<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body dir="auto">
Dear BERGers
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As most of you know, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) support BERG activities, and I am their LINK representative to share information and news.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Please see updates below including links to recorded conferences and meetings, funding opportunities, and award nominations.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best, Hannah<br>
<br>
<div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
Begin forwarded message:<br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Stephen Wickens <<a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk">wickens@ufaw.org.uk</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> 24 November 2020 at 14:11:36 GMT<br>
<b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk">h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>UFAW LINK: Reminders and updates</b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> <<a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk">wickens@ufaw.org.uk</a>><br>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001">
<div style="font-size:10pt; color: red; font-family: sans-serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; padding:.2em">
CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content.</div>
<div></div>
<hr>
<br>
<br>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Dear Hannah,<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /-->
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Just to remind you that, if you missed
any, recordings of all the sessions of our 'Recent advances in animal welfare science VII' conference are available to watch on demand by using this link:
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gotostage.com%2Fchannel%2Ff608fd7ee2944abd81ef1679f825def1&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157424804%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=rVowktDsDxGTvm79i4%2F4C%2F9T98aS0lzev8xNeBwEycY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.gotostage.com/channel/f608fd7ee2944abd81ef1679f825def1" shash="oRTum6YX7RJ4PRXkmKiRIJw/G8y2C2xaoDbqYoafjtsVUz3ZRTIrzHzrEU8i03cQtEBKQTYXUVUP/chV5opqi92ghltop7MjL7lVxVrfUYsDMJ1Mo8umchbcbH3BSR578zMYkoKPjYOinG+MQ62WlAmIvjge8T+Mri+RXBth3jA=">
<font color="#0000ff">https://www.gotostage.com/channel/f608fd7ee2944abd81ef1679f825def1</font></a>. These sessions will be available to view until at least April 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Since this conference, we have hosted
a few other meetings, that you may also be interested in viewing. Recordings of the RSPCA/UFAW rodent welfare meeting can be viewed here:
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gotostage.com%2Fchannel%2F13b635b7ccf74ebcbf6a7eb3df3f9a7f&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157424804%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4JQFaohBZ9VL53HCsEozhs2xnV%2BqvvHgHdVu3pFf20s%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.gotostage.com/channel/13b635b7ccf74ebcbf6a7eb3df3f9a7f" shash="BSDYGCKbHcEBiVd27oK4vg46GYQCtxHcNPyQ8Dw31UBVLVvIiNiTlb/vypLEOT/GinQZEKqUipwbQ9mpl9ck5rGDZkRMLcym7HaU6+RTmaezgX602gpzyK2XDov0E342StCpZVKQ4aYsy4XDmJLOmFVZdzxmavLdbaDrMIPR2G8=">
<font color="#0000ff">https://www.gotostage.com/channel/13b635b7ccf74ebcbf6a7eb3df3f9a7f</font></a>. And recordings of our most recent – the FVSO/UFAW/HSA symposium on ‘Humanely ending the life of animals’ - here:
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gotostage.com%2Fchannel%2F81bced3dd4314165816dd8ae8b49a9b4&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157434797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=eGBE%2B4bmkc8pjbjgglxGRYLLdBmxk6YNEYBa0ry80AY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.gotostage.com/channel/81bced3dd4314165816dd8ae8b49a9b4" shash="tCqECRtOCnm39Z+/JmWlb8EGkcaM1sDVsjH7hhkyEcm7Sbt/yLeqj72tymztUDFaXxZDvrTLc2sce5HV+25x2cZcFoqRUiseHOS0dR1mpgMDpCVCFS3/MO7PkMzpfrhEe0fMUkFQ7zf2F59dI3EsHPfNend3uRcbctWjsT5A114=">
<font color="#0000ff">https://www.gotostage.com/channel/81bced3dd4314165816dd8ae8b49a9b4</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">We have also just issued a call for abstracts
