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Inland Water Quality Assessment - A Joint European Masters Programme

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At present, there is a European shortage of personnel qualified to adequately address the comprehensive scientific and regulatory requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The joint Masters programme described in this paper will provide students with the requisite expert knowledge and skills to progress the implementation of the WFD. Its development was financially supported by the European Commission because of its specific goal of producing qualified personnel in relation to the implementation of the WFD. Since its proposed structure acknowledges the educational intent of the Bologna Accord, it thereby provides a useful template for structuring a Masters degree-level programme in accordance with Bologna principles.

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  1. Department of Public Technology, Mälardalen University, 721 13, Västerås, Sweden

    K.-O. Waara

  2. Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

    A. Petersen

  3. Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    T. Lanaras

  4. Department of Chemistry, Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Kaunas, Lithuania

    V. Paulauskas

  5. Telemark University College, Bö, Norway

    S. Kleiven

  6. Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Science, Universita delÍnsubria, Varese, Italy

    G. Crosa

  7. Department of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, 15140, Lahti, Finland

    O.-P. Penttinen

  8. Department of Biology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    A. Quesada

  9. University of Veszprem, Veszprem, Hungary

    N. Kovats

  10. Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture Technology, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, N. Miltiadi 1, GR-632 00, Nea Moudania, Halkidiki, Greece

    S. Galinou-Mitsoudi

  11. Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Lodz, Poland

    M. Lapinska

  12. FCT-Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal

    A. Newton

  13. Department of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

    M. Balode

  14. Botanicky ustav SAV, Dubravska cesta14, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia

    F. Hindak

  15. Department of Experimental Phycology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kvetna 8, Brno, CZ-60365, Czech Republic

    B. Marsalek

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Waara, KO., Petersen, A., Lanaras, T. et al. Inland Water Quality Assessment - A Joint European Masters Programme . J Sci Educ Technol 15, 409–415 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-006-9032-4

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