The COVID-19 pandemic informed both the content and the delivery of the 2020 IFSTAL summer school. Graduate students Katharina Wabnitz and Viola Graef reflect on their experience. Before the pandemic reached the UK, students would get up early to catch … Continued
In the previous four years, the summer school has culminated with the student presentations, and this year’s online edition was no different. For the students, the presentations are a chance to package their learning from across the summer school curriculum … Continued
Effective communication skills are essential for anyone who wants to implement change. Communication has been embedded in the IFSTAL curriculum since the programme’s launch and was the topic for day two of the 2020 online summer school. After a roundup … Continued
The wide geographical spread of the IFSTAL student cohort was more evident than usual as the programme’s first virtual summer school launched on 23 June 2020. Taking place over Zoom and MS Teams, the three-day event is a bracing mix … Continued
On a grey morning on 7 March, the final IFSTAL workshop of 2019/20 took place at the beautifully renovated Camden Campus of the Royal Veterinary College in London. IFSTAL students Lauren Bauer, Paula Almiron-Chamadoira and Louis Williams outline how the … Continued
Nobody is perfect, but a team can be. IFSTAL students Katharina Wabnitz and Joaquim Muntané reflect on Workshop 3 as well as their IFSTAL experience so far… Workshop 3 took place in Oxford on 8 February 2020, with a clear … Continued