The importance of technology in remote sensing and image processing training

The space community has such a variety of projects that a `typical´ set of skills might be impossible to define. It is clear that all the skills needed could not be taught in any single undergraduate degree course. Edinburgh University have tried to create a postgraduate course (a one year M.Sc.) which will give graduates with suitable first degrees the opportunity to complement their existing knowledge with skills they will find immediately useful in the space community. The first six months of the course consist of lecture, tutorials and practical work, leaving six months for a substantial dissertation project. The lectures form part of a modular scheme to allow this M.Sc. course to be well integrated with other M.Sc.s in Astronomical Technology and Information Technology