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New AWSC Executive Officer appointed
AWSC Director, Professor Paul Hemsworth, said Jeremy brings significant professional livestock experience to this position derived from operating in senior management and extension roles in Australia as well as in Indonesia and the United States. He has wide experience in intensive animal industries, with particular emphasis on the introduction of new technology and management systems designed to support Quality Assurance programs. Jeremy is looking forward to working with members of the centre, industry and other interested groups to ensure that the Centre is responsive to the demands of Industry, Government and the general community by conducting rigorous research that provides science-based solutions to achieve high standards of animal welfare. The position is based at the Parkville Campus of The University of Melbourne. Jeremy can be contacted at: jskuse@unimelb.edu.au The Animal Welfare Science Centre was established by the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria. The Centre focuses and coordinates the research and academic resources of the three collaborating organisations, providing the animal industries, animal users, the farming community, Government, the general community and the academic community with an internationally competitive research, teaching and training resource in animal welfare. |
The Animal Welfare Science Centre, (AWSC), has appointed Jeremy Skuse in the newly-created position of Executive Officer.