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Looking to Recruit a New Apprentice? We Can Help!
If you are looking for a new student veterinary nurse or an animal care/horse care apprentice, then we can help you recruit for free! In addition to our free jobs board, we can place the vacancy for you on the National Apprentice Service’s website. We can even filter through the applications, if need be, and arrange the interviews for […]
RCVS and VN Council elections: Candidates Now Being Sought
Nominations are now being sought for candidates to stand in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeon Council (RCVS Council) and Veterinary Nurse Council (VN Council) elections. The deadline for nominations is 5pm on 31 January 2013. There are six seats due to be filled on RCVS Council, and two on VN Council. Those elected will […]
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 […]
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 […]
NPL ‘Bug’ Now Fixed
The ‘bug’ on the NPL system which meant that the days of the week were not corresponding correctly with dates has now been fixed.
Reminder Re VN Registration
All Clinical Coaches (who are veterinary nurses) should have renewed their annual registration by now (1 Nov). Remember, if there is a lapse in your registration you will not be able to act as a Clinical Coach during that period. We suggest if you have not renewed your registration and you still wish to remain […]
Changes to OSCE Tasks
There have been very minor changes to a few of the tasks – essentially wording only. LD08 – wording change to the scenario to indicate right carpus. Identification of horse no longer included. Task steps remain the same. NC19 wording change to the task to include that the tablets will be given twice daily. Remainder of […]
Nursing Progress Log-In Update…
We are waiting for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) to issue the last batch of NPL Log-Ins. As soon as we receive them we will email the details to relevant students. We are hoping they will be back from the RCVS next week.
What Are You Doing With Yours? Did you pick up a free mug from our stand at BVNA Congress? Then Enter Our Free Photo Competition!
Did you visit our stand at the recent BVNA Congress? Collected one of our free ‘Keep Calm and Trust Your Head Nurse’ Mugs? Then why not enter our free photo competition? To celebrate the launch of our new range of management courses in January 2013, we are offering you the chance to enter our competition to win a £500 […]
Signing off Evidence That’s Hard to Come Across in Practice
Finding suitable cases to sign off evidence for your NPL may prove difficult in practice. However, there are some alternative solutions to help overcome these problems. Firstly, if you are struggling to obtain a particular case/skill, where applicable, you can carry out a simulation based on a relevant OSCE task. This can then be referenced […]