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 […]
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New Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum
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.
BVNA Launch New Careers Video
The British Veterinary Nursing Association’s (BVNA) new ‘Career in Veterinary Nursing’ video. We offer all the types of veterinary nurse training mentioned in this video.
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 […]
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 […]
Cat Regularly Catches Bus!
A 15 year-old moggy named Dodger has taken to hopping on and off buses at the bus station near his home. Dodger is such a regular customer that drivers know which stop to let him off at. His owner believes that Dodger first took a liking to the buses as they are like warm greenhouses […]
Scientists have reversed paralysis in dogs…
“Scientists have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose.” For the longest time, nerve damage and spinal injury has been one of the last frontiers in veterinary and human medicine. Damage to nerves has generally been considered to be irreversible and permanent. That may be about […]
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 […]
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.