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Latest news - May 2008

Scottish Maritime Education and Training Project: The MSA, working in conjunction with Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, has been successful in obtaining a grant from the Scottish Funding Council to research current maritime education and training provision in Scotland ... more >

Royal Navy: The MSA is pleased to welcome into membership the Royal Navy with effect from 1st May 2008 ... more >

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Work in progress

Foundation Degree Framework ... more >

NOS for Non-pleasure vessels in inland waterways and coastal operations ... more >

Maritime Apprenticeship Frameworks is currently ... more >

A Labour Market Assessment (LMA) for Marine Leisure ... more >

Mapping engineering related Maritime Occupations against existing engineering NOS ... more >

The need for NOS relating to specialist maritime shore based occupations ... more >

NOS for Maritime Hospitality Management Occupations ... more >

Future relationships with the Skills for Business (SfB) Network ... more >

MSA testing and trialling the New Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) ... more >

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MSA Members | Key stakeholders| Training Providers| Other useful contacts

MSA members

British Marine Federation www.britishmarine.co.uk
Merchant Navy Training Board www.mntb.org.uk
Port Skills and Safety www.portskillsandsafety.co.uk
Royal Yachting Association www.rya.org.uk
Seafish Industry Authority www.seafish.org

Key Stakeholders

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) www.mcga.gov.uk
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) www.qca.org.uk
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) www.sqa.org.uk
Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) www.ssda.org.uk
EMTA Awards Ltd (EAL): www.eal.org.uk
Dept for Education and Skills (DfES): www.dfes.gov.uk
Dept for Transport (DfT): www.dft.gov.uk
Learning and Skills Council (LSC): www.lsc.gov.uk
Welsh Assembly Government www.Cymru.GSI.Gov.uk
Scottish Executive: www.scotland.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Executive: www.nics.gov.uk
SeaVision UK : www.seavisionuk.org
Foundation Degree Forward (FdF) www.fdf.ac.uk

Training Providers

Blackpool and The Fylde College: www.blackpool.ac.uk
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies : www.gcns.ac.uk
Liverpool John Moores University : www.livjm.ac.uk/marine
South Tyneside College : www.stc.ac.uk
University of Plymouth : www.plymouth.ac.uk
Warsash Maritime Centre: www.solent.ac.uk/wmc

Other useful contacts

SuperYacht UK - www.superyachtuk.com/careers
The Marine Society College of the Sea: www.mscos.ac.uk
The Honourable Company of Master Mariners: www.hcmm.org.uk
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers : www.ics.org.uk
Maritime London . www.maritimelondon.com
Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology n(ImarEST) www.imarest.org
The Nautical Institute: www.nautinst.org
Conway Merchant Navy Trust: www.conwaymntrust.info
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) www.rnli.org.uk


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