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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.

Total posts in category: 599

The College of Animal Welfare Increase Day Release Veterinary Nursing Provision

Due to continuing high demand, in September 2016 The College of Animal Welfare will be running two, Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing, day release programmes from our centres in Huntingdon, Potters Bar and Leeds. This means that veterinary practices will, subject to availability, be able to choose which day their student attends college from the following days: Huntingdon: […]

23/05/2016

Students raise £115 for the Wildlife Trust February 2016

Congratulations to our Animal Care students at Huntingdon for taking part in the Wildlife Trust Apprentice Challenge. Over the month of February they raised £115.00 by organising a bake sale, a “guess how many sweets in the jar” challenge and an animal themed dress up day. The money will go towards helping conserve local wildlife […]

20/05/2016

More motivational ideas and networking opportunities at this year’s Head Nurse Congress

The College of Animal Welfare would like to thank all delegates, speakers and exhibitors who attended Head Nurse Congress on the 14 and 15 May for making the event such a success. This year the event, which was sponsored by the Veterinary Practice Management Association (VPMA), saw over a hundred delegates come together to share […]

Reminder about our easy-to-use NPL tracking sheet

The new NPL tracking sheet can be downloaded and saved to track your NPL progress. All you need is a computer with Microsoft Excel (students can download Office 365 for free from the VLE if they do not already have Excel). Simply tick off each task within a unit as you go and percentage progress […]

18/05/2016

BVNA Congress 7-9 October 2016: Registration Now Open

Registration for the annual British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) Congress is now open. As the largest veterinary nursing event in the UK, it is a great opportunity to undertake meaningful CPD, network with other veterinary nurses and keep up with the latest products and developments. The College of Animal Welfare will be there, this year […]

17/05/2016

Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Get active!

There are many ways that individuals can build physical activity into their lives.  It is actually easier than you think to make activity part of your daily routine. To stay healthy, the NHS recommends that adults aged 19-64 should aim to be active each day, and should do: at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic […]

16/05/2016

Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Paralympic/British Wheelchair Sport

Transforming lives through sport Wheelpower.org.uk have just launched a new survey called ‘Talk About Taking Part’ to discover what can be done to improve the lives of more wheelchair users and to help them to lead healthy, active and fulfilled lives. The survey is aimed at those who use wheelchairs in everyday life of those […]

09/05/2016

‘Careers in Teaching: Inspiring the next generation of veterinary nurses’

Wednesday 25 May: 6-8pm Have you been there, done that and got the gown and gloves? If so, why not share your knowledge and experience of veterinary nursing with the next generation by becoming a lecturer? Perhaps you may be wondering what it’s actually like to be a lecturer, you may be unsure about how […]

03/05/2016

Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Eat healthily

Eating healthily, and the right amount, can help you to really feel your best, and prevent you from getting some diseases.  But with the amount of sugar, salt and fats being in foods being very prevalent in the news at the moment (i.e. up to 25 spoons of sugar in pre-made coffees from high street […]

02/05/2016

Student Futures: Now Open for Registration!

The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce a brand new congress for 2016 – ‘Student Futures’, held on Saturday 18 June 2016. Aimed at student veterinary nurses, and those who have recently qualified, this inaugural event is set to provide careers information and professional advice to help newly qualified veterinary nurses get off […]

28/04/2016