In June sunshine individuals from a broad spectrum of express logistics brands made a top level academic career step to management degree at Oxford. Levy paid with no student fees, historic photo, students at the door of Ruskin College Oxford, 23rd June 2026
They have embarked on three years on the job trade learning and a culmination of an employer-agreed project focused on final mile success to door.
IOC chair Carl Lomas, ‘A proud moment as our sector started Oxford, learning to deliver critical infrastructure. A curriculum rich in the detail of our sector, from delivering customer promise, first time every time, on time to door, built on vehicle and sort resources, controlled by compliance to universal service obligation. Driven by people. Behaviours in the unit learning all focused on our next generation's ‘Can-do' attitude. Well done the Oxford starts of 2026’
University Vice Chancellor, Prof Peter John CBE – ‘I welcome the Express Logistics Sector to Ruskin Oxford, ‘During the 1980s this was a sector that people just found themselves in. However, the advent and rapid growth of internet-generated sales created demand for a new breed of logistics professionals; those who are able to locate and transport goods to precise and demanding delivery specifications. As a result, there is today a degree level stairway of qualifications, the candidates here today at Ruskin have stepped onto that stairway.’
Course lead, Dr Tracey Worth, ‘The Hons Degree at Ruskin College, Oxford is a real world job learning environment blended to academia on-campus learning at Oxford, it’s the whole Oxford experience, access to the Bodleian library, a who’s who of guest speakers ahead - from Govt transport body leaders to IOC fellows expert in subjects from security to eco and compliance.
Students get trade body support of the Inst of Couriers, a dedicated course textbook follows the modules. Highly integrated assessments that have dynamic real world sector engagement, material covered from latest drone delivery to traditional values of customer promise to place a ‘can-do' attitude of transport sector into true career steps for the sector of transport. It’s a natural stairway to logistics management.’
Janet Rowson – Director for apprenticeships at Ruskin. ‘I’m delighted to meet the 2026 cohort of Express Delivery Managers apprentices joining the University at the Ruskin College Oxford campus. This apprentice will be the next generation of logistic managers who will be up to date on their knowledge, skills and new thinking, so they can bring dynamic change to their industry and build resilience to deal with the challenges . Well done Express Logistics next generation at Ruskin 2026.’
Express Logistics Manger Degree Apprenticeship
Three years at Oxford – flexible on job learning integrated to academia.
The Hons degree apprenticeship for Express Managers at Univ West London has been hugely successful; big outcomes with many distinctions, almost every learner across multiple brands has progressed in job role while learning in the workplace. Epic news is the 2026 starts are going to Oxford!
Prof Peter John, ‘The 2026 starts will get the full Oxford experience.’
Icing on the cake – the dream has come true. Vice Chancellor Peter John welcomed the first starts at Ruskin College Oxford, June 23rd 2026. With a direct map to learning, the students will follow the academic textbook ‘Express Logistics Management’, published by the Institute of Couriers. Chapters mapped to the modules of the course.
The Oxford degree is levy paid. In the existing model there is no student loan, in a mixed trade learning platform learning is delivered on the job with flexible virtual work-based sessions alongside degree attendance at Oxford. Assignments are built on presentations of the candidate's brand in their geographic region. Learning on campus once a month to engage in the Oxford experience builds on group learning and hands-on discussion to solve problems from dynamic management such as client change, customer promise and behaviour delivering first time, on time, every time. This is an employer-built course, rich in real world learning of express logistics. It builds confidence and knowledge for candidates to move from supervisor roles to management over the three years of the Hon Degree BSc course.
Express logistics textbooks on the shelves in the British Library
British Library reference copies on the shelf for final mile sector Hons degree at Oxford, Cambridge, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Final mile textbooks are sitting on the shelves of the top libraries in the UK. Liz Sandford - On behalf of The Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries, I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of all copies sent of your Express Logistics publications, as listed below to the Agency for Legal Deposit Libraries. Once processed, a copy of each title will be sent to the following libraries, The Bodleian Library Oxford University, the Cambridge University Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales and Trinity College Dublin for Legal Deposit.
ACQ.5174045,1
ALDL use ISBN Title
1.4755083 9781919195605 (hbk.) : Express Delivery Management /
1.4777602 9781919195612 (hbk.) : History of the Express Final Mile /
