Upcoming events

Hi all! We have lots of exciting events this week. It would be great if you joined us! Tomorrow Dr Brett Cochrane, the Group Head of Science for Dr. Hadwen Trust, has kindly travelled up to Edinburgh to give a talk on non-animal medical research. This will be a brilliant opportunity to learn more about current scientific research and the growing shift towards alternative non-animal methods. Be sure to invite all your friends and share the event! Find all the details here!

We also have some more light hearted events this week so if you need a break from studying come along to the Ecology Society’s Big Green Evening (Friday 5-11pm, Teviot Debating Hall). It’s a showcase of sustainability groups, followed by a ceilidh!

And finally on Sunday we have a comedy showcase from Edinburgh Revue to raise funds for the society. Find out about that here!

Hope you can join us.

It’s official!

Congratulations to all the members and the committee of SVAR. We are now an official EUSA society! In other news the annual AGM recently took place and we welcomed our new committee for 2014/15. They are as follows:

President: Tamasin Cook
Vice President/Charities Outreach: Hannah Chandler
Secretary: Tao Oat
Treasurer: Padryk Merkl
Librarian/Welfare Officer: Eloise Rahman
Campaigns Manager: Samantha Magor
Media Outreach/Advertising: Helena Bevan

We have lots planned for the next academic year but there’s still a few more events this term:

Monday 24th March – Radical Activism within the Animal Rights Movement. 

Presentations and discussion on the 269 campaign and vegan anarchism. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/222660857937281/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Thursday 3rd April – SVAR First Big Night Out!

It’s time for our first social as an official society so do come along (in animal costume!) for food, drinks and chats. The facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1430257833882777/.

Saturday 26th April – World Day for Animals in Laboratories.

Join us at Bristo Square, Edinburgh to campaign against vivisection. We will be petitioning for The University of Edinburgh to have a freedom of information policy, to develop alternative methods of research that are cruelty free, and to abolish vivisection within the University. Details to be confirmed.