Analysis of international graduate programmes structures for engineering education

This article traces the evolution of graduate study in Engineering in Ireland over three decades. Very few studies have shown the different norms and structures of graduate programmes in Ireland. In this paper, a review of traditional and structured PhD in terms of credit requirements and co-ordination structures is presented. The authors summarise the characteristics of graduate programmes in different universities in Ireland and compare these to those obtained in some of the leading international universities. The implementation of graduate programmes in Ireland is relatively recent and the structure of these programmes is still under development in the different universities. Plans for enhancement of graduate programs and the development of new initiatives to support graduate student academic and professional development are very important for the success of these programmes. The growth in enrolment reflects a broad diversity in background of students which will require not only increased financial resources but an adequate and sound organisational structure in order to move forward

PICES Press, Vol. 15, No. 2, July 2007

Contents [Individual sections are downloadable from the official URL link listed below]: PICES Science in 2007 (pdf, 0.1 Mb) 2007 Wooster Award (pdf, 0.1 Mb) FUTURE - A milestone reached but our task is not done (pdf, < 0.1 Mb) International symposium on "Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks" (pdf, 0.1 Mb) Recent results of the micronekton sampling inter-calibration experiment (pdf, 0.1 Mb) 2007 PICES workshop on "Measuring and monitoring primary productivity in the North Pacific" (pdf, 0.1 Mb) 2007 Harmful Algal Bloom Section annual workshop events (pdf, 0.1 Mb) A global approach for recovery and sustainability of marine resources in Large Marine Ecosystems (pdf, 0.3 Mb) Highlights of the PICES Sixteenth Annual Meeting (pdf, 0.4 Mb) Ocean acidification of the North Pacific Ocean (pdf, 0.3 Mb) Workshop on NE Pacific Coastal Ecosystems (2008 Call for Salmon Survival Forecasts) (pdf, 0.1 Mb) The state of the western North Pacific in the first half of 2007 (pdf, 0.4 Mb) PICES Calendar (pdf, 0.4 Mb) The Bering Sea: Current status and recent events (pdf, 0.3 Mb) PICES Interns (pdf, 0.3 Mb) Recent trends in waters of the subarctic NE Pacific (pdf, 0.3 Mb) Election results at PICES (pdf, 0.2 Mb) A new PICES award for monitoring and data management activities (pdf, < 0.1 Mb

William (Bill) Peterson's contributions to ocean science, management, and policy

© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Schwing, F. B., Sissenwine, M. J., Batchelder, H., Dam, H. G., Gomez-Gutierrez, J., Keister, J. E., Liu, H., & Peterson, J. O. William (Bill) Peterson's contributions to ocean science, management, and policy. Progress in Oceanography, 182, (2020): 102241, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102241.In addition to being an esteemed marine ecologist and oceanographer, William T. (Bill) Peterson was a dedicated public servant, a leader in the ocean science community, and a mentor to a generation of scientists. Bill recognized the importance of applied science and the need for integrated “big science” programs to advance our understanding of ecosystems and to guide their management. As the first US GLOBEC program manager, he was pivotal in transitioning the concept of understanding how climate change impacts marine ecosystems to an operational national research program. The scientific insight and knowledge generated by US GLOBEC informed and advanced the ecosystem-based management approaches now being implemented for fishery management in the US. Bill held significant leadership roles in numerous international efforts to understand global and regional ecological processes, and organized and chaired a number of influential scientific conferences and their proceedings. He was passionate about working with and training young researchers. Bill’s academic affiliations, notably at Stony Brook and Oregon State Universities, enabled him to advise, train, and mentor a host of students, post-doctoral researchers, and laboratory technicians. Under his collegial guidance they became critical independent thinkers and diligent investigators. His former students and colleagues carry on Bill Peterson’s legacy of research that helps us understand marine ecosystems and informs more effective resource stewardship and conservation

