Advanced Training Partnership in Intensive Livestock Health and Production

The BBSRC has recently awarded a series of Advanced Training Partnerships (ATPs), encouraging knowledge transfer between the academic and agri-food sectors.

This partnership was awarded to the Royal Veterinary College in collaboration with Cambridge, Edinburgh and Newcastle Universities. It will provide graduate level training and skills in the pig and poultry sectors to participants from across the entire agri-food sector, based on input from both industry and academic experts.

This questionnaire aims to ensure at an early stage that course development is relevant to the training requirements of the sector.

For more information about this and the other awarded ATPs, visit http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/atp/

1. How would you classify your profession/job, and the general area in which you work? *This question is required.

2. What types of professional development provision are most relevant to your area (e.g. short courses, Certificates, Masters degrees, Professional Doctorates)? *This question is required.

3. What types of delivery (e.g. distance learning/face-to-face, part-time/full-time) are most relevant? *This question is required.

4. What are your organisation's current arrangements for professional development? *This question is required.

5. How could the ATP fit with any in-house/externally-sourced professional development that you already use? *This question is required.

6. Who are the potential ATP participants from your area, and what level of professional development would they be aiming for? *This question is required.

7. What relevant training (knowledge and/or skills) in your area of work should be provided, that is not offered currently by any university or other training provider? *This question is required.

8. What do groups, other than your own, involved in the pig/poultry sector lack in knowledge and/or skills that you think they should address? (i.e. what extra knowledge on their part would facilitate cross-group discussions or collaboration) *This question is required.

9. What do people in your own area need to know about other sectors within the pig/poultry industry that they currently do not? *This question is required.

10. On reflection, are there any other points that you would like to make about what the ATP should provide?

We may wish to contact you to discuss your answers on this survey further. Please provide your name and email address if you would be happy with this. This question requires a valid email address.