Our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) will be unavailable this weekend for essential upgrades to be carried out. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
The College of Animal Welfare News Blog
VLE Will be Unavailable this Weekend – 26 & 27 January 2013
eLibrary Now Available to all CAW Students
We are delighted to announce that we have recently purchased a number of eBooks for students to use to help with their learning. The new eLibrary can be found on the home page of our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). A selection of animal and veterinary titles are available and can be either read online or […]
Online Library of 150,000 Animal Sounds!
The Macaulay Library features 150,000 recordings from 9,000 animals. That’s 7,500 hour-worth of listening. As you’d expect from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology the sounds are heavily concentrated around birds.
RCVS Launch Newsletter for Those Involved with Veterinary Nurse Education and Training
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has launched a newsletter for those involved with veterinary nurse education and training. The title – VN Education – replaces VN Standard, the newsletter from RCVS Awards, the College’s awarding body. It focuses on the regulatory aspects of all veterinary nurse education, including both vocational and undergraduate training. […]
Adverse Weather Conditions – Tuesday 22nd January 2013
All College centres at Edinburgh, Leeds, Huntingdon, Potters Bar and Middlesex University are going to be OPEN tomorrow – Tuesday 22nd January 2013. Please take care when travelling or walking as icy conditions are expected to persist. It is recommended that before setting off you check our website for the latest information.
Adverse Weather Conditions – Monday 21st January 2013
The College centre at Huntingdon is CLOSED to Learners. The College centre at Leeds is CLOSED to Learners. Potters Bar is CLOSED to learners apart from Middlesex degree students whose class WILL still run. This is because your transport arrangements from Hendon campus are confirmed as running. Whilst staff may find it safe to journey […]
Study Shows ‘Shell-Shocked’ Crabs Can Feel Pain
The food and aquaculture industries should reconsider how they treat live crustaceans such as crabs, prawns and lobsters. That’s according to a Queen’s University Belfast researcher who has found that crabs are likely to feel pain. The latest study by Professor Bob Elwood and Barry Magee from Queen’s School of Biological Sciences looked at the […]
Disciplinary Commitee Strikes off Registered Veterinary Nurse
The Registered Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) on Friday [11 January 2013] removed from the Register for dishonesty an Armagh-based registered veterinary nurse: she entered details of four injections into clinical records when she had no reasonable basis for doing so. During the four-day hearing, the Committee considered […]
Lecturer Open Evenings – ever wondered what it is like to be a Lecturer?
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a lecturer? Are you confused about how to get into teaching? Unsure if the job is really for you? If you have answered yes to any of these, why not come along to one of our Lecturer Open Evenings during January and February and get […]
Recording OSCE Training
Clinical coaches – please remember to record all student OSCE training on your tutorial records in the lead up to your student’s pracical exams to ensure that your students are correctly prepared for their exams.