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Do You Have Someone Looking to Train as a Veterinary Nurse? Get Them on a Jan Start Course Now and Beat the Learning Loans!

If you have a student in your practice that is looking to start training as a veterinary nurse then, due to changes in government funding, it may be worth them starting in January! From 1 August 2013 students in England, aged 24 years of age or over, will no longer have level 3 programmes such […]

14/12/2012

24+Advanced Learning Loans: Important Information for Students Starting Level 3 Courses from 1 August 2013

From 1 August 2013 learners in England, aged 24 years of age or over, will no longer have level 3 programmes such as A Levels, advanced apprenticeships and level 3 Diplomas subsidised by the Government. Instead the learner, or their employer, will be required to pay the course fees plus the money which would have […]

13/12/2012

RCVS Register of Members 2012 Now Available to Buy

Copies of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Register of Members 2012 are now available to purchase. For the first time, printed copies of the Register of Members and List/Register of Veterinary Nurses are no longer being posted free of charge to all veterinary surgeons and VNs respectively. Veterinary practices and the public can […]

12/12/2012

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

Working Together Towards First-Rate Regulation: Have Your Say

Members of the veterinary profession are being given a unique opportunity to help improve the way the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) regulates their professions, as part of its First-Rate Regulator initiative. Members of the veterinary team are being asked about their recent interactions with the RCVS, what they think the organisation does well, […]

06/12/2012

January Start Veterinary Nursing Programmes – Why Wait Until September?

If you’re looking to start training as a veterinary nurse, our next day release Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing programme starts the week commencing the 7 January 2013. This particular programme is for students who are employed in a veterinary practice that is approved to train veterinary nurses – a Training Practice (TP) or […]

27/11/2012

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