for our June 2021 meeting ‘Recent advances…VIII’ which will once again be a free online event. Abstract submissions are welcome in any area of animal welfare science and the deadline for their submission is 18 January 2021. Further details on the conference
and on how to submit an abstract can be found here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufaw.org.uk%2Fconf2021&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157434797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VleG1sTyWDy4oRW5kz7Z7%2BF5u5YyaB60psjVWpRvj%2FE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/conf2021" shash="cqp22xFhlmyL/2aBAp9UdEK3+mVFGhf8WbB08wNVJ4WkNxMiQD0I3fSusfJgpc+3nYG59qTVQ+Po4GNnDTB2PF0w8jZ/ANWnCb/5DFcgIOQ0wkggPkVlpFMbD+pY1Lifd/xwQvkfkeqsuZRzfgfVnkJdXvzOwlnPiTIH5Qlr4RY=">
<font color="#0000ff">www.ufaw.org.uk/conf2021</font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">And don’t forget that we are now seeking
applications for: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT">the
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufaw.org.uk%2Fawss&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157434797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=v8jaePcDBV%2FydDTywPE17zGvqfdLfe8KgLbN7QDHjQU%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/awss" shash="aalM1hk6Y9LUbk1+PDxqNkOTjln+jeZIV7qbSP7Ko3+v/7fMbSHRyxxvlu48UncWsUmT7vqqyKFWBqZVtTDVRJzCgvQGhttUfQ6b6ml3+xWxHgHHOnSNGSDBW4P+MVi2oh8R4uocBkdbqx1uE2zCBMRs1cuh9i9FfWTLDQFHufE=" target="_blank">
<font color="#0000ff">UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships</font></a> (stipend £2400, including funds to cover departmental expenses upto a maximum of £800). Closing date for applications: 28 February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT">the
<span style="BACKGROUND: white"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufaw.org.uk%2Fufaw-medal-for-outstanding-contributions-to-animal-welfare-science%2Fufaw-medal-for-outstanding-contributions-to-animal-welfare-science&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157444794%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IQLTxFdIqtYbEbwjIbdTRjjODl32tTp5UstO4L2Td7M%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-medal-for-outstanding-contributions-to-animal-welfare-science/ufaw-medal-for-outstanding-contributions-to-animal-welfare-science" shash="Z8NGQ8gM2V1O4DeYc8mNHRtKiXEuKWSUzCPmDICd4bSZJ7hR9kGpjt5G0UsNUeFn8bHZuuAH3+xCY3qqCs5729f4uSr2xJwD3deXI79MbI3OWpOJCnwS9EytGFr2QgjcKPFl6Xh6SjEwE6YQFAzSmyl1LQIvYr+VTOIvufKc/ZM="><font color="#0000ff">UFAW
Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Welfare Science</font></a>. Closing date for applications 4 December 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: IT">the
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufaw.org.uk%2Fyoungscientist&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157444794%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SRlCv0fsCFDk1hTqGBGJJBA%2FLLQwBfgQnGLPjsMuZao%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/youngscientist" shash="y+/JRwWQ5Z4A/otgAx24IS5C1Y0WYfJPnaUUbc7Xt1Azt+wqefWqqs7HDAw0EExkMLqcyTIBnGe+NQVEQfdoR05rLrlEASmAhHoagZ1zQSAivaV6rXmVXh9pRU36wJiWAV+tHke2lSAtw/Be6H1aRYXXOo57Zytx4/T47uSnJwU=" target="_blank">
<font color="#0000ff">UFAW Early Career Animal Welfare Researcher of the Year Award</font></a> Closing date for applications 4 December 2020.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: IT">and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: IT">the
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hsa.org.uk%2Fgrants--awards%2Fdorothy-sidley-memorial-scholarships&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157454786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=R6l5mJuxAUAFlPAf0qdWdXJ47dh5n2CqSKS9hl2R9%2FQ%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.hsa.org.uk/grants--awards/dorothy-sidley-memorial-scholarships" shash="vDn1wt03U/DDPVIwaBGkt3EZKHyQtCG1/1eVy8Ye3OpgFrknGygouQxhnXLZsx0U7LcMAwo26+lrH3kKpibAReJgMwJ0ZfrRCWcQwvo2fno//Lr659SkaJnnjq5N0X5BeOcq3xEMjy27fdF+1U9u++g1UcKQUUMPmWH24ky+DLw=" target="_blank">
<font color="#0000ff">HSA Student/Trainee Scholarships</font></a> (stipend up to a maximum of £2000). Closing date for applications: 28 February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="IT" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: IT">the
