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AQUA-TNET NEWSLETTER

JUNE 2008

This is a free e-mail news service provided by AQUA-TNET for the AQUA-TNET network and its partners. Please forward this newsletter to your colleagues and students. Please submit any relevant information for dissemination in the newsletter to aquatnet@aquatt.ie

In the AQUA-TNET Newsletter you will find an update of AQUA-TNET and its activities. AQUA-TNET is the European Thematic Network in the field of aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resource management, funded under the European Commission Socrates Erasmus Programme. Below, you will find an update regarding the AQUA-TNET project, we will give you the highlights of the AquaTT's Training News, a short summary of Bib-mail, an Information of Interest, and a short summary of the human resource jobsite PiscesTT Jobs. 

Contents

1. AQUA-TNET News

    Agenda

    Research & Education

    Other

2. AquaTT Training News

3. Bibmail

4. Information of Interest

5. Pisces TT Jobs

6. Other

AQUA-TNET News

1. AQUA-TNET Annual Event 2008, 19 September 2008, Krakow (Poland)

AQUA-TNET is pleased to announce the AQUA-TNET Annual Meeting 2008, that will be held on September 19 in Krakow (Poland). All AQUA-TNET members and stakeholders are invited.
 
This year we will have a unique set-up and cooperation with the EAS2008, which will run from 15 – 18 September. Since many of you plan to attend the EAS conference, we reached an agreement with EAS to organize the AQUA-TNET Annual Event at the same location on September 19th. 

Please check the AQUA-TNET website for more information or contact Marieke Reuver at marieke@aquatt.ie 

 

Agenda 

 
1. Summer school on Advances in Mediterranean Aquaculture, 1-15 September 2008, Alghero (Italy)  

Amazing progresses have been recently achieved in Mediterranean aquaculture. Aims of this course are to update advanced students, post doc and stakeholders already sharing an advanced background on fish biology and intensive aquaculture, about the newly acquired technologies, practical model’s approach to the environmental impact forecast, on the animal welfare focused husbandry protocols. Relevance will be given to the new molecular approach for the assessment of fish welfare and physio-pathological conditions, for a global quality focused production. New feeds and vaccine progresses, beside to innovative marketing strategies and “on farm” practices will be part of the teaching program as well.

Further information is available on the website: www.portocontericerche.it

 

2. 9th European Conference on Higher Agricultural Education (ECHAE): Developing Roadmaps for European Life Science Degrees: Competences, Quality, Employability, 2 – 5 September 2008, Lleida (Spain)

The job market, the employability of graduates, what graduates should know and be able to do, how to develop them to enhance employability, quality issues, examples of transition from agriculture to life science... These are the subjects of the conference. The main subjects of the conference are presented below:       
     
1. The job market: for life science graduates in the EU. 
2. Improving the employability of graduates: case studies.
3. Competences, what graduates should know and be able to do, and how to develop them to enhance employability.
4. Quality issues: assessing learning outcomes
5. Meeting new demands for staff development
6. Form agriculture to life science: examples of transition.

More information at http://www.9echae.udl.cat/
 
 
3. WEFTA 2008, Seafood from catch and aquaculture for a sustainable supply, 17-19 September 2008, Florence (Italy)

The WEFTA Organizing Committee invites researchers, scientists and technicians as well as professionals and managers from the seafood industry particularly involved in research and development, quality control and management for a three-day conference involving scientific and technical presentations, discussions and social contacts.

Program themes:
•    Seafood from catch and aquaculture on the same market place: the consumer perspective.
•    Seafood from catch and aquaculture: Supply and Quality
•    Future challenges in seafood safety and quality assessment
•    Health aspect of seafood consumption.

Additional information on the event can be found on the following website: www.wefta2008.com
 
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4. Conference: “Living, working and studying in (a) vehicular language(s): Language, discourse, hybridity and identities”, 25-27 September 2008, Turku, Finland

This bilingual conference (in English and French) will provide a forum for discussing vehicular languages, a vehicular language (VL) being, among other things, «a contact language between persons who share neither a common native tongue nor a common national culture» (Alan Firth 1996).
 
The organisers explain that "the current study of VLs in research worlds has mainly focused on English as a lingua franca (ELF) which seems to be widely resorted to in many contexts of international encounters. This conference will distinguish itself from the current rich study of ELF by looking at other languages that serve as VL (without excluding it) and find some answers to questions such as: What is known of them? What impact do they have on relationships, intercultural communication, discourse and identity, etc.?"
 
