Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM)
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Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines or ACSM is an award of the Camborne School of Mines
Camborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines , commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. It is now a specialist department of the University of Exeter. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment...

 Trust.

Candidates successfully completing programmes of study in the Camborne School of Mines leading to degrees of the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....

 are eligible for additional awards made by the Senate of the University of Exeter on behalf of the Camborne School of Mines Trust. These awards are as follows:
  • Diploma of the Camborne School of Mines (DipCSM) for HND
    Higher National Diploma
    A Higher National Diploma is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. This qualification can be used to gain entry into universities, and is considered equivalent to the first or second year of a university degree course....

     qualifications. This may be awarded to suitably qualified candidates as a first-class diploma.
  • Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM) for BEng
    Beng
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     and BSc
    BSC
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     degrees
  • Master of the Camborne School of Mines (MCSM) for MSc
    MSC
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    , MPhil and PhD
    PHD
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     degrees


Within the mining profession the ACSM and MCSM are highly regarded awards. They are two of the few associate awards within the mining and other earth-based industries. The ACSM has been awarded to all graduates of CSM with the required grades since 1910, and in 1974 the ACSM was accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards
Council for National Academic Awards
The Council for National Academic Awards was a degree awarding authority in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1992. The CNAA awarded academic degrees at polytechnics, Central Institutions and other non-university institutions such as Colleges of Higher Education until they were awarded university...

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Notable Associates

  • Sam E. Jonah
    Sam E. Jonah
    Sam E Jonah, KBE is the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, equity fund based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr Jonah was previously President of AngloGold Ashanti and shared the strategic leadership of the company with its CEO, Bobby Godsell....

     (KBE
    Order of the British Empire
    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

    ) (ACSM), Chief Executive of Ashanti Goldfields
  • Lord Eurby D.S.O., M.C. - Mining engineer born 1883
  • Ginnie Mottram, MBE
    Order of the British Empire
    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

    , TA captain

External links

  • Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
    University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
    University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus is a campus of the University of Exeter at Tremough, in Penryn, Cornwall. Since 2004 it has housed all the university's operations in Cornwall, previously scattered across a number of different sites. It is set in of countryside, but close to the towns of...

    .
  • University of Exeter
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