Logo

Student News

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: 609

Professor Gregory to Present Awards at our Annual Student Awards Ceremony

Students and employers are set to be recognised at our annual Student Awards Ceremony tomorrow (Saturday 8 December). The annual Student Awards Ceremony recognises the achievements that students have made during the year and the support that mentors, coaches and employers have provided to them. Each student who has been nominated for an award has […]

07/12/2012

Ofsted Report Praises 96% Veterinary Nursing Apprenticeship Success Rate

The College of Animal Welfare has been rated as ‘Good’ across the board following its recent Ofsted inspection. This is the first inspection the College has been through since the new, more stringent, inspection regime came into effect in September. The week long inspection involved a team of seven inspectors covering three of the College’s […]

23/11/2012

New Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has, this week, launched a new Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum (OVAM). The museum, is one of the world’s largest online veterinary anatomical resource collections designed to inspire learners everywhere to engage with animal anatomy and science in an interactive and informative way. The Online Veterinary Museum includes:  3D imaging of […]

22/11/2012

Nursing Progress Log (NPL) will be unavailable the weekend of the 15/16 December

The RCVS have just informed us that veterinary nursing students/clinical coaches will be unable to access the Nursing Progress Log (NPL) the weekend of the 15/16 December whilst some technical work is carried out by SkillWise on their servers. They apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

21/11/2012

Veterinary Nursing Student, Nicola Cutts, Shares her Tips for Staying On Top of your College Work!

The best advice I could give anyone is ‘if you can give 100% into any situation then you will receive 100% back’. Always push yourself to reach those targets and treat every patient as you would expect your pet to be treated. Finding the correct balance between your social life and college needs to be […]

20/11/2012

CAW Students – Design a Poster or Poem and be in with a chance of winning £100!

In recognition of Anti-Bullying Week 2012 (19-23 November) we are running a poster/poem competition for all our students with the winning entrant receiving £100! Anti-Bullying Week has been running for six years now and this year’s theme is ‘We’re better without bullying’. Posters and poems can be any interpretation of this theme. This year’s theme […]

19/11/2012

Edinburgh Degree Student Collects Bursary Award at BVNA Congress

Congratulations to Caroline McNaughton, one of our BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing students at Edinburgh who collected a bursary award to help with her studies at this year’s British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) Congress.

Staff and Students Raise Lots for Children In Need

Staff and students from The College of Animal Welfare’s Huntingdon and Leeds centres raised over £200 for Children In Need on Friday 16 November by wearing spots or pyjamas and holding a cake sale! A variety of ‘spottiness’ was seen around the Huntingdon centre – from spotty nails and spotty shirts to spotty face paints […]

Old English Sheepdog Faces Extinction

The Kennel Club have revealed that only 316 Old English Sheepdog puppies have been registered this year. The breed will be considered at a vulnerable level if less than 300 puppies are registered. Bill Lambert, manager of the Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme, said: “The decline of the old English sheepdog… can be partly explained […]

Black and Gold Labrador

An unusual looking Labrador retriever from France has both a gold and black coat. According to The Retriever, Dog and Wildlife Blog, the unusual looking coat appears to be a somatic black spot mutation that appears in both types of Labradors on occasion. This is not inherited, but the cells where the black spots are […]

16/11/2012