Increased culling of neonatal piglets – investigating the impact of super-prolific breeding programmes on human health and associations with animal care
We’ve partnered with BSAVA PetSavers to jointly fund a Master’s Degree by Research in animal welfare. The grant will offer up to £42,000 to cover a postgraduate student stipend at […]
Lesley Jessiman is a psychologist working with the animal behaviour and welfare team at Scotland Rural University College (SRUC). She is working with Dr Emma Baxter on the AWF-funded […]
On Thursday, 14th November, the AWF hosted an engaging and thought-provoking session at the London Vet Show, exploring the impacts of confinement systems on animal welfare while addressing broader societal, […]
Dr Lindsay Henderson is a researcher at The Roslin Institute, specialising in avian behaviour, physiology, and welfare. She also serves as the Academic Liaison for the National Avian Research Facility […]
Niamh Mahon is an environmental social scientist, with an interdisciplinary background, working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) group at the James Hutton Institute. Beth Clark is Lecturer […]
In 2018, University of Edinburgh student Jillian Gordon received an AWF student grant to investigate the relationship between dairy cattle grimace expressions and post-mortem dental health. Her project uncovered alarming […]
Chloë Crichton is a third-year student in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Bristol. She received an AWF student grant for a research project Investigating the cross-species emotional contagion […]
Skye Kenny just graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a BSc (Hons) in Animal and Conservation Biology. As a nature lover and passionate of all things equine, Skye chose to […]
Mary Baxter is a post-doctoral researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, working in poultry behaviour and welfare. Niamh Elizabeth O’Connell is Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the School of […]
This article was published in Vet Record Careers on 24th September 2022. Read here. I am proud to say that 20 years later than I originally planned, in July 2022, […]
