Capacity building and PhD student partnership in the Marine and Maritime sectors

海洋覆盖了我们地球的70%，并提供食物，能源，环境和维持生命的资源。纵观历史和未来，海洋将是人类迁徙和商业的主要途径，船舶承载着全球90%以上的贸易。港口和海岸仍然是人类活动的磁石，有10亿多人沿着海岸生活，世界上几乎一半的人口居住在离海洋150公里以内的地方。海洋提供了重要的资源，但也日益成为自然和人为加剧的危害的来源。我们是这个巨大生态系统的管理者，需要一批对这些海洋和海洋问题具有全球视角的博士学者，以确保其可持续发展和开发。3-6两个月的实习将在这两个机构开发，以满足这些具有战略意义的社会需求;由我们资助的博士培训计划SPITFIRE提供的世界一流的设施和优良的培训环境支持每个实习。UOS是海洋和海事部门的世界领导者，NMMU正在成为南非在这一领域的领导者。博士合作伙伴关系活动将显着提高来自两个组织的博士学者的技能和研究能力;开发一批20名毕业生，将与他们的主办机构和独特的全球视角有着密切的联系。博士交流活动将通过年度工作人员交流活动（包括专业服务人员）和正在进行的联合博士课程的发展发展，发展成为一种持续的机构合作。

The oceans cover ~70% of our planet and provide food, energy, environments, and resources that sustain life. Throughout history and into the future the oceans will be the principal pathways for human migration and commerce, with ships carrying more than 90% of global trade. Ports and coasts remain magnets for human activity with more than a billion people living along the coast and almost half of the world's population resident within 150 km of the sea. The oceans provide significant resources but they also are increasingly a source of natural and human-enhanced hazards. We are the stewards of this vast ecosystem and require a pipeline of PhD scholars with a global perspective on these marine and maritime issues to ensure their sustainable development and exploitation. 3-6 month internships will be developed in both institutions to meet these strategically important needs for society; each internship underpinned by world-class facilities and excellent training environment provided by our funded Doctoral Training Programme SPITFIRE.The UoS is a world leader in the marine and maritime sector and NMMU is emerging as a leader in South Africa in this domain. PhD partnership activity will significantly enhance the skills and research capabilities of PhD scholars from both organisations; developing a cohort of 20 graduates that will have strong links to their hosting institution and a unique global perspective. The PhD exchange activity will be developed into a sustained institutional collaboration by annual staff exchange activity including Professional Services staff and development of an ongoing joint PhD programme.