Job Description

Research Office Location: Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
Salary: As per advert
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 36 Months - Up to 36 months
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Monday 18 September 2023
Reference: RD-PHD-01-SM-MH

Primary supervisor: Dr Stephen Mansbridge, , Department of Agriculture and Environment

Non-academic partner: Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Project Title: Equine anthelmintics: a qualitative investigation into attitudes, beliefs, and practices on the use of equine anthelmintics in the United Kingdom

Project description:

Understanding patterns of animal owner/keeper behaviour is recognised in the UK livestock farming sectors as essential to understanding decision making processes. Farmer engagement is considered a fundamental tool to driving behaviour change towards good practice in veterinary medicine usage and improved animal health and welfare. Despite the legal classification of horses as food producing species in the UK, there is a lack of horse owner focused research analogous to that in the livestock sector. Correspondingly, there is a wide knowledge gap in our understanding of horse owner attitudes, understanding, behaviour and actions when considering anthelmintic usage which compromises the Authority\xe2\x80\x99s ability to target messaging around responsible use of anthelmintics and improved equine health and welfare.

This PhD studentship will use a minimum of three qualitative studies to address the areas relating to prior to anthelmintic purchase, point of sale interaction with prescribers, and post-sale/use of anthelmintics and consequent impact on future decision-making processes. All three areas would be interlinked as chapters to produce a comprehensive thesis on the attitudes, beliefs, and practices on the use of equine anthelmintics in the United Kingdom. The student would be expected to contribute to reports periodically submitted to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and participate in knowledge exchange activities.

Applicants need to demonstrate substantive subject (veterinary/ animal science) knowledge and qualitative research expertise, hold appropriate level of academic qualifications (minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree) or equivalent professional work experience.

The expected start date for the studentship will be the beginning of October 2023. The student will be registered for a PhD at Harper Adams University and based at Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Shropshire, UK. The studentship will cover the current Home tuition fee rate plus a yearly stipend set at the UKRI figure \xe2\x80\x93 currently \xc2\xa318,622 per year (2023/24 academic year) with an expected small increase each academic year. International applicants would need to be able to fund the difference between Home and Overseas fees which will be \xc2\xa310,890 for the 2023/24 academic year with the first year\xe2\x80\x99s fee\xe2\x80\x99s being paid in full before Visa documentation can be issued.

Harper Adams University is one of the premier UK Higher Education institutions focused on the land-based and food supply chain sector. With around 2,800 undergraduate students, plus those completing postgraduate, research and CPD programmes, Harper Adams University is the UK\'s largest single provider of higher education for these subjects. Programmes fall into eleven broad subject areas \xe2\x80\x93 but none operate in isolation. Community and collaboration are key at Harper Adams, meaning everyone, including staff, students and industry partners, benefits from a close network of knowledge and opportunity exchange. Situated in Shropshire, the campus and the surrounding area provide an excellent working and living environment for staff and students alike.

Harper Adams is consistently positioned highly in a range of national ratings, performance measures and league tables. The University has been the highest performing modern university in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for the last four years, climbing to 17th place in the overall league table. In the 2020 guide Harper Adams was named Modern University of the Year and runner-up University of the Year. In the 2019 Whatuni? Student Choice Awards, based on student reviews, Harper Adams won the Student Support category for the fifth time \xe2\x80\x93 the only university to have taken the title since the awards began - and won the category for best job prospects for a fourth year running. In the 2020 QS World Rankings for Agriculture and Forestry published in March 2020, Harper Adams was ranked first in the UK for academic reputation and second in the world for its reputation with employers.

Harper Adams University is internationally recognised for the quality of its research, as evidenced by the In order to maintain and uphold the high standards of our research, we continue to undertake initiatives to ensure that integrity, ethics and excellence are at the core of our research activities and fully embedded in our research culture.

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