The Axevalla Equestrian Centre has the pleasure to invite teachers and trainers from the Europea member organization to our first Erasmus + Course: Equine Welfare and Human Interaction. You can find the learning goals and details surrounding the logistics in the attached programme.
Learning Goals
• Gain knowledge of recent research relevant for horse-keeping and equestrian studies and its practical applications in an educational setting.
• Learn about techniques to modernize the horse industry.
• Learn practical ways to improve the horses’ welfare.
• Gain knowledge of rules and regulations surrounding welfare of horses from wider European perspectives through facilitated discussions.
• Co-learning: The future of horses –Be able to communicate ethical issues concerning the future of the horse industry. Gain knowledge of the current ethics debates in Europe.
Venue: Axevalla Equestrian Centre
New Axevalla Equestrian Center – for innovation in the horse industry
The horse industry is tradition-driven, where we still see environments that do not promote horses’ natural behaviors and where people wear out their bodies prematurely. We know that it is possible to do things differently, with higher ambitions. Therefore, we have built a new equestrian center where architecture and technology will make it easier for people and create more natural conditions for horses. A place for both innovation and education, as we offer test environments for research projects and educate future generations in the horse industry at both upper-secondary, adult education and higher vocational education level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gi-61LIM44 – you can change subtitles in settings/auto-translate.
Programme
Friday 9th of May – Digital preparation meeting for the course. Q&A about logistics and introduction of the organizers and themes. The participants can ask questions about the course. An invitation will be sent after registration.
Monday 19th of May: Arrival and dinner at 18:00 – Get to know each other.
Tuesday 20th of May
08:30-10:00 Presentation of Axevallas history and future plans. Fika Presentation of the course programme. Mandate för innovation and Development. Horse Welfare Project at Axevalla
10:30- 11:45 Seminar: training of islandic horse with Malin Jansson Bsc. in Riding, Hólar University, Teacher at Axevalla Equestrian Centre.
12:00-13:45 Lunch and Trotting
14:00 –16:00 Facial expressions in horses as a tool to recognize pain. Lecture and Discussion. Katrina Ask, veterinarian, PhD, and university lecturer in anatomy at SLU, Sweden University of Agricultural Sciences. Fika
18:00 – Dinner
Wednesday 21st of May
08:30-10:50 Hovslagarskolan – Seminar with Europe’s biggest Farrier School.
Fika.
11:00-12:00 – Göran Åkerström, Veterinary Director at Fédération Equestre International Lausanne. Former Veterinary Director at Swedish Trotting Sport.
Lecture on the topic of horse welfare connected to the sport.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00- 16:00 Study and culture visit at Husaby. Visiting the horse veterinary clinic and the cultural sites https://www.vastsverige.com/en/lackokinnekulle/kinnekulle/historical-husaby/
18:00/19:00 Dinner
Thursday 22nd of May
09:00-11:45 – Parariding
12:00-13:00- Lunch
13:-14:30 Breeding and sustainability – Heimir Gunnarsson – Horse Trainer and Riding Teacher (Hólar University, Iceland) and Bsc Agricultural Science Hvanneyri university. Breading leader for Swedish Icelandic Horse Breading
Asssociation.
Fika
15:00- 16:30 – Discussion – What is the sport’s future?
16:30 – Closing of Programme.
19:00 – Goodbye dinner
Friday 23rd of May
07:30- Breakfast and departure
Price: 800 Euro/participant
The price includes accommodation, all meals, the course, and study visits.
Target group: Vocational Education and Training teachers and trainers who work with equestrian studies or practical training (i.e riding teachers and training). The minimum amount of participants for the course is 10. Please note that if there aren’t sufficient applications the course will be cancelled. It is however possible to exchange the course for a 3-day job shadowing Erasmus+ activity where the participants can learn about these topics during the normal teaching
activities but no speakers/workshops will be provided.
Accommodation: the participants will stay in single rooms at the centre’s new student accommodation facilities, which are brand new and will be used for the first time during the course.
Registration: Please register your attendance by filing out this form. If not already selected choose English in the top right corner.
Deadline for registration: April 15th.
How to get to Axevalla
Green Travel: Make your way to Germany.
By train: Arrive in Hamburg or Berlin and take the night train to Nässjö, Sweden. Then take a regional train from Nässjö to Skövde. From Skövde there are busses approximately every 15 minutes that stop outside of the school.
Contact Adelina Stuparu, marina-adelina.stuparu@vgregion.se for help with green travel advice.
By train, boat, and train: Arrive in Kiel, Germany. Take the overnight boat to Gothenburg. Then take a train to Skövde and bus to Axevalla.
From the Baltics, Poland, Finland: Share a car and take a boat (From Helsinki, Turku, Ventspils, Klaipeda, Gdinya). Or a combination of trains and boat.
By plane: to Gothenburg Landvetter – take the airport bus (Flyggbussarna) to Gothenburg Central Station- then take a regional or fast Train to Skövde.
By plane: to Stockholm Arlanda. Take the Arlanda Express to Stockholm Central Station. Then take the fast train to Skövde.
The Axevalla Equestrian Centre is located in the countryside. Busses run quite frequently, almost every 15 minutes, but please bear in mind available
transport when booking flights from Gothenburg and Stockholm as it can take several hours to get to the airports.
Hope many of your colleagues can attend the course in May. If you need more information contact Adelina Stuparu (marina-adelina.stuparu@vgregion.se).
