ACTIVISM: BUILDING YOUR RESILIENCE

WEBINAR    22 JANUARY 2026    12:00-13:00 GMT    UAR MEMBERS ONLY

How prepared are you for attention from animal rights activists?  Do you have a plan in place for potential protests? This webinar will guide you through how to carry out an internal audit into your resilience and signpost resources from UAR that can support you.

This webinar is for UAR members, please register with your institutional email address. A recording will also be made available to UAR members. 

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OPENING UP: ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC ON ANIMAL RESEARCH

WORKSHOP    2 MARCH 2026    

This workshop is for anyone who wants to feel more comfortable discussing the use of animal in research outside the laboratory or the organisation.

We will consider public attitudes to animal research and our own ethical positions, work on framing key messages and meeting objections, and think about the causes of opposition and conflict and what can be done to mitigate them.

UAR member organisations receive four free training places per year. These can be spread out across different sessions or you can send four people to one session.

For non-UAR members, the cost per person per session is £450 + VAT. If your organisation joins UAR within 3 months of the training session, this will be deducted from the first year’s membership fee.

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MEDIA TRAINING FOR RESEARCHERS: THE 'HOW' AND 'WHAT' OF ANIMAL RESEARCH

WORKSHOP    3 MARCH 2026 

To rehearse being interviewed on camera so that participants are competent and confident to talk about their research on TV and radio.

Television news programmes often try to include information about the research behind potential medical breakthroughs in their reports, and animal research has often played an important part in such breakthroughs. This session will prepare researchers to be filmed for a pre-recorded ‘clip’ in a larger news package. It will not prepare you for a live appearance on Newsnight or the Today Programme, but will enable you to talk about your own work to a mass-media audience.

All participants will be filmed and will receive feedback on their presentation during the day, so this workshop is limited to six participants.

UAR member organisations receive four free training places per year. These can be spread out across different sessions or you can send four people to one session.

For non-UAR members, the cost per person per session is £450 + VAT. If your organisation joins UAR within 3 months of the training session, this will be deducted from the first year’s membership fee.

Register here.

 

TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL RESEARCH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

WORKSHOP    4 MARCH 2026

Learn how to use social media to talk about animal research by sharing learned experiences

During this workshop, we will explain how to use social media to talk about animal research. We will cover how to address this often controversial subject by creating engaging social media content and share our learned experiences. We will give you examples of how we use social to publicise exciting research stories and debunk common misconceptions found online.

UAR member organisations receive four free training places per year. These can be spread out across different sessions or you can send four people to one session.

For non-UAR members, the cost per person per session is £450 + VAT. If your organisation joins UAR within 3 months of the training session, this will be deducted from the first year’s membership fee.

Register here.

 

MAKING VIDEOS ON A SMARTPHONE

WORKSHOP    5 MARCH 2026

This is a workshop for those who are interested in communicating animal research online. We will teach you to create videos on your smartphone so that they can be uploaded to your website and/or social media platforms.

Social media and websites are a fantastic way to share news. However, as communicating online becomes the most efficient way to tell stories, it’s important to make your content stand out. With a focus on video content, we will show you how to create and edit videos using your smartphone and how they can fit with your online strategy.

We will provide information about smartphone settings plus free and cheap applications for android and apple phones, as well as suggestions for video editing software for PC and Apple computers.

UAR member organisations receive four free training places per year. These can be spread out across different sessions or you can send four people to one session.

For non-UAR members, the cost per person per session is £450 + VAT. If your organisation joins UAR within 3 months of the training session, this will be deducted from the first year’s membership fee.

Register here.

 

IAT CONGRESS 2026

CONFERENCE    24 - 27 MARCH 2026

UAR will be speaking at IAT Congress 2026.

 

UAR OPENNESS CONFERENCE 2026

CONFERENCE    9 - 10 JUNE 2026    WEST-MIDLANDS

The Openness Conference will return by popular demand in 2026. 

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