CFF - TUDEV

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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.
EU Project EGMSS was successfully concluded. For more information please refer to www.egmdss.com. It is free of charge to all users
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.
The Leonardo TRAIN 4Cs proposal was approved and arrangements are being discussed with GCNS.Details to follow soon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

	Turkey : 08:59		Norway : 07:59
	Brussels : 07:59		UK : 06:59

Merchant Navy Officers

CFF - TUDEV has developed new programmes of study as follow :

1-Year English preparation programme satisfying the requirement for entry onto the new 3-Year IMO/BTEC (International Maritime Organisation/Business Technology Education Council) – HND (Higher National Diploma) in Marine Engineering and Navigation Engineering. These Diplomas are accepted in Europe and in most countries. These programmes have been integrated with appropriate NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) or SVQ (Scottish vocational qualification)and Ancillary requirements.
The 3-Year IMO/HND Programmes are delivered in the subjects stated above in English.
Students successfully completing the new 3-Year programme of study will have the opportunity to progress onto one or two year final stage degree programmes.
The programme leads to the Class 1 Certificate of Competency consists of the IMO/Edexcel [BTEC] HND in Marine Engineering and also in Navigation Engineering together with the STCW 95/98 ancillary courses followed by a period of consolidation of education at sea.

Negotiations have already taken place with awarding bodies, training boards, professional institutions and several Marine and Naval colleges/universities in Europe to ensure CFF - TUDEV could offer all the internationally recognised programmes for Deck Officers and Engineer Officers in Turkey.

For sea service requirement and workshop practice please contact us for detailed information.

Important Note:

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marine Engineering Professional Body recognition

The BTEC Higher Nationals in Marine Engineering have been developed in conjunction with Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) with career progression and recognition by professional bodies in mind. It is essential that learners gain the maximum benefit from their programme of study. Consequently we have added value to this qualification by acquiring recognition from the Engineering Council’s UK-SPEC regulations requirement.
Further details of professional body recognition and exemptions for BTEC Higher Nationals are given in the publication BTEC Professional Recognition which is available on Edexcel’s website (www.edexcel.org.uk).

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Navigation Industry and regulatory recognition

The BTEC Higher National Diploma in Nautical Science has been developed in conjunction with the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB), Maritime and Coast guard Agency (MCA) and the International Association of Maritime Institutions (IAMI), in order to meet MCA requirements for professional certification. It is essential that learners gain the maximum benefits from their programme of study, and consequently value has been added to this HND by acquiring recognition from the MCA as meeting the academic knowledge requirements for the MCA certificates of Competency at Officer of the Watch and Chief Mate level and hence the requirement in the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) concention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 1995 (STCW 95). The units required to meet MCA requirements for certificates of competency are shown in the table at Annex B.