25.01.07
Camborne School of Mines welcomes world's top mining students

The University of Exeter has welcomed twenty-two mining students from ten different countries, including the USA, Canada, South Africa and Germany, to study at the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) for two months. They arrived in Cornwall on 20 January and will experience student life at the University of Exeter's Tremough campus, Penryn, which is part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative.

The University's Camborne School of Mines is the UK partner in the Federation of European Mining Programmes. Funded by the world's major mining companies, the programme gives the world's most promising mining engineering students the opportunity to study in four institutions within one year. An intensive two months in Cornwall will focus on the role of teamwork in all aspects of mining and will include specialist courses in surface mining and project management. A highlight of the visit will be a four-day surveying course in the Camborne School of Mine's test mine, a teaching facility that is unique in British universities.

"Camborne School of Mines has trained international miners for over a hundred years and we are proud to carry on that tradition," said Professor Hylke Glass of Camborne School of Mines. "We are now applying for European funding so that we can welcome even more students to experience world-class facilities and teaching in Cornwall next year."

During their stay, the students will have the opportunity to visit the Cornwall's key mining and quarrying industries, such as Imerys Minerals and Aram Resources, giving them a chance to make useful industry contacts in Cornwall. Mathilde Robben of the Netherlands said: "In our first week we are already going underground and working in CSM's test mine. I am thrilled to be in Cornwall!"

The £100 million Tremough campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative ­ of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter is expanding its courses available to include Politics, Law and History to existing degrees in Mining Engineering, Geology, Biology, Geography, English and Renewable Energy.

For further information contact Sarah Hoyle at the University of Exeter on 01392 262062 or email S.Hoyle@exeter.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). The University of Exeter is a partner of the CUC.

Editor's notes:

Camborne School of Mines (CSM) was founded in 1888 and became part of the University of Exeter in 1993. CSM has an international reputation for research and teaching related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. Its portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes provide an excellent basis for careers, in the UK or overseas, within the Earth resources, civil engineering, environmental and energy sectors. The vast majority of CSM graduates are employed in areas related to their degree. CSM is based at the University of Exeter's Tremough Campus, near Penryn.

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