Communities of practice

This community of practice aims to investigate key issues associated with the health and welfare of common exotic pet species including rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents. Outcomes of research projects are intended to directly inform practice of pet owners and industry to promote improved welfare for these species. As many health and welfare problems of these species are linked to husbandry, both owner and veterinary understanding of the specialist requirements of these species is paramount.

The Hartpury Sports business hub aims to create a collaborative research and knowledge exchange environment between Hartpury University and industry professionals. Hartpury Sports Business Hub partners collaborate by developing joint research activities and consultancy projects for both scholarly and industry opportunities.

Our aim is to bring together stakeholders from different backgrounds and with diverse disciplinary expertise and interests, who have a common goal of understanding and ensuring positive human wildlife interactions.

If you're interested in wildlife, or people who engage with, live alongside, care or have views about wildlife then please join us. It is hoped that our activities will be as diverse as the subject, including practical activities on the Hartpury Campus and further a-field, conducting research and informing teaching.

This community of practice will offer free laboratory testing to staff and students as part of ongoing research into endurance performance. Staff and student athletes can be part of this group as researchers and/or participants.

This community of practice aims to establish an in house publication tool: Hartpury University Press to support students and staff to publish and disseminate their research.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are of utmost importance globally and at Hartpury. This community of practice seeks to improve the practices at Hartpury and bring this to the forefront of what staff and students do. This will be achieved through research activity and science communication within and outside Hartpury. Doing this will create an environment at Hartpury, and in society, where everyone is able to achieve their goals and feels included. The group is open to anyone at Hartpury that has an interest in equality, diversity and inclusion.

This community of practice sets out to foster a collaborative sports coaching research and knowledge exchange environment between University sport, College sport and The Sports Academy at Hartpury University, with the aim of creating applied research and knowledge exchange outputs from staff, students and alumni. The HSCC also encompasses our collaborations with external organisations, our CPD offers, links with NGBs and consultancy work.

An interdisciplinary community of practice connecting students and faculty with Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) topics and collaborative research opportunities to foster recognition of the vast expertise in HAI within and beyond Hartpury. This Community of Practice aims to provide supportive opportunities for continued professional development particularly in multi-disciplinary approaches towards human connectivity with animals and nature.

To bring together researchers and those with an interest in the field of animal sleep, to share knowledge through research outputs and opportunities to get involved in research. As a group, we will look at the sleep process using physiological and behavioural measurements to determine how it impacts welfare and performance. Our findings will be transferable between species and different industries.

This Community of Practice aims to facilitate collaborative research and knowledge exchange in relation to novel aspects of equine conformation. Inclusion of stakeholders from industry and academia enable this CoP to develop joint research with the aim of informing industry, to create a positive impact on the performance and welfare of horses in our care.

The Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Therapy Community of Practice Group aims to focus within the field of sports medicine on injury aetiology, epidemiology, injury prevention, the rehabilitation and management of athletes, and the wider student experience within the sports environment.  In order to achieve this, the group consists of academics, clinicians and practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds; it aims to promote research that can inform and disseminate knowledge into practice