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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wanted: Out of Date Fluid Bags!
If any practices have any out-of-date fluid bags that they no longer require, we would be able to make good use of these during students’ practical sessions at College.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!
CAW Business School is Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that our new Business School is now open! Based at our Huntingdon centre, CAW Business School offers a range of accountancy and leadership and management courses accredited by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) for those looking to gain industry recognised qualifications […]
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.
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 […]
2013 RCVS Council and VN Council Election Results Announced
The results are now in for the 2013 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council and Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections: RCVS Council election Candidate Number of votes WITTE, Thomas Hermann 2,251 Elected GRAY, Christopher John 1,974 Elected JINMAN, Peter Charles 1,949 Elected VINER, Bradley Phillip 1,927 […]
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 […]