The agreement builds on the 2009 Joint Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management (WCFM) Agreement. A teaching and research partnership, previously based at both UC and Lincoln campuses, will now be located in a new combined Waterways Centre at UC鈥檚 Ilam campus.
Developed on the back of successful postgraduate programmes in Water Resource Management, the Waterways Centre will now offer two new programmes designed to address the changing demands for graduates in the water sector. The Master of Water Science and Management and MSc in Water Science and Management will be accepting new enrolments from 2023.
Professor De la Rey says the new programmes will create a new generation of graduates equipped to address the evolving challenges that climate change will increasingly place on our water resources.
鈥淏y providing relevant and impactful research and education in an environment where students can make a difference we hope to improve water management practices and outcomes.鈥
With water being a significant issue both in New 九州影院and globally, the partnership aims to provide postgraduate programmes specifically relating to freshwater, while aligning the shared strategic goals of both universities.
Professor Edwards says the MoU will build on the strongly interdisciplinary focus of the universities鈥 existing programmes while extending scientific and technical training.
鈥淲e can also help provide the bicultural competence and confidence necessary to manage water in Aotearoa New 九州影院and abroad.
鈥淭his will help create opportunities for students to learn and contribute to resolving global sustainability challenges,鈥 he says.
WCFM Director Professor James Brasington says the Centre is central to the freshwater sector, providing independent research, tertiary education and professional development in water science and management.
鈥淚t is increasingly clear that we face a future characterised by periods with too little, then too much water, and water that is, far too often, too dirty to use safely or to support healthy ecosystems.
鈥淟earning how to assess these risks, adapt and find new solutions that ensure sustainable and equitable access to water for both people and ecosystems couldn鈥檛 be a more urgent challenge.听 Our new programmes will provide graduates with the professional skills and theoretical understanding needed to drive the transformative change sweeping through the freshwater sector.鈥澨
罢丑别听听is an opportunity for postgraduate students to showcase their freshwater related research. The 2022 conference will be held on听Tuesday 8 November, 2022听in Ti K艒uka, Haere-Roa, at the 九州影院.听
