Press Release on "EUROFLEETS Multidisciplinary Ship-based training for European Students of Marine Related Sciences" Call 26/08/2010

The two multidisciplinary ship-based training courses held in Cork from August 14th to August 19th, organised by the EUROFLEETS project on board RV Celtic Voyager, allowed 20 European postgraduate students (from Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain) to learn the basic practical skills necessary to conduct offshore operational marine scientific research.

 

The courses, led by Dr Pauhla McGrane - coordinator of the Marine Institute funded National Research Shiptime Training Programme (NRSTP), were carried out by scientists from Universities and Institutes across Europe including professors from the National Institute of Oceanography and Geophysical Research (OGS), Italy, the University of Aveiro, Portugal (through FCT - the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology), Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), Estonia, as well as scientists from the Marine Institute.

 

The total number of applications for the 3 days courses (2 on-board days focused on survey design and planning, deployment and operation of equipment and instrumentation, sample collection and processing and safety at sea and, 1 shore-based day devoted to data analysis, quality control, processing, interpretation and integration of data) exceed by 30% the number of available berths.

 

For further information please see EUROFLEETS press release and/or EUROFLEETS Past Training Activities.