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hsa.org.uk%2Fgrants--awards%2Fhumane-slaughter-award&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157454786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=oW3Lkyfa6FLmayq5%2FjuIljUvqhGfP1POIzVK8XRRHrw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.hsa.org.uk/grants--awards/humane-slaughter-award" shash="jhtv4Pfb6nh1DmD+NYRmTYNF1Uygddx8St1OuR0fCvqblXbkKmiRzhG3sBUxx/5Lb9CYTivwmZzQAOEJl60/GSQZfU8FMjyNQsw7NSARQk8UzUK4BQfp416r9C4SVsJSHDTb8JKTrdEvegGM2cDwH6rI3X65zlaVfI5nWnmWKPM=" target="_blank">
<font color="#0000ff">HSA Humane Slaughter Award</font></a> for significant advances in humane slaughter, marketing or transport of farmed livestock. Closing date for applications: 4 December 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">If you have any questions about the LINK
scheme and how to ask us to support an activity then please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you and stay safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1">Stephen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Dr
Stephen Wickens<br>
UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK <br>
Email: wickens@ufaw.org.uk ; Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span><a href="C:\Users\Stephen Wickens\AppData\Local\Temp\~ed_sb_3\www.ufaw.org.uk"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud
attempt from "c:" claiming to be</b></font> <span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig">
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">www.ufaw.org.uk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Hold the date:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">*
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><b><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Recent advances in animal welfare science VIII
</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Virtual UFAW Animal Welfare Conference,
29-30<sup>th</sup> June 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 4.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">
<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">For further information about UFAW awards, scholarships, meetings
and other news follow us on: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fufaw.org.uk&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157464780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zz66HDwasCIhw1rxO9SUN4nEUAoxkVmV3EAPIsiv%2FbM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.facebook.com/ufaw.org.uk" shash="Q8mtV0HOYpnQoiP2tspGBQQVfzxOGvWuOjB9+T3YFzrjwed/aNKnitLSXpr8q5GgotsGqFaATTXQXk5Qx60NXcyC/M4XttvudcWrbdptOA/AZ6wc944LgSUrQcgRJmDVJzsi4+aC86rIiF29KId/Rlz3DHh7sJ2yN7q9MnqRITU="><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Facebook:
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">
; </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fufaw_1926&data=04%7C01%7Ch.m.buchanan-smith%40stir.ac.uk%7C7bf772a3bad04cf3d65e08d89082e4dd%7C4e8d09f7cc794ccb9149a4238dd17422%7C0%7C0%7C637418239157464780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=biPaKsSE87jVCMhxwrnZnP1GAtWU83tKJWDDEFcGsUk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://twitter.com/ufaw_1926" shash="JjWVC/JF0gX02O2LQPTxefKdDQgaXBloVJ1AhKYWVTQkhBPkskNvV3gYHb842nyU2+e1cwjBhsD6nxafyA2FevBYmZu5s6GpwbdFXutodnaFVrfLPSk4EEUzBTpzz4cz0S60lW0M7MEAqlTI/LqroYuagSNngrWRwSYHlPgzGdY="><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Twitter:
@UFAW_1926</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">The
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Registered
Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailAutoSig"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes">Science
in the service of animal welfare</span></b></span></p>
</span></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div align="left">
<hr>
</div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020</font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)</font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="gray" size="2">The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.<br>
</font></div>
</body>
</html>