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Dr

Emmeline Howarth

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Howarth is the course leader for Animal Behaviour BSc and a lecturer in Animal Welfare Science, focusing on domestic and captive species in particular, primates and companion animals. 

 

During her BSc in Animal Science at Newcastle University, she completed a dissertation project on cage mate behaviour in captive rhesus macaques following biomedical procedures at the Comparative Biology Centre. Following this, she attended the University of Edinburgh to complete an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare, where she completed a project in Qualitative Behaviour Assessment in primates. While in Edinburgh, Dr Howarth worked as a presenter at Edinburgh Zoo, where she was able to work with a range of species, including penguins, rhinos, and chimpanzees. During her PhD, she worked closely with rhesus macaques at the Medical Research Council's Centre for Macaques (https://cfm.har.mrc.ac.uk/), training them to collect cognitive data as well as urine and saliva samples.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Lecturer in Animal Welfare Science
    University of Chester, School of Natural Sciences, United Kingdom8 Aug 2022
  • Programme Leader for Animal Behaviour BSc (Hons)
    University of Chester, School of Natural Sciences, Chester, United Kingdom23 Apr 2024

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • External Marker
    Pet Academy of Welfare, United Kingdom3 May 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
  • Lecturer
    University Centre Myerscough, Animal Studies, United Kingdom25 Nov 2019 - 5 Aug 2022
  • PhD Student
    Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom9 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
  • Teaching Support Officer
    Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom9 Jan 2017 - 22 Nov 2019

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Presenter
    Edinburgh Zoo, United Kingdom3 Aug 2015 - 31 Aug 2016
  • Presenter
    Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, United Kingdom4 Jan 2014 - 2 Aug 2015

DEGREES

  • PGCE
    University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom6 Jan 2020 - 24 Jun 2022
  • PhD in Biological Anthropology
    Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom9 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
  • MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom7 Sep 2015 - 10 Oct 2016
  • BSc Animal Science with Honours in Companion Animal Behaviour
    Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom10 Sep 2012 - 15 Jun 2015

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • FHEA
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom
  • HEA External Examiner
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Sustainability and Environment Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School of Natural Sciences

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision