Brackenhurst hosts the Spring Council Meeting of the World’s Poultry Science Association (UK branch)

On the 12th October, poultry scientists representing both industry and academia gathered from the length and breadth of the UK in the Boardroom of Brackenhurst Hall. The WPSA is an international association whose major role is to encourage, and help facilitate, liaison among research scientists and educators, and between those in research and education and those working in the many diverse sectors of the industry. There are now over 6300 members in 71 countries, including USA, all the former Soviet states, most European countries, Asia, Australasia, China, Japan, Israel and many countries of Africa and South America.  

The meeting was hosted by Dr Emily Burton, a WPSA Councillor who is a member of staff with the School of ARES. Several members of the Council have visited Brackenhurst previously to collaborate in projects using the campus Poultry Research Unit (opened in January 2009) but many first time visitors commented on the lovely setting for the meeting. The strong environmental ethos of Brackenhurst seems to have permeated the Council meeting as they discussed themes for their next symposium in 2013; settling on "sustainable poultry production".