International Partnership Development

 

• Indian Government’s Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for research and education collaboration

• Karnataka University Veterinary School (Development of a new Animal Welfare Centre)

• Kerala Animal and Veterinary University (Animal Welfare PD and exchange)

• Commonwealth Veterinary Association (Animal Welfare PD)

• Hong Kong Government and Edinburgh University (Knowledge exchange/student projects)

• Hong Kong University (Articulation arrangement For HK Biomedical Science students to enter Veterinary programme at Edinburgh University)

• Chinese Veterinary Medicine Association (Veterinary research and education PD)     

• Chinese Agricultural University (Articulation arrangements for Chinese Veterinary students to enter the Veterinary Programme at Edinburgh)

• Zhejiang Yuexiu University, South East China (Development of a new EIT (NZ) International College for Chinese students)

 

Professional Capability Development Programmes

 

• Knowledge Transfer and staff capability development (Animal Welfare) Harare University, Zimbabwe (British Council Grant)

• Veterinary Teaching Capability Development Workshops (Problem Based Learning and Animal Welfare), South India Veterinary Universities (British Council Grant)

• Developed two online (free) Courses (Coursera MOOCs) on Animal Behaviour and Welfare and The Truth about Cats and Dogs

• Lead developer for numerous successful tertiary animal behaviour and animal welfare Postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in UK and NZ (including; Masters in applied animal behaviour and welfare, online Masters in Animal welfare, ethics and law; Masters in equine science; Masters in clinical animal behaviour).

• Production of online professional development learning modules for the animal welfare industry (eg. sponsored by International Fund for Animal Welfare)

• Development of resources for an animal welfare assessment APP – for use by animal welfare organisations to assess welfare in the field (work sponsored by the Dogs Trust).

 

Conference/Workshop Development and Organisation

 

• Developed and co-organised (with the Chinese Veterinary Medicine Association) the first and follow three Chinese Veterinary Conference – Animal Welfare Science sessions (Suzhou, Guilin, Qingdao and Fuzhou)

• Co-organised (with HK City University) International Animal Welfare conference for Govt and Industry to launch new animal welfare centre

• Developed and Co-Organised a 5 day Veterinary Advances/Rabies Control and Animal Welfare conference with the Commonwealth Veterinary Association in Bangalore, India

• Developed and Co-Organised a 2 day Conference on Production Animal Health and Welfare with the Indian Council for Agriculture (Delhi) (opened by the UoE VP International) 2015

• Developed and Co-Organised a 2 day symposium on Translational Veterinary Medicine with the HK Government in Hong Kong

• Developed and Co-organised a two day ‘Dogs and Society’ conference in

Santiago, Chile with Government and Local Universities

• Chair and Co-Organiser Animal Welfare Conferences including; ‘Human Behaviour Change for Animal Welfare’ (Auckland); Online ‘Towards A Good Life for Animals’ and ‘Companion Animals in a Changing World’.

• Chair and Organiser International Society for Equitation Science Annual Conferences (2012 Edinburgh), (2021 on-line), (2024 Cambridge, NZ).

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Strategy and Policy Development

• Developed innovative Strategic and Operational Plans for two new animal welfare Centres (Jeanne Marchig International Animal Welfare Edinburgh and A Good Life for Animals Centre (New Zealand).

• Lead author for Eurogroup for Animal Welfare's White Paper - Good Welfare for Horses.

• Chair and Lead for FEI Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission's Stakeholder situation mapping, strategic welfare approach, FEI charter and final recommendations.

• Developed the Te Pukenga Strategic Research Framework for ITP sector in NZ

• Developed the Code of Ethical Conduct for Use of animals in teaching, research for ITP sector in NZ

• Chair the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee - Providing recommendations to Government related to animal use in research, testing and teaching

• Advisor as a member of NAWAC related to the NZ Animal Welfare Act 1999's Animal Welfare Codes development.

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