2nd MARELAW project meeting in Split

On July 10-11, 2023, the Second Focus group, entitled "Analysis and improvement of learning outcomes for maritime law course according to the STCW Convention", was held in Split at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Split. MareLaw project is Erasmus+ project KA2 (Cooperation partnership in higher education) Upgrading and harmonization of Maritime law STCW based curriculum for Maritime students. During these two days, members from University of Split, Technical University of Catalunya and Riga Technical University have summarized conclusions from the first Focus Group, held in Riga, and have discussed about Learning outcomes for the maritime law courses taught according to the STCW Convention. Similarities and differences of learning outcomes at partner universities have been identified. Also, group has defined desired learning outcomes in accordance with STCW Convention that will be useful for all universities. The aim of these activities is improvement of learning outcomes at maritime law subjects. Results from the Second Focus Group, just like the results from the First Focus Group, will serve as a starting point for the development of teaching materials (key activity in WP4)

(An announcement has been uploaded in the DCEN – UPC web page, the text explains in Catalan the following, outcomes from the meeting: On July 10 and 11, the second face-to-face meeting of the MARELAW project took place, taking advantage of the upcoming content delivery deadline for the project, in which the FNB specified the competencies and learning outcomes to be achieved by its students.

These were compared with those from the University of Riga and the University of Split.

Finally, a set of course learning outcomes for maritime law was established for the three universities, and a draft of the various topics was prepared to be subsequently distributed among the three participants for further development.)