Final deadline for registration is 1 September 2008. For more information on the conference programme and on how to register please visit the conference website.

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5. The European e-skills 2008 Conference, 9-10 October 2008, Thessaloniki (Greece)
 
The challenge of how to implement an e-skills agenda for the 21st Century will be the main topic of the European e-Skills 2008 Conference, “Implementing a long term e-skills strategy in Europe”, to be held at Cedefop’s conference centre in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 9-10 October 2008.
 
For more information please check: http://eskills.cedefop.europa.eu/conference2008/
 

6. Please check AquaTT Training News June 2008 for a complete overview of upcoming events, conferences and workshops

Please click here for Education and Training information, Collaboration and Other information and click here for the Events in the Maritime Sector.

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Research & Education 

1. PhD Studentships available at the Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University (UK)

The Institute of Aquaculture is offering 4 Ph.D. Studentships. These studentships are 50% funded by the Institute and 50% by a variety of commercial companies involved in the global aquaculture industry. All projects are aimed at solving strategic problems faced by the industry. Application deadline 31st July.

Projects available:
1.    Fish Nutrition and Aquafeeds Group and AKER BioMarine
2.    Environment and Ecotoxicology Group and Schering-Plough
3.    Fish Immunology Group and Schering Plough
4.    Fish Genetic and Reproduction Group and Murcia Preference
Students should have, or expect to obtain, an MSc, first class or good upper second class degree in an appropriate biological or veterinary science. Some experience in genetics, genomics, molecular biology or bioinformatics will be an advantage, but is not essential. Students should send a covering letter stating their particular interests and a CV to Beatrice Campbell at the Institute of Aquaculture. Candidates should be able to attend an interview to be held in August.

Due to funding restrictions, these studentships only provide enough funding for UK/EU students.

Beatrice Campbell
Tel.     01786 467870
Email: bamc1@stir.ac.uk
 

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2. CEEPUS Summer Course 2008, 11-20 August 2008, Szent Istvan University (Hungary)

The Department of Fish Culture of Szent Istvan University (Hungary) is organizing the CEEPUS Summer Course 2008 at Gödöllő. This multidisciplinary summer course is focused on freshwater fisheries and its management. It is a 10-day-long course with the topics of freshwater fish, natural and induced reproduction, aquaculture in EU, juvenile growing, fishing, fish biology, invasive fish species, fish processing, management of a profitable fish farm, international aquaculture organizations.

For further information please contact Magdolna Trenovszki (trenovszki.magdolna@mkk.szie.hu), or Zsuzsanna Tarr, PhD (tarr.zsuzsanna@fh.szie.hu), or go to website of Dept. of Fish Culture http://www.mkk.szie.hu/dep/halt/

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3. New Marine Biology Masters at University College Cork, starting September 2008

University College Cork (Ireland) is offering a new MSc Degree, in Marine Biology, starting September 2008. University College Cork is one of Ireland’s oldest institutions of higher education. UCC was originally founded in 1845 and 150 years later the University is internationally acclaimed as Ireland’s leading research institution.

Full programme details are available at:
http://www.ucc.ie/academic/zeps/pages/MSc%20Marine%20Biology%20(new).htm  

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4. New Master: Food safety in the Agrifood chain, University of Maribor (Slovenia)

The basic objective of the Master programme, carried out jointly by the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Medicine, is to offer education at advanced level from the field of food safety in the agrifood chain. It integrates the knowledge from biotechnical sciences, which is upgraded by specific contents from medical sciences.  

The programme introduces elective modules which enable students to better tailor their curricula according to their own professional ambitions and aspirations, and also according to the requirements of their potential employers. By taking this study programme, the graduates will develop extensive skills and competences for functioning in the food production and processing sectors, in public health services, in educational settings, or as public relations specialists.

The programme lasts two years and comprises a total of 120 ECTS credits. Domestic and foreign students with completed Bachelor degrees from the fields of natural, biotechnical or medical sciences can enrol to this programme.  

For more information:  http://fk.uni-mb.si/foodsafety/index_eng.php

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5. Establishment of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning

The European Qualifications Framework was recently adopted formally by the European Parliament and the Council as a Recommendation. This Recommendation contributes to modernising education and training systems, the interrelationship of education, training and employment and building bridges between formal, non-formal and informal learning, leading also to the validation of learning outcomes acquired through experience.

