Welfare courses
Course is accredited by UK Rural Skills
The courses on this page are designed to provide a quality learning experience from introducing animal care knowledge and understanding to more advanced courses such as animal behaviour and sentience.
The most advanced course is animal ethics and sentience. This course is a part of our programme for delivering specialist courses for PhD students who require an area of study not offered by their university, is impractical to follow or too costly.
Try unit 1 from a course to see if it is for you. Details are on the individual course pages.
Individual tutoring available on all courses at no additional cost
Introductory animal care is set at the equivalent to Entry Level 2/3 learning. This course is aimed at early home learning, a restart to education and special requirements.
Course fee: £50.00
Animal Behaviour and Sentience is set at the equivalent to level 5 study. It looks into the nature of behaviour and evidence for self-awareness (sentience) as an argument for better welfare. Can be used for CPD, work-related development and home study.
Course fee: £425.00
Animal Ethics and Sentience is set at the equivalent to study level 6. Similar to animal behaviour and sentience except that it includes ethical and philosophical aspects. This is a demanding and stimulating course designed for CPD, self-development and e.g animal welfare officers.
Course fee: £375.00
Veterinary Care Assistant is set at the equivalent to Level 2 study. This matches the national standard for veterinary assistants and is aimed at those who want to go into vet nursing but would like to see what that involves.
Course fee: £60.00
Animal Ethics and Sentience (Advanced) is set at the equivalent to PhD (Doctorate) study level. This version requires significantly more from the student in terms of research and literature finding. The assessment follows the global standard format for PhD level studies.
This course has been used to support PhD courses that require non-human ethics and sentience content.
Course fee: £425.00