The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and SIGNUS have renewed their commitment and collaborate in teaching and research activities within the framework of the Master’s Degree in Waste and Wastewater Management for Resource Recovery for the 2024-2025 academic year
The Autonomous University of Madrid, through its Foundation, and SIGNUS have renewed for another year their commitment to promote training in waste management, both solid and liquid, in all its facets through the Master’s Degree in Waste and Wastewater Management for Resource Recovery, a training programme, whose objectives are to promote a model based on the circular economy and contribute to training future professionals with the knowledge and experience necessary to develop waste management.
On behalf of the UAM, the meeting was attended by Fidel Rodríguez Batalla, general director of the Foundation of the Autonomous University of Madrid; Rocío Schettini del Moral, director of the Planning, Organisation and Processes Unit of the FUAM; Professor Jaime Cuevas Rodríguez, Department of Geology and Geochemistry of the Autonomous University of Madrid and director of the master’s degree and Mr. Carlos García, Department of Geology and Geochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the UAM and professor of the master’s degree.
Gabriel Leal Serrano, general director of SIGNUS, and Román Martín, director of institutional relations, attended on behalf of the company SIGNUS.
As part of this collaboration, both entities will cooperate in the design and financing of additional training activities and extracurricular practices for the benefit of students taking the Master’s degree. With the participation of SIGNUS in these activities, conferences, seminars and specialised training can be offered, as well as visits to the facilities of authorised waste managers. R&D activities will also be supported in order to collaborate in scientific production and the promotion of the development of knowledge for its transfer to society.
With this collaboration, both parties demonstrate their support for training and professional development, promoting responsible and sustainable practices in an area that is crucial for the well-being of society and the planet, such as the field of waste and wastewater management.