This Recommendation does not replace or define national qualifications systems and/or qualifications. The European Qualifications Framework does not describe specific qualifications or an individual's competences and particular qualifications should be referenced to the appropriate European Qualifications Framework level by way of the relevant national qualifications systems.

Please go to http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:111:0001:0007:EN:PDF to for more information. 

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6. International Master in Fisheries economics and management, Barcelona (Spain)

The objective of the Master is to provide high level specialisation in issues related to the economics and management of the fishing activity through:
  • An analysis of the fishing system, exploitation mechanisms, marketing, evaluation and management, with special emphasis on the economic perspective and interpretation of fishing issues in the Mediterranean, an area which, due to its diversity of species and fleets and fragmented vessel ownership, requires management based on control of the fishing effort.
  • A multi-disciplinary vision of fisheries management from the perspective of different sciences such as biology, economics, law and sociology.
  • Acquisition of experience in the use of new techniques and methods for the development of a more efficient fisheries management, adapted to the conditioning social and environmental factors.
  • An initiation into research, making a critical application of the knowledge, skills and competence acquired in the treatment of real problems related with the economics and management of fishing activity.
The Master is developed over two academic years on a full-time basis [120 credits, following the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)], and is structured in two parts.

For more information: http://www.iamz.ciheam.org/ingles/cursos08-09/pesca-0809-pub-ing.htm
 
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Other 

1. Public Affairs Training Day, ETI, 29 July 2008, Brussels (Belgium)

ETI invites you to a “special” Public Affairs Training Day. Transform your inside and academic knowledge of the Institutions into concrete practical skills for European Public Affairs. This is a one-day practical training delivered by experienced PA Practitioners.

How to register? Please send an e-mail with your name and date of birth to info@e-t-i.be Places are limited, first-come first-served policy

More info on: http://www.e-t-i.be/

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2. ADAM, the new project and product portal for Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is part of the European education and training programme "Life-long Learning" and focuses on initial and further vocational education and training. Year after year, Leonardo da Vinci projects develop a multitude of innovative education and training products featuring tailored solutions for direct use in companies and at education and training institutions.

Not all of these products are as well known as the European Computer Driving Licence developed by a Leonardo da Vinci project but most are of the same high quality. Using ADAM, you can obtain a full picture of the many products and results produced by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

For more information: http://www.leonardodavinci-projekte.org/adam/homepageView.htm

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AquaTT Training News 

trainingnews sept2007AquaTT's Training News is a free monthly electronic newsletter. With the latest news from the European education community, opportunities for collaboration, announcements and a student corner, Training News is an important dissemination channel for education and training opportunities for the aquaculture and fisheries sectors.

Highlights of the June 2008 issue:   

CLICK HERE for the latest AquaTT Training News (June 2008)

CLICK HERE for the AquaTT Calendar with a comprehensive overview of all Events in the Maritime Sector 

Please email news@aquatt.ie to submit your news which will reach more than 4,000 subscribers interested in aquaculture and related sectors education.

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BibMail 

BibMail is a biweekly updated overview of the content tables of the major aquaculture-relevant scientific journals.

CLICK HERE for the BibMail of June 2008

To go to the BibMail website link on the AQUA-TNET site please CLICK HERE

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Information of Interest

Information of Interest is a biweekly updated overview of interesting publications, reports, and manuals relating to aquaculture in a broad sense, with links to the respective files or information points.

CLICK HERE for the Information of Interest of June 2008

To go to the Information of Interest website link on the AQUA-TNET site please CLICK HERE 

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PiscesTT Jobs

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The human resource service PISCES TT Jobs (www.piscesttjobs.com) is an exciting and valuable free online service for employers and potential employees in aquaculture and related science sectors. Employers can post job vacancies and job searchers can upload their CVs. This service therefore facilitates human resource development in the industry.

Upon registration, employers can post and instantaneously edit job vacancies, MSc/PhD and student placement positions. If requested, companies will only receive CVs of those applicants who are qualified for the position requirements. PISCES TT Jobs already has more than 1000 registered candidates with comprehensive CVs.

At the moment 14 interesting jobs are listed:

If you are interested in posting a job vacancy or registering for the service, please go to the PiscesTT Jobs website or contact Marieke Reuver at marieke@aquatt.ie

Other 

This update is published by the AQUA-TNET Secretariat. For further information, e-mail: aquatnet@aquatt.ie

If you would like to post a notice, news item or event details on the next issue of the AQUA-TNET Newsletter or on the AQUA-TNET website, please send details to Marieke Reuver at marieke@aquatt.ie 

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