Ten years of ACES: Training aquaculture's future leaders

About this episode

This episode reflects on the 10-year journey of the ACES program aimed at training future leaders in aquaculture.

With a global human population in excess of eight billion, governments and planners are looking to aquaculture to provide food security in a sustainable way. But this is a diverse global industry that comes in many forms, with various societal and ecological challenges. In this episode, two of the academics behind a highly-rated aquaculture Masters Degree, ACES, reflect on 10 years of the programme, designed to train the industry and academic leaders of the future. Profs. E...

People in this episode

Guest: Profs. E

Topics covered

• aquaculture
• food security
• sustainability
• education
• leadership

Keywords

• aquaculture
• food security
• sustainable practices
• education
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish Association for Marine Science

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