The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce that the first of its students have achieved the College’s new City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Countryside and Environment qualification. Speaking of the success, course tutor Joanna Beaver, said “I would like to congratulate the successful students for their hard work and commitment throughout […]
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First Students Achieve the City & Guilds Online Level 2 Diploma in Countryside and Environment
First Students Achieve Monitoring Anaesthesia Qualification
The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce that five students including Linsey Newlove, Kathryn Holmes and Natasha Hodgson have become the first students to achieve the City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Assisting Veterinary Surgeons in the Monitoring of Animal Patients Under Anaesthesia and Sedation qualification. Speaking of the success, course tutor, […]
First Students Achieve Monitoring Anaesthesia Qualification
The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce that five students including Linsey Newlove, Kathryn Holmes and Natasha Hodgson have become the first students to achieve the City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Assisting Veterinary Surgeons in the Monitoring of Animal Patients Under Anaesthesia and Sedation qualification. Speaking of the success, course tutor, […]
Where Should Your Money Go?
Written by Laura Kemp I’m sure you’ve wondered where your money is best spent? One area in which opinion on investment varies is staff training and development. Is this a key area in which to focus your priorities or is it often just a ‘waste of time and money? 1’ The research into the amount […]
International Cat Care / International Society of Feline Medicine Offering FREE Membership to Veterinary Nurses
As an ISFM member you will receive a monthly online Feline Vet Nursing journal and regular webinars by feline experts. Find out more at http://www.icatcare.org/nurses/membership
RCVS September Veterinary Nursing OSCE Results Released Earlier than Expected
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) have informed us that student veterinary nurses who sat the RCVS OSCEs in September and are expecting their results on the 16 October will now receive their results earlier than expected. The results will now be sent out by first class mail on Monday 6 October. If, for […]

Thousands of Unregulated Pet Adverts Causing Misery for Consumers and Pets
Animal organisations call on responsible consumers to report bad ads to websites Over 100,000 inappropriate, misleading or illegal adverts were removed in just six months this year by some of the UK’s biggest classified advertising websites following a hugely successful pilot scheme run by the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) to regulate online pet sales. […]
Fears for ‘Bugsy Alone’ – 1 in 5 vets concerned about lonely pet rabbits
A recent British Veterinary Association (BVA) survey shows that 1 in 5 British vets are concerned about rabbits kept as pets. BVA’s Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey asked companion animal vets what types of pets the general public should be discouraged from keeping. Surprisingly high on the list were rabbits, with 22% of companion animal vets […]
January 2015 Start Advanced Apprenticeship in Veterinary Nursing Open for Enrolment
Applications for the January 2015 Start Advanced Apprenticeship in Veterinary Nursing (Level 3 Diploma) are now open. This day release/blended learning programme is for students employed in a veterinary practice (TP). More information can be found on our website.
The Cost of Poor Management
Mark Hedberg, DrMedVet MRCVS Have you ever had a bad boss, or known someone who’s had a bad boss? Certainly – bad management is such an old story that nobody is really surprised anymore when another article or paper comes out talking about the effect of bad management in the UK workplace. Just how widespread […]