PICES Press, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 2017

2017 Inter-sessional Science Board Meeting (pp. 1-4); Highlights from the FUTURE SSC’s 3rd Inter-sessional Meeting (pp. 5-6); WG 35 (WG-NPESR3) meets inter-sessionally in Honolulu (pp. 7-8); PICES/ICES International Symposium on “Drivers of dynamics of small pelagic fish resources” (pp. 9-12); SPF Workshop on “Environmental control of spatio-temporal changes in population size, distribution and migration of small pelagic fish in an ecosystem context” (pp. 13-15); SPF Workshop on “Methods and techniques for sampling and assessing small pelagic fish populations” (16-17); SPF Workshop on “Modeling migratory fish behavior and distribution” (pp. 18-19); SPF Workshop on “Recent advances in the life stage ecophysiology of small pelagic fish” (pp. 20-21); SPF Workshop on “Remote sensing and ecology of small pelagics” (pp. 22-23); SPF Workshop on “Simulation approaches of forage fish populations for management strategy evaluations” (pp. 24-26); An ICES/PICES Workshop on “Understanding the impacts and consequences of ocean acidification for commercial species and end-users” (pp. 27-28); The 26th International Hydrological Program (IHP) training course on “Coastal vulnerability and freshwater discharge” (pp. 29-30); PICES/MAFF MarWeb project collaborates with the United Nations program on the development of Marine Protected Areas in Guatemala (pp. 31-34); Program of topic sessions and workshops at PICES-2017 (pp. 35-35); The 3rd PICES/ICES Early Career Scientist Conference takes place in Busan, Korea (pp. 36-39); The Bering Sea: Current status and recent trends (pp. 40-42); The state of the western North Pacific during the 2016 warm season (pp. 43-44

PICES Press, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter 2010

•Major Outcomes from the 2009 PICES Annual Meeting: A Note from the Chairman (pp. 1-3, 8) •PICES Science – 2009 (pp. 4-8) •2009 PICES Awards (pp. 9-10) •New Chairmen in PICES (pp. 11-15) •PICES Interns (p. 15) •The State of the Western North Pacific in the First Half of 2009 (pp. 16-17, 27) •The State of the Northeast Pacific in 2009 (pp. 18-19) •The Bering Sea: Current Status and Recent Events (pp. 20-21) •2009 PICES Summer School on “Satellite Oceanography for the Earth Environment” (pp. 22-25) •2009 International Conference on “Marine Bioinvasions” (pp. 26-27) •A New PICES Working Group Holds Workshop and Meeting in Jeju Island (pp. 28-29) •The Second Marine Ecosystem Model Inter-comparison Workshop (pp. 30-32) •ICES/PICES/UNCOVER Symposium on “Rebuilding Depleted Fish Stocks – Biology, Ecology, Social Science and Management Strategies” (pp. 33-35) •2009 North Pacific Synthesis Workshop (pp. 36-37) •2009 PICES Rapid Assessment Survey (pp. 38-40

Shining a Light on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Report on the 3rd Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries

More than 30 years after the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), discrimination on the basis of gender and its consequences for society is still struggling for mainstream attention especially in aquaculture and fisheries. FAO's 2010/11 flagship report on the State of Food and Agriculture highlighted the gender gap in agriculture and estimated that raising women's farm productivity by 20-30% could lift 100-150 million people out of poverty. Held as part of the 9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum at Shanghai Ocean University from 21 to 23 April 2011, the 3rd Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF3) of the Asian Fisheries Society shone a light on the gender gap in the fish sector. This, the Society's fifth women/gender symposium, attracted a record number of papers and stimulated lively discussions. It was followed by a FAO Special Workshop on Future Directions for Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Action, Research and Development which will be reported on separately

The response of Physical Science post-graduates to training courses and the connection to their PhD studies

Training in both employability and discipline-specific skills has been provided and expanded over a number of years for post-graduate research students, (PGRs) in the Faculty of Physical Sciences administered by the Physical Sciences Graduate School (PSGS) at the University of Glasgow. This project explored the training provided in 2005/06 with a view to further developing a programme that students and faculty alike consider appropriate, timely and developmental for the needs of research students. The training provided by the PSGS had grown over a number of years in response to suggestions from academic staff in the Faculty of Physical Sciences. Data were collected from Postgraduate Research students (PGRs) from all the stages of the 3 year PhD process to enable a complete map of views to emerge. In particular, the way PGR students perceive the training they undergo in relation to their core PhD research and career progression was examined. The students in our study also identified clearly where they perceived they were developing such transferable skills, and training sessions are not seen as the sole or even major source; the research group itself would appear to play a major role. The authors believe the finding could inform the provision of PGR training in other UK institution