ANZCCART NZ Board Member position: Secondary education
14 March 2026 - 13 April 2026
Region(s): Nationwide
Type(s): miscellaneous
The Australian & New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART-NZ) is looking for expressions of interest for an ANZCCART NZ Board Member position: Secondary education. This is honorary, expenses paid, positions that may take the equivalent of 10 days a year of your time. ANZCCART (NZ), a committee of Royal Society Te Apārangi, seeks to promote discussion around the social, ethical, cultural and scientific use of animals in research and teaching.
Activities ANZCCART NZ is currently working on include:
Encouraging more openness around the use of animals by organisations undertaking research or teaching using animals, through the ANZCCART NZ Openness Agreement.
Developing resources around Māori knowledge of animals and concepts for animal ethics.
Informing and supporting the use by schools of animal ethics committees when using animals for teaching
Developing new three Rs booklets, linked to Three Rs awards.
Filling the knowledge gaps identified by a public survey on attitudes to animal use in research and teaching.
If you would like more information, please contact Dr Marc Rands at: anzccart@royalsociety.org.nz.
Expressions of interest in the role should be emailed to anzccart@royalsociety.org.nz by 13 April.
Related content
Find out how Māori concepts can inform animal ethics with this suite of resources. Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction curates the numerous resources created in this collaboration which included support from ANZCCART.
See also the recorded PLD webinar supporting these resources.
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