Edmund J Gubbins has been a lecturer in Transport Operations at Loughborough University for over 25 years. As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport and the Institute of Logistics and Transport, he has served on the Council, the Education and Training Committee and the Examinations Sub-Committee. He is at present a Tutor for the IoLT M.Sc. and the IoLT module on Business Strategy and Planning for the Advanced Diploma in Transport.