International
STUDENTS GO GLOBAL
As part of the University’s strategy to promote inter-campus transfers over 30 students from the School of Management and Languages have transferred from the Edinburgh Campus to the Malaysia Campus, with two students spending their first semester at the Dubai Campus.
Inter-campus transfers are part of the University’s global student programme, which encourages students to take part in international mobility and become a global student. As well as being a fantastic experience, global mobility greatly benefits life skills and future career prospects.
Conor Lockhart, a 4th year International Business Management student from Northern Ireland travelled to Clarkson
University, New York State in the USA for a year as part of the Exchange programme
The programme branded ‘Go Global’, launched in November 2015 and will be rolled out to current students then to prospective students. It highlights opportunities for inter-campus transfers, Erasmus+ and Exchange.
As well as being a fantastic student experience, global mobility greatly benefits life skills and future career prospects
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE AN IMPACT
Heriot-Watt’s global presence offers students exciting opportunities to study and undertake research across the world. David Robinson a PhD student with the Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Life Sciences is currently undertaking ground breaking research in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman which could help to protect the endangered whale shark.
His work has discovered one of the world’s largest aggregations of whale sharks at the offshore Al Shaheen oil field in Qatari waters and has led to the establishment of the Qatar Whale Shark Research Project (QWSRP), collaboration between the Maersk Oil Research and Technology Centre, the Qatar Ministry of Environment and Heriot-Watt.
Global whale shark populations are considered to be in decline and the shark has been listed by the IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. Very little is known about these gentle giants but David’s research is revealing their movements through a satellite tagging initiative and is uncovering why they aggregate in such large numbers within the Al Shaheen oil field. The safety restrictions around the platforms create fishing exclusion zones that become safe havens for marine life and attract large numbers of spawning mackerel and tuna. Their spawn has been found to be the main food source for the sharks. It is hoped that the research will significantly add to the scientific knowledge about the whale shark and help to safeguard its future within the region and beyond.
Ground breaking research in the Arabian Gulf to protect the endangered whale shark
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