A warm welcome from the Director, Professor Melanie Austen
Sustainable management of marine resources is increasingly complex. It requires application and integration of different academic disciplines, in other words interdisciplinary approaches. These should be co-developed with stakeholders including policy makers, regulators, industry, businesses and the public, in other words transdisciplinary approaches. We urgently need to build transdisciplinary research capability to underpin sustainable management of our marine resources.
Our philosophy in SuMMeR is that our students are at the heart and centre of the CDT. They will be supported on their research training by their supervisors and mentors from our academic partners across the UK, but crucially every student will also have one or more stakeholder supervisors in their supervisory team. These stakeholder supervisors come from our multi-sector, UK-wide network of more than 45 Associate Partners from industry, government and third sectors.
CDT SuMMeR has re-opened applications for selected projects. Please see
Study with CDT SuMMeR for more details
Contact CDT SuMMeR
cdt-summer-pgrs@plymouth.ac.uk
cdt-summer@plymouth.ac.uk
Partners
CDT SuMMeR brings together six hosting partners, including the University of Plymouth as lead, and four collaborative partners who are all world leaders in marine research and postgraduate training. 45 associate partners from multiple sectors will support and provide CASE studentship awards.
Collaborative partners
Associate partners
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Fugro
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Rolls Royce
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Fishy Filaments
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Fishtek
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4 Earth Intelligence
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NCIMB
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James Fisher and Sons plc
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Scottish Pelagic Fishermen's Association
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Chelsea Technologies
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Bright Tide
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Aquaculture Research Collective Hub UK (ARCH-UK)
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AETHIC
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Howell Marine Consulting
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Catapult
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The Crown Estate
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Ministry of Defence
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Seafish
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Environment Agency
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Agri-food & Biosciences Institute
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NatureScot
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DE&S
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Marine Management Organisation
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Natural England
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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Historic England
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Devon County Council
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Cornwall Council
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IFCA Cornwall and IFCA Devon and Severn
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Ocean Conservation Trust
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Fauna & Flora International
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RSPB
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South Devon AONB
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North Devon Biosphere
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Blue Marine Foundation
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WWT
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Marine Stewardship Council
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Cornwall Wildlife Trust
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Marine Life
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Marine Conservation Society
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Sea Watch Foundation
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Bristol Zoological Society
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Whale and Dolphin Conservation
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Operation Wallacea
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BIOS
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Isle of Arran COAST
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Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
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Department for environment food and rural affairs
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Marine Scotland science
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Natural resources Wales
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NIRAS