Determinants of attrition in agricultural training programmes: Insights from the next generation cocoa youth programme in Ghana

Does Teacher Training Improve Medical Education?

Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England ◽

10.1308/147363509x437413 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 91 (5) ◽

pp. 180-182

Author(s):

ML Costa ◽

G Spence ◽

N Rushton

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Surgical Training ◽

Teaching Skills ◽

Next Generation ◽

Training Programmes ◽

The Uk ◽

Retention Of Knowledge ◽

Education Courses ◽

And Training

Teaching the Teachers and Training the Trainers courses have now become a requirement of most surgical training programmes in the UK (see www.rcseng.ac.uk/education/courses/courses/training-the-trainers). Medical educationalists have spent many years developing the courses to improve the teaching skills of the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons. Have their efforts made a difference to medical education? The aim of this study was to assess the influence of teacher training upon the students' perception of their teaching and also upon their retention of knowledge in the field of orthopaedics and trauma.

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Cyber-SHIP: Developing Next Generation Maritime Cyber Research Capabilities

10.24868/icmet.oman.2019.005 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

K Tam ◽

K Forshaw ◽

KD Jones

Keyword(s):

Cyber Security ◽

Cyber Attacks ◽

Next Generation ◽

Marine Systems ◽

Industry Research ◽

Individual System ◽

Software Information ◽

Global Threat ◽

Training Programmes ◽

The University

As a growing global threat, cyber-attacks can cost millions of dollars or endanger national stability and human lives. While relatively well understood in most sectors, it is becoming clear that, although the maritime sector is becoming more digitally advanced (e.g., autonomy), it is not well protected against cyber or cyber-physical attacks and accidents. To help improve sector-wide safety and resiliency, the University of Plymouth (UoP) is creating a specialised maritime-cyber lab, which combines maritime technology and traditional cyber-security labs. This is in response to the lack of research and mitigation capabilities and will create a new resource capability for academia, government, and industry research into maritime cybersecurity risks and threats. These lab capabilities will also enhance existing maritime-cyber capabilities across the world, including risk assessment frameworks, cybersecurity ranges/labs, ship simulators, mariner training programmes, autonomous ships, etc. The goal of this paper is to explain the need for next generation maritime-cyber research capabilities, and demonstrate how something like the proposed Cyber-SHIP Lab (Hardware, Software, Information and Protections) will help industry, government, and academia understand and mitigate cyber threats in the maritime sector. The authors believe a next generation cyber-secure lab should host a range of real, non-simulated, maritime systems. With multiple configurations to mirror existing bridge system set-ups, the technology can be studied for individual system weakness as well as the system-of-systems vulnerabilities. Such as lab would support a range of research that cannot be achieved with simulators alone and help support the next generation of cyber-secure marine systems.

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High Performance Computing (HPC) Wales and the Next Generation Workforce: Strategies to Ensure Propagation

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/opl.2013.809 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1583 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura M. Redfern

Keyword(s):

High Performance Computing ◽

High Performance ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Scientific Discovery ◽

Next Generation ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Global Marketplace ◽

Training Programmes ◽

High Level ◽

Performance Computing

ABSTRACTHigh Performance Computing (HPC) Wales was launched in 2010 as a five year joint venture between Wales’ six Universities, working in partnership with a variety of academic and industrial stakeholders and funded by the EU, UK and Welsh Governments. The aim of HPC Wales is to deliver a pan-Wales HPC infrastructure: primarily to assist with economic regeneration in the Principality of Wales (which has a population of approximately 3.6 million) through the up-skilling of individuals and by promoting uptake of HPC in Welsh businesses, but also open to collaborations from outside Wales. It is the first national service of its kind in Europe.In order to encourage the uptake of HPC into small and medium sized enterprises (of up to 250 staff) in Wales, and for HPC Wales itself to become a sustainable business, the development of a strong skills base is vital. Successful delivery will be marked by the successful upskilling of individuals via accredited training programmes, and through outreach and engagement activities. Recognising that a significant amount of upskilling is required, further work is being undertaken by HPC Wales to develop workflows which can help to simplify the HPC job submission process for the end user. This will make it possible for businesses to achieve results without their needing to acquire a high level of specialist HPC skills in the short term.At a mid-point in this ambitious venture, this paper examines the strategies being developed by HPC Wales which will help to ensure propagation throughout the educational chain so that the requisite skills and workflows are in place which will benefit the next-generation workforce. Through this, HPC Wales hopes to assist in the overall advancement of scientific discovery which will, in turn, help Welsh businesses to become more competitive in the global marketplace.

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