IFSTAL 2020/21 Launch
Come and learn more about the IFSTAL programme – a partnership between five UK academic institutions
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
Our launch event will be a fun and friendly session with plenty of time to ask questions.
You'll learn how the programme helps students* from different disciplines and backgrounds gains skills and connections that can support food system transformation.
Food systems in crisis – the need for transformation
17.15 (GMT+1) Event opens
17.30 Welcome | Dr John Ingram, University of Oxford
17.35 Food systems in a time of crisis – the need for transformation | Dr Barbara Haesler, RVC
17.45 Peas Please: a food systems approach to boosting veg consumption | Rebecca Tobi, Project Manager, Food Foundation
18.00 #TogetherLeeds - building on firm foundations during Covid | Sonja Woodcock, Coordinator, FoodWise Leeds
18.10 Searching for resilience in food & farming | Jimmy Woodrow, Acting Executive Director, Pasture Fed Livestock Association
18.25 BREAK
18.35 Alumni view | Kathy Wabnitz
18.40 Q&A | Prof Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick
18.55 Closing comments
19.00 Event ends
* Only current students from the 5 partner institutions are eligible to apply for the IFSTAL programme: University of Oxford, University of Warwick and LCIRAH – an interdisciplinary collaboration between: the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
In a fast-changing world, this is a great time to get involved in food systems transformation. We hope you'll join us.