Funded PhD Studentships in Animal Behaviour, Welfare, Veterinary Education, and Epigenetics Harper Adams University in United Kingdom

Harper Adams University’s Animals in Education research team is recruiting for two PhD opportunities advertised through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) . The first project, “Improving animal welfare practices in Veterinary Education: an evidence-based approach” , focuses on how live animals are used in veterinary education and aims to build an evidence base for better practice. The second project, “Balancing education and welfare: Quantifying the impact of farm ...

PhD opportunity at Harper Adams University in dairy cattle welfare , animal behaviour , and environmental enrichment . The project asks whether enriching the rearing environment of dairy heifers can improve welfare and whether those benefits continue into first lactation. The research will follow heifers from rearing through early lactation and will combine behavioural observations , precision livestock technologies , and measures of health and physiology . The aim is to generate practical recom...

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in native oyster hatchery production , aquaculture , restoration , marine biology , ecology , genetics , cell biology , and zoology . This EASTBIO-funded PhD project focuses on improving hatchery production of the native oyster Ostrea edulis , an ecologically important species in decline across its range. The project is based at the Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews , with co-supervision from Dr Carmel McDougall and Dr Tim Bean , ...

📢 Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioacoustics & Wildlife Ecology at The University of Salford . This 18-month postdoctoral opportunity is part of the TUNED SESAR JU Project (Toolkit for Noise and Societal Impact Assessment of U-Space-Enabled Drone Operations), a European-funded research project examining how expanding drone operations affect both people and wildlife. The role is based across the Salford Acoustics Research Centre and the Environmental Research & Innovation Centre (ERIC) . The success...

PhD position available in the Mort lab at Lancaster University on cattle genetics , with a focus on pigmentation genetics in dairy cattle and how this research can help build resilience to climate change . This opportunity is described as an exciting collaboration with Davina Hill at the University of Glasgow and Barbara Shih at Lancaster University . The post is aimed at students interested in animal genetics, livestock biology, and applied research with agricultural relevance. No funding detai...