Pictured left to right: Marcelo Martins Sa, Assistant Professor Northumbria University, Harvey Beasley, Student, Jim French, Chairman RHA Benevolent Fund and Sue Vout, Trust & Foundation Manager, Northumbria University.
The RHA Benevolent Fund is sponsoring a student in Business and Supply Chain Management at Northumbria University.
Meet Harvey Beasley who hails from Driffield in East Yorkshire and is in the first year of his BA (Hons) degree programme which includes International Operations Management and Applied Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Jim French MBE, RHA Benevolent Fund Chair said, ‘The Logistics Sector has a skills shortage at all levels, and the Benevolent Fund is very pleased to support Harvey in seeking a career in our Industry’.
Dr Marcelo Martins, BA (Hons) Business and Supply Chain Management Programme Leader, added “The support provided through the RHA Benevolent Fund is making a real and tangible difference to our students. Harvey’s experience is a great example of how targeted financial support can alleviate hardship, enable students to focus on their studies, and build confidence as they prepare for a career in logistics and supply chain management. We are extremely grateful for this partnership and the commitment shown to widening opportunity within the sector.”
In the third year of the programme Harvey will be available for placement with a logistics employer and it is hoped an RHA member will seek to use the skills he has learnt at university and gain practical experience of working in Road Transport.
Similarly, when Harvey graduates at the end of his fourth year he will be available for full time employment in a Logistics business and again we are looking for opportunities within RHA members.
Scholarships like these are being funded with money raised by the University’s fundraising campaign, Higher Education Without Barriers, which provides a range of financial support, mental health and wellbeing services, and community-based projects, to make participation and progression in higher education more achievable for talented students, regardless of their social or economic circumstances. With the support of Northumbria alumni, businesses and charitable partners, the fund has raised over £5.5m and supported more than 3,500 students since it launched in January 2022.
To find out how you or your organisation can get involved, contact Sue Vout, Trust & Foundation Manager, at sue.vout@northumbria.ac.uk.
Page last updated 03/06/26
