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Explore our ‘Student News’ category for the latest updates and insights tailored to the student community. From educational trends and study tips to campus events and student life experiences, stay informed and engaged with content designed to empower and enrich your student journey.

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At The College of Animal Welfare, we aim to encourage as many people as possible to engage with topics that will challenge assumptions, increase awareness, and help us to become better people. In the past we have asked you to help us shape the way we address bullying in College, and to help us spread […]

21/12/2016

New Counselling Service Available to CAW Students and Employees in Leeds

Are you feeling unhappy or distressed and need someone to talk to? From time to time you may be struggling with problems at college or at home and need to talk to someone in confidence without the fear of being judged. With this in mind, The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce a […]

Veterinary nurse suspended from the VN Register for two months for failing to provide CPD records

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has recently suspended a veterinary nurse from the VN Register for a period of two months for failing to respond to requests to provide CPD records. Please remember that, as a Registered Veterinary Nurse, it is your professional responsibility to ensure you complete the required number of CPD […]

20/12/2016

2016 Learner Satisfaction Survey Now Underway: Have your say!

Each year, The College of Animal Welfare is required to gain the views of its funded learners on their experiences of studying at the College. This is your opportunity to tell us what you think; your feedback plays an important part in developing the quality of your education and training. The survey asks for your […]

06/12/2016

Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Alcohol

Did you know alcohol kills 1 person every 10 seconds? As the festive holidays close in, we have more reasons to celebrate. Around 3000 people are killed every year by drunk drivers and there are 1.2 million alcohol related hospital admissions  per year. Alcohol misuse can lead to heart disease, stroke, liver disease, cancers and […]

05/12/2016

The College of Animal Welfare 2017 Wall Planner Winners

A special thanks to everyone who submitted a picture of their pet/s for our 2017 wall planner. There were many great submissions making it extremely difficult to select the final 12… So much so that we decided on a total of 14 entrees to be displayed in the wall planner! In no particular order, the […]

02/12/2016

Help us give animals across the UK a happier Christmas this year

    Christmas is all about giving, and this year all of our centres are collecting donations for local animal charities to help make their Christmas day a little more special. Anything you can donate will help make a difference.   Huntingdon – Animals in Need Animals in Need is a rescue organisation that was […]

01/12/2016

World Aids Day 2016 (1 December)

HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, weakening your ability to fight infections and disease. Although there is no cure for HIV, medical advancements mean that being diagnosed with the virus is no longer the death sentence that it used to be. Unfortunately social stigma and discrimination can make living with HIV harder […]

Zoe Campbell wins place at TP Congress

Zoe Campbell from Rosslyn Veterinary Centre is the winner of our ‘Guess the Animal Eyes’ competition, run over two days at London Vet Show 2016! We gave entrants eight close-up images of animal eyes and asked them to guess which animals the eyes belonged to; thirty two entrants guessed all eight eyes correctly. As the winner […]

29/11/2016

Nursing Progress Log: Professional Behaviour Evaluation

The newly developed Veterinary Nursing Day One Competences embed greater emphasis on professionalism and accountability. In turn, there is now an assessment tool in the new version of the Nursing Progress Log (NPL) which is designed to aid veterinary nurse students in the acquisition of skills in self-evaluation and self-development within a veterinary team, which […]