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EDUCATION CONFERENCE

FURTHER READING

The following background papers are intended to stimulate thought and discussion. Additional papers will be added as they become available. If you wish to contribute a paper, please let the MRF Administrator know. Formal conference papers are available here.

  1. Report of the conference on "Engineering Education and Training for Sustainable Development"
    Held in Paris on 24 - 26 September 1997, this conference addressed the topic of how to incorporate sustainable development concerns into engineering education in general.   The present conference is focussing on mining and minerals engineering.  The report is available in pdf or html format.

  2. Survey of Environmental Education of Minerals Industry Professionals
    The survey was carried out during 1999 of 25 higher education institutions around the world that train minerals industry professionals.  It looks at the environmental content of the curricula of mining engineers, metallurgists and geologists, and at what is currently available at some of the world's leading institutions.  The survey is available in 2 parts: the main report, and an appendix listing information about the institutions covered.

    If you wish to have your institution added to the survey, please send information in the format used, to the MRF Administrator.

  3. Back From the Brink: Reshaping Minerals Tertiary Education
    Following an investigation of tertiary education in the minerals industry in Western Australia, completed in 1996, the Minerals Council of Australia established a National Tertiary Education Taskforce to identify specific steps for improving minerals tertiary education in Australia as a whole. This discussion paper, developed by the Taskforce, is a result. While it focuses on the needs of Australia, it will be of great interest to people in other countries as well.

  4. Southern African Network for Training on the Environment (SANTREN)
    SANTREN is a network of about 150 environmental professionals from institutions in Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It seeks to promote the sustainable use of the environment through education, research and information exchange. It was initially established by people with a mining background, but has expanded to include other issues as well.

  5. Environmental Education - Perspectives from the Minerals Industry of Ghana
    Prof. K. Sraku-Lartey, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
    Global as well as local environmental awareness has brought the minerals industry into an unfavourable limelight. Ghana’s environmental policy has therefore increased the industry’s concern for environmental protection. In line with the general environmental awareness in the country, institutions that train manpower for the industry have reorganised their courses to include more environmental components.

Please go to the discussion forum if you have any comments to make on any of these reports. Comments on 'Back from the Brink' that are not relevant outside of Australia should be made to the Minerals Council of Australia.