30 Sept 2024

CAWSE is a cross-campus collaborative initiative, bringing together scientists and educators in animal welfare from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, and the Roslin Institute.

This event will give researchers and students with an interest in animal welfare the chance to learn more about work under way by different groups in and around the Easterbush Campus and with collaborators.

Presentations will include:

  • Dr Gidona Goodman, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute on seabird welfare
  • Dr Lucy Oldham, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) on enrichment and early life development in production species
  • Dr Roni Kirkpatrick, R(D)SVS Large Animal Research and Imaging Facility (LARIF) on enrichment programs at LARIF
  • Prof Simon Girling, Royal Zoological Society Scotland on zoo and wildlife welfare

More details will be provided soon.

This event is specifically for to those staff and students on the Easter Bush Campus, or associated with a presenting group on the day. This includes undergraduate, postgraduate, technical staff. Please contact JM.Welfare [at] ed.ac.uk if you are not sure if you’re eligible to attend.