Northern Maritime University

The Northern Maritime University (NMU)network works to: Build up the NMU as a strong transnational network of universities in the North Sea Region (NSR); Integrate potential beneficiaries into the network (i.e. international and SME shipping companies, port authorities, logistics operators, etc.) to verify qualification needs for business innovation, to enhance the design of educational programmes and to provide continuous evaluation of the NMU qualification portfolio; Carry out a transnational stakeholder study on qualification and policy needs and on this basis to make policy recommendations to foster innovation in the maritime business sector in the NSR at all corporate level (esp. SMEs); Develop a common NMU product and service portfolio based upon a flexible framework that facilitates a modular approach and, once tested, to extend these offerings to partner regions through pooling existing programme and qualification content and teachers, enhancing the content according to the needs of stakeholders, making the content easily accessible with regard to language and administrative issues, offering a range of a maritime business related modules, degrees and awards and applying e-learning methods that enable the lifelong learning of recipients; Realise a pilot test with learners from the participating universities and companies from the NSR for the purpose of evaluation and in preparation for the full-blown market entry; Build a nucleus of skills; experience, competences and infrastructure for undertaking common research projects in the maritime sector and to also advise and enable governments, institutions, and other public sector organisations to take forward policy decisions by offering expert panels and Foresight exercises; Create a knowledge cluster which disposes a fluid mix of framed experience, value, contextual information, and expert insights that provides a framework for evaluating, incorporating and anticipating developments in the maritime business sector.