PROSPECTS FOR groundwater professionals have never been better.Following the recent enactment of the Groundwater Regulations, the Landfill Directive and the Water Framework Directive, the demand for highly trained, experienced scientists and engineers with specialist knowledge of groundwater flow and contaminant hydrogeology has never been greater.Yet this demand is rising precisely at a time when oldfashioned,intensive one-year MSc programmes are becoming less and less attractive to both recent graduates and those already in work who would like to develop their skills in hydrogeology in response to demand.The new Postgraduate Distance Learning Programmes in Groundwater based at Newcastle University have been developed specifically with these present-day needs in mind, building upon the long-established success and prestige of one of the UK’s best known programmes of postgraduate training in water resources engineering.

Groundwater Engineering

This programme is for people who wish to practice their groundwater skills in the classic industrial settings of water supply, waste management or construction dewatering. The emphasis is on quantitative approaches and ‘nuts-and-bolts’ engineering, forming groundwater engineers who are focused on the issues of problem-solving at the site scale, whilst being fully cognisant of the wider environmental context within which groundwater management must be undertaken. Students on this programme will learn from direct experience with one of the UK’s principal construction dewatering firms, and from the use of national contaminated land remediation facilities supported by CL:AIRE.

Applied Hydrogeology

This programme is aimed specifically at students with a background in Earth Sciences, and it therefore focuses on developing advanced geological skills relevant to groundwater assessment, and to applying these to the sustainable management of aquifers, and of the surface watercourses and ecosystems sustained by discharging groundwater. Students on this programme will benefit from hands-on experience with one of the UK’s leading drilling contractors in the application of the very latest sonic drilling technology for the retrieval of undisturbed cores of aquifer materials, as well as with the majorNERC-funded CHASM river-aquifer interaction field stations in Cumbria.

Outline Programme Structure

THE PROGRAMME has been designed specifically for people who are in full-time employment or cannot spend long periods at University and is taken part-time over three to six years. It is run in partnership with leading organizations in the UK water industry. The programme is partly delivered through flexible learning materials that are accessed via CD, the Internet, email and post.

Professional Development Courses

All Optional Modules can be taken as self-contained PD shortcourses. The list of Optional Modules will evolve dynamically in response to the emergence of new ‘hot topics’ and areas of concern for industry. They are suitable for practising water professionals who wish to advance their knowledge in specific subjects.

Groundwater Engineering

Compulsory

• Computation and Hydroinformatics

• Data and Hydroinformatics

• Water Quantity and Quality

• Solid Waste Management

• Ground Engineering Techniques

• Geotechnology of Contaminated and Derelict Land

• Groundwater Modelling

• Groundwater Assessment

• Dissertation

Optional

• Sustainability and Water Resources

• Mine Water Pollution

• Hydroecology

• Water Supply Engineering

• Hydrogeochemical Modelling

• Environmental Engineering and Water Resources

for Developing Countries

Applied Hydrogeology

Compulsory

• Hydrostratigraphy

• Data and Hydroinformatics

• Water Quantity and Quality

• Sustainability and Water Resources

• Groundwater Modelling

• Groundwater Assessment

• Hydrogeochemical Modelling

Optional

• Solid Waste Management

• Geotechnology of Contaminated and Derelict Land

• Environmental Assessment and Sustainability

• Sustainability and Water Resources

• Hydroecology

• Environmental Engineering and Water Resources

for Developing Countries

• Mine Water Pollution

MSc Courses in Groundwater Engineering and Applied Hydrogeology Co n t a c t D e t a i l s

Lisa Allsopp

Professional Development Coordinator School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences,

University of Newcastle,Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 7RU United Kingdom

tel +44 (0)191 222 7439,fax +44 (0)191 222 6669

email lisa.allsopp@ncl.ac.uk

Paul Younger

Professor of Hydrogeochemical Engineering School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

University of Newcastle,Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 7RU United Kingdom

tel +44 (0)191 222 7942,fax +44 (0)191 222 5431

email p.l.younger@ncl.ac.uk