TRAINING NEWS

Welcome to the first edition of “TRAINING NEWS”
An e-mail service provided by AquaTT on European Education & Training in Aquaculture

INTRODUCTION

The European Education Area is developing at a rapid pace. In the coming years national education systems throughout Europe will have to adapt to the new structure, curriculum and accreditation of courses.

AquaTT through its extensive network has determined that essential information on upcoming changes is not being effectively disseminated to all parties. Thus, AquaTT will now produce a free news service “TRAINING NEWS” specifically for the Aquaculture industry. The newsletter is intended to provide essential information on Education & Training initiatives. Support material will be available on the new European Education Forum website for Aquaculture www.piscestt.com. The newsletter is available in French on the piscestt website.

The target audience for this newsletter is teachers, trainers and students in the aquaculture area but is also a valuable resource for policy makers, companies and associations.

Both PISCESTT and TRAINING NEWS are in development and thus AquaTT welcome any feedback regarding content, presentation and user-friendliness of the both the site and newsletter. The success of the services will depend on your contributions, please submit any relevant information for dissemination in the newsletter or on the website.

EDUCATION

1.                   NEW Education Resource for Aquaculture – WWW.PISCESTT.COM
2.                   AquaTT hold information event in Brussels
3.                   AQUA-TNET – New Publication on Diploma Supplement
4.               NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION WEBSITE ON GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING = PLOTEUS.NET
5.               The European Commission has published a Communication on the role of universities in creating a ‘Europe      of knowledge’
6.                   European Commission hold conference on Valorisation of Vocational Training

RESEARCH

1.                   New thematic service on 'coordination of research activities' launched on CORDIS

PROJECT COLLABORATION

1.                   6^th FP Science and society - call for expressions of interest

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.                   First PROFET workshop - trans-national workshop on the research needs of the European fish farming sector, Billund, Denmark 26-27 April 2003
2.                   Enhancing technology transfer: experiences from the EU and the US, Vienna, Austria 23-25 April 2003
3.                   Early identification of skill needs in Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece 22-23 May 2003

OTHER

1.                   Support sought for Educational Species lifecycle posters

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