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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Animal Behaviour and Welfare by The University of Edinburgh

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About the Course

Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes important scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. Improving our understanding of animal welfare, involves the fascinating study of animal behavior as well as the challenge of accessing the emotions of animals. This is the On-Demand version of this course, which means you can start the course at any time and work through the course materials at your own pace. The materials and quizzes will always be available to you. You can come and talk about the course on Twitter using the hashtag #EdAniWelf...

Top reviews

AS

Jun 21, 2020

This course was very informative and interesting! I enjoyed the lectures as well as the instructors and also loved that it focused on many different kinds animal welfare issues. Definitely recommend!

KJ

Jul 19, 2023

It took time to earn however and it wasn't hard you could try you could fail a test once and try the second time however be warned if you fail you'll have to wa for 8 hours to do the test again here

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By Jeremy F

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Aug 15, 2020

This is a great course, I would love to see a undergrad course at Diploma or similar level via distance ed made available to learn more about this in greater detail.

By Nishant A M

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Mar 2, 2020

I loved this course so much. After completing this course I got a different understanding of the way animals behave and how I can help in the welfare of the animals.

By Cassidy W

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Apr 21, 2020

I really enjoyed all of the information that was given throughout this course! All instructors have done a great job at making sure they cover everything important.

By S F B

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Dec 21, 2017

Me fue muy útil toda la información que se nos proporciona, es un tema bastante interesante y controversial y me encanto la manera en como lo exponen, muy completo.

By Katherine

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Oct 11, 2016

This was an exceptional course! I really loved it, the way it was set up, and taught.

I would recommend this course to anyone interested in the welfare of an animal.

By Mil C

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Jun 21, 2020

This course was well presented and a lot more interesting that I thought it would be. All presenters were great. Loved taking the quiz at the end of each module.

By Sally N

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Dec 17, 2019

Extremely enjoyable, informative and professional!!! I wasn't bored once. Excellent research and so many very interesting facts that I never knew. Thank you. Sally

By Ezgi G

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Sep 10, 2017

This is a very nice experience for me. I would like to thank your team for this lovely 7 weeks and for your information. It was a very fun and educational program.

By Nandita N

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May 5, 2020

I learned many new things as such:

The 5 freedoms, the welfare of animals, and there behavioral for different situation

thank you so much for this wonderful course!

By Angelina W

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Jul 28, 2020

Great discussion of animal welfare, although it mostly covers practices in Europe. The instructors stress, though, that the concept of animal welfare is global.

By SUNDAY A

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Feb 12, 2020

This is a wonderful course with great information that must be at the fingertips of every animal scientist. Privileged to have spent my few weeks in the course.

By Advay B

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Jun 4, 2024

Excellent course on animal welfare and behavior . Even if you don’t want it for your career, this helps understanding welfare and behavior animals in real life

By Abdul R

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Jul 31, 2022

This course helped me much in understanding thr scientific bases of animal welfare mangement and human perception about it. Thank you so much the entire team.

By Zani v d L

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Apr 10, 2022

I really enjoyed the courses, I found it very interesting and learned a lot.

Thank you for everyone who took the time to put it all together .

Kind Regards

Zani

By Monica F

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Jul 22, 2020

Very informative. Easy structure and I also liked being able to download the transcripts of the video modules so they could be kept for further reading later.

By Sonia G

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Oct 15, 2019

This was the first course I took with Coursera and I loved it ! I learnt a lot about animal welfare and I am looking forward to learn more with other courses.

By Faith H

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Dec 3, 2023

A well presented course. What I learned has increased my knowledge & understanding of animal welfare in domestic, production and wildlife animals. Thank you

By Laura V M H

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Jan 24, 2023

I´m pleasure to take the Animal Behaviour and welfare course. It has an excellent information and the course is very well organized, fluid and too innovative

By Sabrina K

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Mar 10, 2018

Very nice and informative course! Great overview! Super to have a lot of additional material and resources! Very well done and very nice speakers! :) Thanks!

By McKenna G

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May 22, 2024

Helpful without being boring! If you have experience with animals, it'll take you about 3.5 hours to go over some specific details. Thank you for the class!

By Géza K

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Feb 27, 2021

Really great and objective course.

Unfortunately the interactive sessions are made with Flash and therefore there is no way to use them with modern browsers.

By Sally W

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Mar 1, 2018

Very beneficial for anyone working with animals or even just interested in animal welfare issues. It has definitely given me some good knowledge to pass on.

By Wafaa A W

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Apr 18, 2022

A very good basic/foundation to begin understanding the welfare of animals and how behaviour can help to achieve optimum/good welfare for specific species.

By Magge N

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Apr 22, 2021

I haven't had much experience with this area of study and this course definitely exposed me to new perspectives. Also appreciated the additional resources.

By Ruth C A

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May 31, 2020

Thoughtfully prepared, extremely knowledgeable instructors, wealth of information. Thank you sincerely for permitting me to take this course without a fee.