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Are you on target with your Nursing Progress Log?

Are you a September 2012 start Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing student or a clinical coach to one of these students?! If you are, is your Nursing Progress Log (NPL) on target? VN1,2,3,4,5 & 7 should now be complete. The next NPL units to complete are: VN8 by 30.6.13 VN9 by 31.7.13 VN10 by […]

31/05/2013

RCVS calls for a Private Members’ Bill to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has written to the MPs drawn in today’s private members’ Bill ballot to call upon them to introduce legislation to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ and introduce an effective regulatory system that would ensure that those veterinary nurses found guilty of serious professional misconduct were prevented from carrying […]

20/05/2013

Celebrate World Environment Week and Win a £100 Book Voucher!

In conjunction with World Environment Day on Wednesday 5 June, The College of Animal Welfare is holding a poster competition for all CAW students with the winning entrant receiving a £100 book voucher! All you need to do is create a poster which highlights the issues surrounding our environment and which promotes ways to improve […]

17/05/2013

£10 Clipping/Stripping of Dogs from 13-24 May

Over the next two weeks (Monday to Friday, 13-24 May) we are offering clipping/stripping of dogs at our Godmanchester Centre for just £10!! (subject to available appointments). To book an appointment please call Debbie Scriven on 01480 422060.

09/05/2013

Wanted: Out of Date Fluid Bags!

If any practices have any out-of-date fluid bags that they no longer require, we would be able to make good use of these during students’ practical sessions at College. Thank you!

RCVS 2014 VN Examination Dates

For those students who are still taking the Royal College of Veterinary Nursing (RCVS) VN Examinations, the 2014 dates have now been released and can be found on the RCVS website.

07/05/2013

OSCE Task Help on VLE

Can all veterinary nursing students and their clinical coaches please remember that we have demonstrated a number of the OSCE tasks with picture storyboards on the VLE, including instrumentation, open gloving, WHO hand washing and anaesthesia. OSCE tasks can be altered up to four weeks before each exam window, so please make sure you visit […]

National VN Awareness Month is here!

There’s still time to take part in the British Veterinary Nursing Association’s (BVNA) 2013 National VN Awareness Month 2013. This is your chance to help promote the role of the veterinary nurse to the general public as well as raising awareness of the profession’s contribution to the welfare of animals. You can register your event […]

03/05/2013

Free dayrider tickets for Huntingdon students

To encourage more people to travel by bus, Stagecoach and GREENER Journeys have launched the “Catch The Bus Week” initiative.

29/04/2013

City & Guilds Mock Practical Exam Day – Friday 10 May

On Friday 10 May we are holding a City & Guilds Mock Practical Exam Day at our centre in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire. This is an ideal opportunity to attend a life-like OSCE examination with City & Guilds examiners and is open to all final year CAW veterinary nursing students. You will be assessed by 12, 6 minute […]

24/04/2013