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An early knockback at school only served to spur on Viki Weigh to adopt a lifelong learning approach and carve a successful career path in veterinary nursing, teaching and beyond.
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Millie Byrne decided a quiet life wasn’t for her and completed a master’s degree in veterinary physiotherapy – and before she’d even finished she had taken the plunge and started her own business.
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Being a consulting poultry vet
20/04/2023
Henrietta Kodilinye-Sims discusses how she became a consulting poultry vet and what her varied role involves -
Vet student Saskia Chelliah describes how her involvement with participation-widening initiative Animal Aspirations has had an invaluable impact on her university experience
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Working for a global animal health company, poultry vet Pippa Abbey is able to assist vets and industry to influence the health of whole flocks
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Molly Scuffil-McCabe describes her journey from completing a law degree to working as a receptionist as she pursues her goal of getting a place at vet school
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A fulfilling career as a female sheep vet
17/08/2022
Kate Hovers has been a sheep vet for most of her life. Having worked in practice for many years, she now advises sheep farmers on health planning for their flocks -
Are you interested in becoming a vet but are not sure what the next steps for you are? Come and explore some of the UK's vet schools at this year’s National Virtual Vet Taster event, that aims to widen participation in the veterinary profession
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The long way round to vet school
13/03/2022
The route that Daniella Dos Santos, a past President of the BVA, took to vet school reminds people of the importance of not giving up -
Emmanuel Oloyede, third-year veterinary student at the RVC focused on clinical behaviour, reflects on how the RVC Gateway Programme helped him achieve his goal of becoming a vet
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Third-year veterinary student at the University of Bristol, Sinead Odle, explains how an accelerated graduate entry programme helped her enter vet school
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Bridey Shawyer, final-year veterinary student at the University of Nottingham, reflects on how a City and Guilds animal management course, personal resilience and the support of others helped her achieve her goal of going to vet school
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Reanne McDonald, a second year veterinary student at the University of Liverpool, explains how a BSc in animal science was her route to vet school
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Reach for a career in veterinary medicine
09/03/2022
Fourth year veterinary student, Luke McBlain, explains how the Reach programme helped him achieve a place at the University of Glasgow -
Gateway into veterinary medicine
08/03/2022
Second-year student at the Royal Veterinary College, Rhiana Reid-Kanon, describes her journey to vet school via the RVC's Gateway Programme -
BVA’s Young Vet of the Year in 2021 was Alex Davies, who developed a mentoring programme that has enabled school students to benefit from virtual work experience placements during Covid-19
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Navigating being a vet student with ADHD
23/09/2021
Tom Gillespie describes some of the challenges he has faced in achieving his ambition to get into vet school and how he now navigates his veterinary studies -
Routes into veterinary nursing
15/09/2021
Interested in becoming a veterinary nurse, but not quite sure how to go about it? Jo Oakden, President of the British Veterinary Nursing Association, explains the routes you could follow -
Alice Moore went to vet school with the aim of becoming an equine vet, but decided she was better suited to working with small animals. Life as a companion animal vet is challenging, she says, but also immensely rewarding and interesting
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In her final year at Cambridge, May Yean Chua asked students at the UK's vet schools to share their experiences as vet students. Her 'vet school chat' videos aim to offer prospective students an insight into each school and help them navigate the vet school application process