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City & Guilds Gain Full Approval for the Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing

We are delighted that City & Guilds have now been given full approval to offer the Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing. This means that students registered for the qualification will be able to apply for entry to the RCVS register once they have been certificated and have met the VN By-Laws Requirements in relation […]

09/12/2013

Applications for September 2014 Full Time Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing Now Open

We are pleased to announce that applications for the Full Time Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing programme are now open. This is one of our most popular and oversubscribed courses, and therefore this year we are working to a new application timetable as follows: 30 April 2014     Closing date for completed applications 30 […]

04/12/2013

Children in Need 2014 – Thanks for all your support

A huge thank you to all our students who supported out fundraising efforts during Children in Need week. Huntingdon raised a total of £185.08 (to be spilt between Children in Need and Medi-Detection Dogs). With a special mention to VN students Jilly and Anna for raising £11.50 by selling their own cakes to staff and […]

22/11/2013

There’s No Need to Wait Until Next September to Start Training as Veterinary Nurse!

Are you looking to train as a veterinary nurse?  If so, did you know that there is no need to wait until next September! We are recruiting now for students to join our Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing day release programme starting the week commencing 6 January 2014 at our Huntingdon, Potters Bar and […]

15/11/2013

Children In Need 2013 Fundraising Events

So next week is Children in Need week and we have a number of fundraising events for our students taking place across all of our centres, so please help us support this great cause if you are able: Huntingdon All next week our animal care students are holding a variety of events to raise money […]

08/11/2013

Changes to RCVS OSCE Tasks November 2013

In addition to the restyling of the RCVS Veterinary Nursing OSCE Tasks announced earlier this week, please find below details of some task changes that we have identified: Diagnostic Imaging DI01-08 All tasks (except DI02) now state “patient” rather than GSD puppy. The other changes are to steps 1-5. Instead of being 5 steps to complete […]

07/11/2013

Restyling of the RCVS Veterinary Nursing OSCE Tasks

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) have restyled a number of the online versions of the OSCE tasks. The scenario and marking criteria are now presented over two pages, and the marking criteria are now laid out in the same way as examining mark-sheets, with space for confirming if the student is competent or […]

05/11/2013

National Careers Service launches new ‘career advice’ app – download it for FREE!

The National Careers Service has just launched a new ‘app’  called Career Advice.  The aim of the app is to make it easier for people to access careers advice and make informed decisions on learning, training and work opportunities as well as finding and organising job searches while on the move. The Career Advice app provides […]

Radiography in Small Animal Practice Survey

Calling all vets, vet nurses and student vet nurses…If you have a spare 10 minutes, please take some time to complete a short survey on the use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Ireland. This survey forms part of a research project carried out by Samuel Morley, third year veterinary student […]

01/11/2013

Completing Your Record of Veterinary Nurse Training

Bye-Law 5 of the Veterinary Nursing Bye-Laws 2011 states that student veterinary nurses must undertake an approved programme of veterinary nurse education that is a minimum of 94 weeks (equivalent to 3,290 hours) excluding annual leave and absence. These weeks are broken down into college time and practical training time as follows: Theoretical programme (college […]

18/10/2013