Presentation at LINQ 2013

1. Aqua-tnet: Thematic Network in
Aquaculture, Fisheries & Aquatic
Resources Management
LINQ 2013
John Bostock, University of Stirling (Coordinator)

2. Context:
Most globally
traded food
commodity!

4. GROWTH OF AQUACULTURE
• Rising demand but static production from
capture fisheries
• 50% of seafood is now from aquaculture
• Fastest growing animal protein sector
• Aquaculture employs around 11 million
people worldwide
• 80% of production is in Asia

5. INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE NEEDS
• Technology intensive (engineering,
bioscience)
• Complex environmental interactions
• Policy and planning implications
• Business management
• Markets and economics

6. Aqua-tnet At A Glance
Aqua-tnet is Europe’s only multidisciplinary Education
Network in the field of Aquaculture, Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources Management
Since 1996
2011 - 2014
EC: €600.000
Supported by
AquaTT
(Ireland)
Coordinator:
Stirling
University (UK)

7. Aqua-tnet At A Glance
Principle aim:
“.....is to support the progress of the European
aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resources
management sector towards the EC policy goal of
greater and sustainable output by stimulating and
supporting innovation through enhanced lifelong
learning opportunities”

8. Aqua-tnet – Activity Areas

9. Aqua-tnet – WP1, MSc
Collaborating on MSc
teaching materials
through technical case
studies and country
reports.
Next steps:
-Sharing teaching
activities
-Collaborative
teaching activities
-Interdisciplinary
collaboration?

10. Aqua-tnet – WP2, Phd
Collaborating on PhD
specialist training
courses that will be
useful to a range of
PhD students in
working in this field.

11. Promotes
student and
staff mobility
e.g. through an
online mobility
platform and
practical
guidance
documents
Aqua-tnet – WP3, Mobility

12. Researches generic
skill requirements
within the sector,
identifies effective
training practices and
develops appropriate
support materials
Aqua-tnet – WP4, Generic Skills
0 1 2 3
know foreign language
poster
media
future market
budget man.
stat. Soft.
faciliation meth
Aw. Legal proc.
team man.
Entrepren.
future dev. Skills
phil. Sc.
Stat. Meth.
Aw. Research etics
Lab. skills
selfpresent
Inform. Man.
multidisc. Work
oral
exp. Desing
Sc. writing
literacy
write funding
time man.
data man.
Proj. Man.
craft message
critical rev.
know english
Off. Soft.

13. Aqua-tnet – WP5, Innovative Lifelong
Learning
Subgroup A-Lifelong Learning Pathways
Subgroup B-Curriculum Frameworks
Subgroup C-Innovative Tools & Methods

14. 5A) Lifelong Learning Pathways
Analyse articulation between
different educational sectors,
especially linkages between
formal and informal learning
and how to interrelate
European tools such as EQF,
ECVET, EQAVET and ECTS
Contribute to the setting up of
the ECVET system within the
EQF (e.g. previous VALLA
project)
Promotion of LLL in the sector
e.g. dissemination of EU
policy, research findings and
guidelines

15. 5B) Curriculum Frameworks
Keep up to date with EC policy
documents and guidelines, e.g.
the European Universities’ Charter
on Lifelong Learning and the
SIRUS and ALLUME projects.
Explore/promote implementation
of Lifelong Learning Guidelines by
Aqua-tnet partners.
Build on earlier work (WAVE
Project) defining sectoral
competences; Changing curricula
needs, flexibility in curricula;
quality standards; updating
TUNING template

16. 5C) Innovative Tools & Methods
Research and
promote the use of
innovative tools and
methods through
guides and provision
of training courses
Promote the open
sharing of digital
learning objects,
establishing a
repository where
appropriate
Develop vocationally
oriented language
learning tools

17. Aqua-tnet – WP6, Stakeholder
Engagement
STUDENTS INDUSTRY
RESEARCH

18. Aqua-tnet – On the Net
Web site
Monthly Newsletter
LinkedIn Group
Facebook Group
Diigo Group
Flickr Group
www.aquatnet.com

19. Contact us
Thank you for your attention
Email: info@aquatnet.com
Website: www.aquatnet.com