Announcements

What makes your horse tick? with Dr Lesley Young

Internationally renowned specialist veterinary cardiologist, Dr Lesley Young, is to give an evening talk to equine enthusiasts at Nottingham Trent University's Brackenhurst campus on Thursday 6 December 2012 at 7.30pm. For further information you can email Zoe Cobb. 

BEDE Events

Bede Events was developed in 2004 by Stuart and Anna Buntine and is one of the country’s premier equestrian event management companies. They manage a number of events across the UK staging classes from grass roots to International level. They pride themselves in continually striving to develop the sport of Eventing, bringing it to a wider audience and innovating new ideas.

Stuart Buntine said "BEDE Events look forward to developing an exciting partnership with Nottingham Trent University to develop innovative new competition and training concepts, which will place NTU at the forefront of the equestrian industry."

Students will have the opportunity to get involved in event management and preparation to increase their work experience within a commercial environment which in turn, will increase their employability. Stuart and Anna Buntine will present guest lectures regarding event management and how to improve personal employability to the equine cohort. Students will also have first-hand access to the new innovations in event management that Nottingham Trent University and BEDE Ltd hope to develop together to enhance equine sport.

BEDE Events in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University will run a small competition/training programme at Brackenhurst throughout the winter. More details of this can be found on their website.

High profile collaboration
Richard Davison (Olympic dressage rider and World Class Performance Manager for British Dressage) has been appointed Visiting Fellow at NTU and will work with the equine team to develop research that is highly relevant to performance and welfare in equestrian sport.

Greenwich ‘meal’ time
The change from British summer time to Greenwich mean time at the end of October may mean an extra hour in bed to most of us but to our horses it means an extra hour to wait for their meals. Researchers at NTU are currently measuring the impact that this has on their behaviour – do they become increasingly anxious as they wait to be fed?

A new role for unwanted equines? Assisting welfare charities in their work
In September this year a group of four ponies and one horse arrived at the Brackenhurst campus from the horse rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing charity Horseworld, Bristol. As members of the National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC), NTU are committed to raising awareness of equine welfare concerns and promoting student participation in this area.