Geoscience - Environment - Project Management - Training
(Established 1985)
Address: Hillcrest, Church Coombe, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 6RT, United Kingdom.
Tel/fax.: 01209-216647; International: +44 1209 216647.
email: geoscience@btinternet.com
Selected Courses and Presentations
Many courses are presented here in the Westcountry
(Bowerman's Nose, Dartmoor)
Courses
(see also courses presented for the Open University and Camborne School of Mines)
ISO
14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A practical introduction
MARCH 1986. Cursillo sobre aspectos de la permeabilidad en rocas (Short course on aspects of rock permeability). University of Oviedo, Spain (in Spanish).
AUGUST 1987. A practical introduction to Geology. A one week course, Summer Academy, University of Exeter.
NOVEMBER 1991. Hydrogeology course for engineers working on the Great Man Made River Project, Libya, University of Exeter (for UNESCO).
SEPTEMBER 1992 - JULY 1999. Certificate in Environmental Studies course, University of Exeter. Lectures on Environmental Geoscience, The Radiation Environment, Contaminated Land, The Environmental Impact of Mining and other environmental geology topics.
JULY 1993/SEPTEMBER 1994. Hydrogeology: principles and applications. One day course, University of Exeter.
The red cliffs of Devon, Budleigh Salterton
Otter Sandstone ( an important local aquifer) overlying Budleigh Pebble
Beds (Triassic)
JULY 1993. Experiencias en Recuperación de Zonas Afectadas por Mineria (Experience in the reclamation of areas affected by mining). Summer school course on 'Rehabilitación Geoambiental', University of Cantabria, Laredo, Spain (in Spanish).
DECEMBER 1993/MARCH 1995. Hazardous Gases: Sources, Migration and Engineering Implications. A one day course, University of Exeter.
AUGUST 1994. 'Agricultura y Medio Ambiente' (Agriculture and Environment). Summer school course on 'Repercusiones Ambientales del Abandono Agrario: En Búsqueda de un Modelo de Desarollo Rural' (Environmental Impacts of the Abandonment of Agricultural Land: In Search of a Rural Development Model), University of Cantabria, Laredo, Spain (in Spanish).
DECEMBER 1995. Toxic Materials in the Environment: Waste and Contaminated Land Management. A two day course. University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines.
SEPTEMBER 1996. 'Aspectos Geológicos e Hidrogeológicos de la Tierra Contaminada' (Geological and Hydrogeological Aspects of Contaminated land). Course on 'Oportunidades de Negocio en Recuperación de Suelos Contaminados' (Opportunities for Business in the Reclamation of Contaminated Land). Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Cantabria, Santander, Spain (in Spanish).
Reclamation of contaminated land
An iron mine in Goa reclaimed for pisciculture
1996 - 1998. Certificate of Applied Practice in Environmental Management. Modules on Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Monitoring, Camborne School of Mines/Earth Resources Centre, University of Exeter.
DECEMBER 1996. Short Course on Geoenvironmental Aspects of Disaster Management. Tenth Disaster Management Workshop, International University of Business, Agriculture & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
OCTOBER 1998. Combining Standards - Cutting Costs. ISO 9000 (Quality Assurance) & ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems). One day course for Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
JANUARY 1999. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek.
SEPTEMBER 1999 - present. Environmental Geology. A distance learning course presented via the internet. University of Exeter, Department of Lifelong Learning.
OCTOBER 1999. Recuperación de espacios afectados por actividades mineras (Reclamation of sites affected by mining activities). Course presented at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (in Spanish).
JANUARY 2000. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
JULY 2000. Community-based approaches to economic and social development in rural Albania. A one week course for CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas Development), Lushnja, Albania.
Community-based approaches to economic and social development in
rural Albania.
A one week course for CAFOD, Lushnja, Albania, July 2000.
Presented by Dr. Robert Hodgson (standing, 4th from left) and Dr. Mike
Heath (standing, 6th from left)
JULY/AUGUST 2000. Certificate of Applied Practice in Environmental Management. Module on Energy Management, Camborne School of Mines/Earth Resources Centre, University of Exeter.
SEPTEMBER 2000 - present. Environmental Management. A distance learning course presented via the internet. University of Exeter, Department of Lifelong Learning.
JANUARY 2001. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, University of Cairo, Egypt.
FEBRUARY 2001. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
DECEMBER 2001. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, Ministry of Land and Resources Training Centre, Beijing.
from JANUARY 2002. Introduction to Fossils and the Application of Pa;aeontology. A distance learning course to be presented via the internet. University of Exeter, Department of Lifelong Learning.
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2002. Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), Mumbai.
MARCH 2002: Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection. UNESCO-sponsored course, College of Agriculture and Soil Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat.
OCTOBER 2002. Environmental aspects of geothermal energy resources
utilization. First presentation of annual course on Geothermal Energy
Resources for Developing Countries, Mar del Plata, Argentina (for course
notes, click here).
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Other selected presentations, workshops and seminars DECEMBER 1983. Radionuclide movement in fractured rock: research into the geological disposal of radioactive waste at an experimental site in Cornwall. Lecture to the South West Regional Group of the Institution of Geologists, Camborne, UK. FEBRUARY 1986. Aislamiento geológico de los residuos radiactivos (Geological isolation of radioactive waste). Seminar, University of Oviedo, Spain (in Spanish). MARCH 1986. Permeabilidad en macizos graníticos: algunos observaciones con relación al aislamiento de residuos radiactivos en formaciones graníticas (Permeability of granitic rock masses: some observations in relation to the isolation of radioactive waste in granite formations). Seminar, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (in Spanish). MARCH 1986. Plan de estudios de geología en las universidades británicas (Structure of geological studies in British universities). Seminar presented at the Geology Faculties of the University of Oviedo and the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (in Spanish). FEBRUARY 1990. Hydrogeological and radiogeological research at the Earth Resources Centre, University of Exeter, UK. Lecture to the Department of Geology, University of Mysore, India. NOVEMBER 1991. Radon. Lecture to the South West Regional Group of Geological Society, Plymouth, UK. DECEMBER 1991. Aspects of the environmental impact of mining. Lecture , Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur. MAY 1992. Lectures on (1) Radioactive waste disposal, (2) Contaminated land and (3) Environmental impact of mining. Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil. APRIL 1993. Radon. Open Meeting of the Geological Society, South West Regional Group, Truro. UK. JUNE 1995. Contaminated Land. SWEB Development Seminar, Taunton. MARCH 1999. Recycling. The Great Cornish Waste Debate, Truro. MAY 2001. How Geologists View Retention. Fifth NEA/OECD GEOTRAP Workshop on Geological Evidence and Theoretical Bases for Radionuclide-retention Processes, Oskarshamn, Sweden. JULY 2001. Environmental Aspects of Industrial Archaeology.
ProGeo 2001 (annual meeting of the South West Regional Group of The Geological
Society), Exeter.
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