Description
Environmental pollution, including pollution of waters, is a topic of broad concern at governmental, public institution, research, and consumer levels due to the health risk posed to humans and animals. This project focuses on PhD students' training and teaching staff exchange of experience. The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science has the expertise, and the know-how for surveillance technologies in the field of polluted water with microscopic parasites and, thus, could ensure the training of PhD students and the staff. The PhD student participants will obtain expertise in laboratory work needed for water born disease diagnosis and surveillance.The teaching staff will add to their existing expertise on microbial pollution with elements of diagnosis in parasitic water born diseases, thus being able to transfer this knowledge to broader categories of students and users. The partnership will initiate the cooperation between the two schools and will allow the creation of mixed groups of young researchers with potential to train target groups (students, PhD candidates, technicians,etc).
Summary of project results
The mobility project covered the training needs for one PhD student and an exchange of experience in training of three teaching staff for The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, where environmental and water protection against microbial and heavy metal pollution is the subject of several graduation works and PhD theses lately. The PhD participant obtained expertise in laboratory work needed for water born disease diagnosis and surveillance while the staff expanded on the expertise held on microbial pollution with elements of diagnosis in parasitic water born disease. The impact of the activities is translated through the ability to transfer the knowledge to broader categories of students and users. The partnership will be expanded to a broader cooperation and cover additional academic perspectives, allowing the creation of mixed groups of young researchers. The output of the project is represented mainly by the continuation of the project and also the possibility to initiate research project in which young researchers are involved. The beneficiaries in this project were represented by one teaching mobility from the Norwegian school of Veterinary Science to the University of Agricultural Sciences and veterinary Medicine in Romania, two training staff from the Romanian university to the Norwegian university and one placement mobility for a PhD student from Romania to Norway. The Romanian higher education institution particularly benefited from the experience of Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in the field of surveillance technologies regarding polluted water with microscopic parasites.
Summary of bilateral results
The output of the project is represented mainly by the continuation of the project and also the possibility to initiate research projects involcing young researchers.The project contributed to increasing the number of student and staff mobilities taking place at the beneficiary university.The partnership achieved the involvement of new staff in the project and to continue the research in environmental and water pollution with a focus on microbial and heavy metal pollution.