INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

Introduction to INVENT

Integrated Waste Management Modules for Different Courses of Graduate Studies

Joe Green

Dr Chris Wooldridge

Cardiff University

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

“Innovative Education Modules and Tools for the Environmental Sector, particularly in Integrated Waste Management, in Different

Courses of Study at Institutions of Higher Education”

- Design and delivery of education modules and tools for the environmental sector relating to integrated waste management in different courses of study at institutions of higher education

- A handbook of options for waste management and case studies

Introduction to INVENT

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

-To create innovative education modules and tools for the environmental sector relating to integrated waste management

- A distance learning package globally accessible through the Internet

- To enhance economic (and human) relations between Asia and the European Union

- To encourage the creation of an environmentally sound basis, inintegrated waste management and renewable energy,

- To strengthen the skills and mobility of the participants

- To promote EU higher education

Objectives and target groups

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

Objectives and target groups

Target Groups:

- Students of higher education programmes conducted by the participating institutions

- Stakeholders,

- Engineers,

- Managers,

- Students and teaching staff worldwide

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

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INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

Components of Taught Material

• A ‘Core Text’ that reflects the chapters of the INVENT Project Handbook

• Each chapter of the Handbook has been adapted to form a section of the Core Text

• Each section has ‘Learning Outcomes’ and ‘Self Assessment Questions’ that are designed to be completed by the course participants prior to continuing to the next section

• A set of formal assessments at the end of the course comprising of a ‘Summary and Suggestions’ section and a ‘Tutor Marked Assessment’

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

Components of Taught Material

The chapters of the INVENT Project Handbook and Core Text are:

1) Integrated waste management

2) Framework conditions for waste management in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand

3) Waste quantities and characteristics

4) Waste collection and storage

5) Waste processing, treatment and recycling

6) Waste disposal

7) Economic and socio-economic aspects of waste management

INVENT - Integrated Waste Management modules for different courses of graduate studies

Components of Taught Material

Each chapter will be delivered in the form of a PowerPoint presentation

The ‘Learning Outcomes’ and ‘Self Assessment Questions’ are included at the beginning and end of the Presentations

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