increase massively over the past 10 years, driven by the governing bodies and other regulatory authorities.”


Solent University is in fact the only maritime university in the UK to offer courses all the way from entry level to PhD. Warsash has up to 10,000 professional short course enrolments each year. Says Lippuner, “We are currently in the middle of an unprecedented £43 million investment in new maritime training facilities to ensure that we continue to deliver to the very highest standards.”


WE HAVE OVER 200 COURSES INCLUDING ENTRY LEVEL, STCW SAFETY COURSES, CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY FOR YACHTS AND UNLIMITED CERTIFICATION


Learning technology in the class room is state of the art and includes Virtual Learning Environments (e-learning) plus a wide range of specialist facilities and equipment including: a maritime simulation centre, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive simulation suite with bridge, engine room, liquid cargo operations simulators, vessel traffic management, dynamic positioning, radio communications, and crane simulators; a manned model ship


BARCELONA WATERSPORTS Barcelona Watersports based in One Ocean Port Vell is perfectly positioned to serve your RYA training requirements. With 25 years experience and centres also based in the UK, they have a great team of instructors able to cover all manner of activities and toys onboard. As RYA centres they also offer the Yachtmaster in motor and sail, PW proficiency and instructor courses plus powerboat and tender training. The company has an excellent range of training boats available onsite but also offers training onboard yachts. For more details Tel: +34 693 681661 / +44 (0)1273 424842 or visit www.barcelonawatersports.es


handling centre (the only one in the UK and one of five in the world, comprising a 20-acre site with a purpose-built lake and a variety of scaled ship models to hone the crucial skill of slow-speed ship handling; an extensive fire school and maritime survival centre (for merchant navy training and safety training for the offshore oil and gas sector). Other specialist facilities include; a towing tank, a composites lab, marine engineering workshops and marine electro-technical labs.


All the required training and sea-time to become an officer of the watch is provided during the three year course. “We see more sixth form colleges and schools offering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) engineering focussed subjects which benefit those who may want to start working straight away on superyachts and gain their sea-time whilst learning the


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