CFF - TUDEV

MarEdu Partnership has expanded and several new websites have been constructed. For new websites please refer to www.marifuture.org.

Congratulations C4FF for success in the EU FP7 ExtremeFactories project – for more information see www.c4ff.co.uk.

A new proposal has been submitted to the EU for establishing a major maritime centre (TMCE) in Turkey value at 41 MEUR.

TRAIN 4Cs III proposal to send SOS graduates to Glasgow City College supported by C4FF has been approved by the EU. SOS was funded by the EU and led to recognition of TUDEV MET programmes worldwide.

TUDEV scheme supported by C4FF to send cadets to Plymouth University has been very successful. All students have been successful to date. Three more cadets were sent to Plymouth University in September 2011 to study the final year of the Hons degree in Marine Science (commercial Shipping)

MarEdu through C4FF will support several international project proposals including the Twinning proposal with Azerbaijan.

A new EU funded project called IMPACT will commence in January 2012.

MarEdu partners have presented/chaired and published several papers at major maritime conferences and event – for more information and access to these papers see Publications and Recent Report at www.marifuture.org.

TUDEV will organise the SURPASS projects final group meeting and conference on 13-14 December 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey – details will be send shortly

The MAIDER final group meeting and conference will take place on 9th December 2011 in Holland.

The UniMET conference will take place on 15-16 December in the UK – Details will be sent to invited individuals and organisations shortly.

All MariFuture new projects are progressing well – See progress reports and news at www.marifuture.org.

To obtain more information on news and the projects you can send us an e-mail to info@maredu.co.uk.

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HND to Degrees

Edexcel International's academic (BTEC) and vocational qualifications (NVQ) allow students to progress to university in many countries for more information see www.edexcel.org.uk

BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) qualifications are recognised and understood by universities all around the world.

Students who are interested in going to a UK university should visit the UCAS website at www.ucas.ac.uk
Students who are interested in going to a US university should visit the AACRAO website at www.aacrao.org/credential/index.htm where you can find information on credit transfer.

BTEC National qualifications are also a standard university entry qualification, not only in the UK but in an increasingly large number of countries around the world. For those students wishing to study for a degree in Art, the BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design) provides an excellent grounding for the varied study that is found in all Art degrees.

BTEC Higher National Diploma holders may apply to enter the final year of university courses in the UK. Click here for a list of UK universities that have accepted HND holders onto the final year of a Bachelors degree programme. Many other UK universities provide exemptions (advanced standing) to BTEC HND holders.

Increasingly, students want to study for their first degree in another English-speaking country, such as the US or Australia. BTEC HND holders can enter onto the third year of Bachelors degrees in both countries. In exceptional circumstances, US universities have given outstanding BTEC HND students entry on to the final year of their degrees. Click here for a list of those US universities who have given students exemption onto their degree courses.

In October 2002, Edexcel International signed an exciting agreement with the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, which provides even more flexibility for BTEC HND holders. Not only can BTEC HND holders now transfer onto the third year of many of USQ's degree programmes in Australia, but BTEC HND holders can also study for their USQ degree at one of USQ's many study centres around the world. The third part of the agreement allows a selected number of approved BTEC centres to offer USQ degree programmes on their sites, by means of distance learning.