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Why not come and see Swansea for yourself? We have three Postgraduate Open Days each year (Autumn, Spring and Summer) which will give you the chance to find out more about our courses and funding, meet staff and students, and tour our outstanding seafront campus. See http:www.swansea.ac.ukpostgraduateopendays for dates and booking information _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors worldwide, providing food for millions of people and constituting an essential source of income for many rural economies. The large scale and rapid growth rate of the aquaculture sector is inevitably accompanied by sustainability challenges. Some farming practices lead to the depletion of natural resources and, significant negative impact aquatic ecosystems. This new MRes in Sustainable Aquaculture & Fisheries offers research training in the fields of sustainable aquaculture and fisheries. The programme specifically focuses on the interface between aquaculture and fisheries and the sustainability issues surrounding the exploitation of aquatic resources. The course will furnish students with the ability to engage on a piece of independent research leading to a dissertation written as a scientific research paper. Students benefit from access to the University's fully resourced, state-of-the-art Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Research, and from the position of the University at the cutting edge of aquatic biology research. This course will appeal to graduates who want to engage in aquaculture and fisheries research. It offers an excellent one-year platform for students wishing to pursue a PhD at a later stage. COURSE DESCRIPTION: BIOM25 Science Skills & Research Methods (20 credits) This lecture and practical based module covers science skills for students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in Biological Sciences. It will teach students how to make good use of library and internet resources (including Web of Science, Voyager and Blackboard), to design and analyse their experiments, and to make presentations of their data during conferences and symposia. Lecture topics include Library and internet resources, including WoS, Voyager, e-mail, Blackboard + assignment, ethics and plagiarism, databases, spreadhseets, presentation skills, report writing. BIOM37 Conservation of Aquatic Resources (20 credits) This module will provide an overview of management and conservation issues in aquatic resources. Lecture topics include water management, as well as case studies in conservation of aquatic organisms. Some of the lecturesseminars will be given by invited experts in the field. BIOM61 Literature Review (20 credits) In this module, students will carry out a term paper (40% of mark) and a literature review (60% of mark) on Aquaculture and Fisheries on an aspect related to their intended dissertation topic. The review will be written in a format suitable for publication in a peer review journal. Followed by a research project in Part Two: BIOM74 Research Project in Sustainable Aquaculture & Fisheries (60 credits) Research is an integral part of this MRes programme. In this module students are given the opportunity to carry out an independent piece of research leading to a dissertation written as a scientific research paper. An oral presentation on the project will be given in October after submission of the dissertation. CAREER PROSPECTS: Aquaculture offers excellent career prospects in one of the fastest growing sectors worldwide. During the course students will become acquainted with the aquaculture sector locally and abroad in order to facilitate their career prospects upon completion of the course. Graduates go on to work for government agencies such as CCW, Environment Agency, English Nature, Scottish Heritage, Fisheries Research Services, CEFAS. Other organisations include Public Aquariums and Zoos, S