A supply-demand study of practice in rail logistics higher education

Abstract

This paper includes a study conducted to analyse the current state of supply and demand for higher education in rail logistics. More specifically the study presented consists of two surveys, as follows. The first survey, Supply Survey, explores existing transport and logistics-related courses and educational programmes offered in higher education institutions. The second survey, Demand Survey, examines demands for rail logistics higher education and aims to understand the current needs for higher education in the sector. This paper shows that a spectrum of rail, freight transport and logistics related courses and programmes exist, however there is a strong need for a more specific training and education offering operations management skills needed to improve the company performance, efficiency and quality of service provided

Allowance allocation and adjustment of factors affecting railway logistics demand

“…There are various studies on logistics train demand, one of them is [6] that explains logistics train supply and demand. Respondents anticipate that courses covering a wide variety of activities connected to railroads and logistics, such as management, finance, training, people, and information technology, would be organized.…”

“…Respondents anticipate that courses covering a wide variety of activities connected to railroads and logistics, such as management, finance, training, people, and information technology, would be organized. Emphasis should also be made on commercial, operational, and management issues, which should increase rail logistics performance and productivity [6]. Furthermore, colleges should use all of their resources to offer particular short courses to enable rail logistics professionals to obtain lifelong knowledge.…”

Exchange of Higher Education Teaching and Learning Practices Between UK and Thailand: A Case Study of RailExchange Courses

“…Globalisation and easy physical and digital connections between countries allow universities to learn from each other, collaborate in a friendly way and share their best practices for the common good of educating the next generation of successful graduates. Examples of such international collaborations in rail education include, for example: a rail Master curriculum development research project (Marinov et al, 2013;Marinov and Fraszczyk, 2014), an intensive programme in rail and logistics (Fraszczyk et al, 2015a;Fraszczyk at al, 2015b;Fraszczyk et al, 2016) or RailUniNet -a global network of universities specialising in rail education (Railway Talents, 2017). This paper explores a feedback given by participants of three short courses organised by a partnership of a UK-based university (Newcastle University) and a Thailand-based university (Mahidol University) on a 'British-style' teaching and learning methods used to deliver the courses.…”