Living Collections Research Project Volunteer
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The Living Collection at WWT has been integral to our sites since Sir Peter Scott established Slimbridge as a centre for research, conservation, recreation, and education in 1946. Since that time, the collection has evolved from the display of a stamp collection of birds to larger, naturalistic exhibits show-casing the variety of colours, form, and function of waterfowl in natural-looking habitats.
As part of delivering our strategy and developing a sustainable business, we are looking at the role the Living Collections play in attracting visitation and memberships, and to do this we need to fully understand our members and visitors attitudes to this and the attitude of the general public. To start this, we need assistance in undertaking a broad literature review around this area from the last 12 months, and providing us with a general summary by mid August to enable our next steps internally.
This role involves:
● Researching, preparing and collating information relating to public attitudes to animals in human care, e.g. YouGov polls, BIAZA research, university research papers
● Analysing existing research from external agencies outlining public opinions on Zoos and other organisation that keep animals
● Presenting your findings in a written summary report and to a tight deadline (mid-August 2024)
Size: 101 - 500
