Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

Hop aboard for £10k towards a transport-related MSc

23/10/2024

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is offering up to eight bursaries of £10,000 each to help people study a range of transport-related topics at MSc level.

Get ready for the future with a £10k Rees Jeffreys grant

10/09/2024

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has launched a new scheme to help address significant skills gaps in the highways and transport sector, with grants of up to £10,000 available.

Rees Jeffreys bursary programme returns

24/11/2023

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is once again running its Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2024-25, with up to eight £10,000 packages set to be awarded for the academic year.

Chairman of trustees at Rees Jeffreys Road Fund steps down

21/04/2023

The chairman of the trustees at the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund, David Tarrant, has stepped down with immediate effect and is succeeded in the chair role by Ginny Clarke, CBE.

Rees Jeffreys offering eight more MSc bursaries

12/04/2023

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has announced the continuation of its Transport MSc Bursary programme for the 2023-24 academic year.

Panel of experts raises core road investment concerns

19/01/2023

A group of senior transport professionals and academics has called for 'transparency, coherence and scrutiny' in future road spending, particularly in the context of wider policy aims such as net zero.

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund launches £150k 'future roads' competition

06/09/2021

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is celebrating 150 years since the birth of its benefactor William Rees Jeffreys by running a major new competition.

Clarke and Tarrant take the reins at Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

10/01/2019

David Tarrant will succeed David Hutchinson as chairman of Rees Jeffreys Road Fund after the Trustee meeting on 5 February, the leading roads charity has announced.

Report seeks 'greener roads at the heart of RIS2'

17/04/2018

Campaigners have called for a ‘green retrofit’ of the strategic road network (SRN) to make it ‘safer, greener and more in keeping with its surroundings’.

RSTA welcomes Major Road Network study

18/10/2016

The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed the publication of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’.

Study identifies need for a Major Road Network

12/10/2016

A new independent study for the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has identified the need for a Major Road Network in England.

Call for a Major Road Network

27/11/2015

A consistent approach to a newly-defined Major Road Network is essential if the planned step increase in highways investment in England is to provide the greatest boost to the economy across the country, according to a study by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund.

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