Top Ten Organisations for Animal Research in 2018 Announced Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain Top universities are among the largest users of animals in research in Great Britain All ten organisations have signed up to Concordat on Openness …
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CONCORDAT ON OPENNESS NEWS (JANUARY 2019)
Openness around animals in research statistics On 20 November 2018, the ten universities which conducted the most animal procedures in the UK during 2017 publicised their figures. They collectively conducted a third of all UK animal research that year, completing a combined total of 1.32 million procedures. Over …
Concordat Annual Report, Openness Awards, and Paget Lecture 2018
On Monday, 3rd December 2018, UAR hosted the fifth annual Openness Awards and 82nd Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Dr John Landers presented the Internal or Sector Engagement Award to GSK for developing a live and interactive virtual lab tour for its employees. …
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Concordat on Openness News (October 2018)
New signatories This year we have welcomed the MHRA, Swansea University, University of Brighton, PTEN Research, and University of Hertfordshire as Concordat signatories, bringing the total number to 121. Manchester’s virtual lab tour This year the University of Manchester created a virtual tour of its animal unit. With eleven rooms and sixteen videos, …
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Concordat on Openness News (January 2018)
The second instalment of the Concordat on Openness newsletter is now available to download. Signatories have been busy launching annual reports, taking part in social media campaigns, updating their websites, and press releasing their animal statistics. Last month UAR hosted the 81st Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture …
Concordat Annual Report, Openness Awards, and Paget Lecture 2017
On 4th December 2017, UAR hosted the fourth annual Openness Awards and 81st Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture. Dr Judy MacArthur Clark presented the Internal or Sector Engagement Award to the Babraham Institute for its partnership with the Sophianum School in Netherlands. Students had to design and create …