43rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE on 5-7 January 2011
hosted by the Open University

22 - June - 2010

-------CALL FOR PAPERS-------

Deadline for abstracts: Tuesday 31st August 2010
Deadline for accepted papers: Friday 19th November 2010.

The 43^rd Annual Conference of the UTSG will be held at the Open University in Milton Keynes from 5 - 7 January 2011 inclusive. Accommodation will be at the Milton Keynes Hilton, adjacent to the OU campus. Papers are invited on both completed work and projects in their early stages in any field of transport, travel and mobility. Inclusion of papers for the conference does not constitute publication and papers submitted to a journal for publication may also be submitted to the conference unless they appear in a journal before the conference.

Abstracts
Staff and students of UTSG member institutions are invited to submit 200-300 word abstracts for consideration using the online submission form at www.utsg.net. Authors are asked to identify ‘best topic area’ to assist the administration process (this does not affect the likelihood of acceptance). After submission, abstracts will be reviewed by the UTSG Executive Committee, and authors will be informed by the end of September 2009 if papers have been accepted. Papers are also welcomed from honorary staff of a member institution (or from staff and students who have now left a member institution) where the paper relates to work carried out under the aegis of the institution (or while a member of staff or student was at the institution). Contributors should note where this is the case in the submitted abstract.

Smeed Prize
The Smeed Prize will be awarded for the best student paper. The Prize is £400 and the winning paper may also be published in an appropriate journal. The judging committee attaches importance to the quality of the presentation as well as to the content of the paper. Candidates should note the regulations regarding qualification to be considered for the Smeed Prize prize, available from here: Smeed Rules. Please note especially that abstracts for papers to be entered into the Smeed Prize competition need to be between 800-1000 words and accompanied with a confirmation e-mail from the candidate’s supervisor. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this is sent to Stephen Potter ( s.potter@open.ac.uk) by 31 August 2010. Failure to adhere to any of the Smeed Prize regulations will lead to the abstract being considered only as a standard paper and not entered into the Smeed Prize competition.

Details about the conference, fees and how to book are available from here: Booking form.

Please address questions about the Call for Papers and the upcoming conference to Stephen Potter ( s.potter@open.ac.uk) 01908 652103

UTSG and the Local Government Executive

22 - May - 2009

As a further marker of 40 years of UTSG, Professor Glenn Lyons was invited to contribute the editorial to Local Government Executive, the bi-monthly magazine targetted at chief executives and heads of department in local and central government. [PDF]