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Annual Renewal Fee For Veterinary Nurses Now Due
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has contacted all registered veterinary nurses to remind them that their annual renewal fee for 2015-16 is due for payment by 1 November. The annual renewal fee is £61, and if a veterinary nurse does not pay the fee by the end of the year they will be […]
National Minimum Wage Rate Changes: 1 October 2015
It’s coming up to that time of year again. From Thursday October 1 2015 the National Minimum Wage hourly rates are increasing. The new rates will be as below: £6.70 for those aged 21 and over – a 20p increase from £6.50 £5.30 for 18 – 20 year olds – a 17p increase from £5.13 […]
Guide Dogs Visit Veterinary Nursing Students
A big thank you to Guide Dogs (including the gorgeous Woody!) for coming along to visit our second and fourth year veterinary nursing degree students at Edinburgh Napier University last week. It was an extremely informative day that enabled students to learn about how to approach a blind client and work with a guide dog […]
Vet Futures: ‘Where are all the veterinary nurses?’
Veterinary Surgeon and Veterinary Nursing lecturer, Laura Kidd has written a blog for the joint Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and British Veterinary Association (BVA) Vet Futures project, addressing how we can increase the number of veterinary nurses entering and staying within the profession. In the blog, Laura argues that, despite year-on-year increases in […]
European Day of Languages: 26 September 2015!
Did you know that 26 September 2015 is the 14th annual European Day of Languages? The European Union covers 28 countries, 4,324,782 km2 and has over 500,000,000 people. Just to complicate things, they use 24 official languages and around 150 regional and minority languages! According to an EU survey in 2006, 56% of EU citizens […]
Online petition launched to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK, has launched an online petition calling on parliament to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ in law. It asks for a change in law to protect animal welfare by ensuring that only those individuals who hold relevant […]
CAW are proud to sponsor the Godmanchester Town Show
The College of Animal Welfare are pleased to be sponsoring the upcoming Godmanchester Town Show, Saturday 12th September. This is the first town show for a long time and is being held in conjunction with Godmanchester in Bloom. The event is taking place at St Mary’s Church and registration and set up of exhibits is […]
Start your career in administration here at CAW!
Here at CAW we have an amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our team at our head office here in Godmanchester. Working at our head office as a full-time Business Administration Apprentice is a an incredible chance to be able to work within a supportive training environment – for the very provider that you […]
EBVM Skills Day bursaries now available for vet nurses
RCVS Knowledge is running their EBVM Skills Day on 30 October 2015 at Church House, London, and offers essential tools for evidence-based practice, with sessions including: Significant event and clinical auditing Don’t be hoodwinked by sales patter Making an impact: Getting published How to design a study in practice Bursaries for veterinary nurses are now […]