News, Information & Events
Latest News from UFAW
UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarship (formerly Vacation Scholarship)
Applications are now invited for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships 2010.
Up to £1600 available to cover subsistence and project expenses. Closing date 28th February 2010. Click here to go to the Scholarship webpage.
UFAW Wild Animal Welfare Award 2010
UFAW is currently inviting applications for the 2010 award. The award recognises innovations which are relevant to improving the welfare of captive wild animals, or which alleviate anthropogenic (human-induced) harm to the welfare of animals in the wild. Closing date 7th December 2009.
More on this and an application form
UFAW International Animal Welfare Symposium
Wild bird care in the garden
Zoological Society of London, 4th (and possibly also 5th) May 2010
Click here to go to the Symposium webpage
Click here to download the press release on the Symposium
UFAW Conference 2010 Recent advances in animal welfare science
30th June 2010
York Merchant Adventurers' Hall
Click here to go to the Conference webpage.
UFAW Annual Report 2008-2009
UFAW Vacation Scholars' Meeting 2009
This year's Vacation Scholars' Meeting will be held on 9th December 2009 at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. Contact Stephen Wickens for further details wickens@ufaw.org.uk.
UFAW New-Sheet, Spring 2009
Just published. Download a copy here.
UFAW Companion Animal Welfare Award launched
The UFAW Companion Animal Welfare Award will be an annual competition open to all individuals and organisations working in the field of companion animal welfare science and technology. Closing date 21st November 2008.
Click here for further details.
UFAW Vacation Scholarships 2009
UFAW is now inviting students to apply for the 2009 Vacation Scholarship awards. The aim of the scheme is to encourage students to develop their interests in animal welfare science by providing an opportunity to undertake research in this field. Successful applicants will be awarded up to £1360 to cover subsistence and equipment expenses. If you are interested click here for further details and an application form.
Closing date: 28th February 2009.
UFAW Welfare & Breeding Initiative
UFAW plans to develop a web-based initiative to help improve breed-related welfare problems in companion animals
For further details click here
UFAW Annual Report 2007-2008
UFAW International Symposium 2009
Darwinian selection, selective breeding and the welfare of animals
Visit the Symposium web pages for further details.
UFAW Animal Welfare Conference
Recent advances in animal welfare science 3rd July 2008
Now Sold out
For further details click here
UFAW News-Sheet 2008
UFAW Professor William Russell Fellowship 2008
New Fellowship launched. For further details click here.
UFAW Wild Animal Welfare Award 2008
UFAW is currently inviting applications for the 2007 award. The award recognises innovations which are relevant to improving the welfare of captive wild animals, or which alleviate anthropogenic (human-induced) harm to the welfare of animals in the wild. Closing date 7th December 2007.
More on this and an application form
UFAW News-Sheet 2007 Published
UFAW Vacation Scholarships 2008
Are you:
- Interesting in animal welfare?
- Thinking about what to do next summer?
- Studying at a university or college in the British Isles?
A UFAW Vacation Scholarship would give you the chance to carry out your own animal welfare research project for 4-8 weeks over the summer holidays and receive up to £1120 subsistence and costs. If you are interested click here for further details and an application form.
UFAW Animal Welfare Research Training Scholarship
As part of its endeavours to encourage high quality science likely to lead to substantial advances in animal welfare, UFAW is running a scheme to award UFAW Animal Welfare Research Training Scholarships to enable promising veterinary or science graduates to undertake three-year programmes of research leading to degrees at the doctorate level within the British Isles. UFAW would like particularly to encourage applications in the following fields:
- development of methodologies aimed at elucidation of the neurological basis of sentience in animals
- developments in approaches to alleviating welfare problems in farmed, companion and/or laboratory animals through breeding
- developments in detection and alleviation of pain
- development of methods of welfare / quality of life assessment
UFAW does not wish to exclude potentially valuable projects in other aspects of animal welfare science and applications for work in other areas will also be considered.
The stipend for science graduates will be £16,283 rising to £19,230 for the third year (London weighting £18,211 rising to £21,507 for the third year) and for veterinary graduates, £17,097 rising to £20,192 for the third year (London weighting £19,121 rising to £22,583 for the third year). In addition, research costs up to £10,000 pa and approved tuition fees up to £3235 pa will be met (Applications for tuition fees in excess of this amount may be considered). Click here for further details.
UFAW Annual Report 2005-2006
UFAW Wild Animal Welfare Award 2007
UFAW is currently inviting applications for the 2007 award. The award recognises innovations which are relevant to improving the welfare of captive wild animals, or which alleviate anthropogenic (human-induced) harm to the welfare of animals in the wild. Closing date 9th December 2006.
More on this and an application form
UFAW Workshop on Rodent Control Methods
Many of the current methods of rodent control fall short of the humane ideal. Around the world very large numbers of rodents are subject to control methods and so the subject is one of major animal welfare importance.
Press Releases
Improving Zoo Primate Welfare:
Paignton Zoo Wins 2005 UFAW Wild Animal Welfare Award November 2005
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has received the 2005 Wild Animal Welfare Award from the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) for their work with Colobus monkeys.
The closing date for the 2007 award is 9th December 2006. Further details and an application form click here.
UFAW/BVA Ethics Committee International Symposium
Quality of Life: The Heart of the Matter
13-14 September 2006 at The Royal Society, London, UK.
UFAW and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) Ethics Committee organized an international symposium with the aim of bringing together leading scientists, practicing veterinarians, animal scientists and keepers, and medics from around the world to discuss the issues, advances, ethical and practical implications of concern for the quality of life of companion animals.
University Links, News & Events
‘University Links’ is a network of UFAW representatives, members and supporters at universities and colleges around the UK and overseas. Its aims are to promote animal welfare science and the objectives of UFAW while providing a forum for the involvement of members and supporters.
