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To obtain more information on news or any of the projects you can send us an e-mail.
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New Leonardo Pilot Project MarTEL is progressing well. 8 partners from 7 European countries are working on new standards for Maritime English. The Third Group Meeting took place in Finland 14-17 April 2009.
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EU Project EGMSS was successfully concluded. For more information please refer to www.egmdss.com. It is free of charge to all users
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A new Project called GMDSS-VET (EGMDSS II) has commenced. The first Group Meeting took place in Slovenia in December 08 and the second meeting is being planned for May 2009 in Poland.
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The Leonardo TRAIN 4Cs proposal was approved and arrangements are being discussed with GCNS.Details to follow soon.
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There are some 12 Master or PhD programmes at the Institute.The three PhD projects with De Montfort University are progressing well and two of the theses are being drafted. The Phil/PhD project with Oxford Brookes is near completion and result is expected soon. All others are on target.
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The MarEdu Papers at IMLA 08 have created a great deal of interest. Two papers are being prepared for presentation at IMAM 09 and one for publication in a cited journal relating to the development of the replicated brain and its application Lean Optimal project.
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TUDEV received approval from the Turkish Government for the establishment of a new University, Piri Reis University. The new university will recruit its first students in September 09. The Institute of Maritime Studies will continue with its work and will support the work of the Piri Reis University.
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Leonardo Projects SURPASS (7 partners) and SOS II (7 Partners) were successful but were considered too similar hence reviewed by the respective consortiums and re-submitted in February 2009.
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The Pre-framework 7 proposal concerning demand forecasting using AI techniques with UK partners is progressing well and a new proposal is being prepared with involvement of Istanbul University.
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The joint programme of research instigated as part of Clean Diesel initiative with Coventry University with support from De Montfort University is continuing. Clean Diesel II was formulated following the success of the first EU funded Clean Diesel project.
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A new proposal called COMET was submitted directly to EU. The project concerns the training of teachers for Maritime English. This project is also expected to support the on-going MarTEL project.
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A new project to be named UniMET is being prepared to unify the MET programmes in the EU. More about this in the next few days.
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For details of the above please refer to www.GMDSS.CO or www.ewoggle.co.uk, www.c4FF.co.uk or www.maritime-tests.org.co
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