23 September 2025
Introduction to Statistics
The 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 September 2025
Introduction to 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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29-30 September 2025
Road Safety Evaluation Course
Often road safety practitioners recognise the need to evaluate but are concerned that they do not have the skills to complete an appropriate level of evaluation. This course aims to provide the practitioner with these skills and to help them to recognise when they may need to consider accessing external support.
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6 October 2025
Designing Effective Messaging
The course aims to help develop a road safety practitioner’s ability to design an effective road safety message. It covers a wide spectrum of topics around effective messaging and will enhance skills and confidence in design and delivery.
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7-8 October 2025
Two-Day Behavioural Change Course (2DBC18)
This course is designed to give road safety practitioners an insight into the world of behavioural change models and techniques, and how interventions can be developed that will look at the underlying issues associated with risk related behaviour, and ultimately collisions.
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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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