2020 / 2021 Edition
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IN January 2008 the Institute of Quarrying started work on a project to convert the 67 quarry-specific units used for the Diploma in Quarry Technology run in partnership with the University of...
A 62,000 sq m quarry is currently being developed at the heart of the University of Derby’s main campus to help prepare industry trainees of the future.
THE pioneering education partnership between the Institute of Quarrying, the Institute of Asphalt Technology and the University of Derby, which, according to the CBI and Universities UK, has set...
SUCCESSFUL collaboration between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ), the Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT) and the University of Derby, has been highlighted in a new CBI-Universities UK report...
LORD Sebastian Coe KBE, chair of the London 2012 Olympic Organising Committee, will be the special guest speaker at this year’s high-profile Institute of Quarrying annual conference, which takes...
THE 2008 annual conference of the Institute of Quarrying will focus on providing an understanding of how the rapidly developing sustainable construction agenda will affect the materials supply...
THE North of England Branch of the The Institute of Quarrying will be hosting this year’s Annual Conference at the Ramside Hall Hotel in the historic city of Durham from 4–5 October.
THE 2007 Institute of Quarrying Annual Conference will take place at the Ramside Hall Hotel in the historic city of Durham from 4–5 October.
THE UK’s £6 billion quarrying and road-surfacing industry, which provides employment for around 60,000 people, is this week launching its first-ever recognized higher-education programmes at the...
THE Nordberg Travelling Scholarship for 2005, which is worth between £1,500 and £2,000, is currently being offered to any member of The Institute of Quarrying aged between 21 and 30 years.
THE Institute of Quarrying has been informed by the national training organization, EPIC NTO, that the standards for national vocational qualifications in ‘Health, safety and environmental...
Ninety-two delegates attended the Lancashire quarries' safety day held recently at Hanson's Shap site, which has undergone an upgrade of more than œ4 million to meet the latest safety and...