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Association of Veterinary Students’ president Jack Conway was a reluctant veterinary student until involvement with the association opened up new perspectives on the profession.
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Transferrable skills and One Health
20/10/2022
Vil Hoferica explains how understanding the transferrable nature of veterinary skills led him to join the NHS national Covid-19 vaccination campaign and journey to Africa on a One Health study trip -
As Lord Trees’ fifth intern, Harriet Davenport works in veterinary policy and parliamentary process – a varied role that involves animal welfare and the veterinary professions’ contribution to society
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Eva Tirado graduated from Cordoba university in Spain and intended to spend just six months in the UK gaining some experience. Having found a fulfilling career as a public health vet, she is now established in the UK, working as Export Veterinary Leader at the Food Standards Agency
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Opportunities for final-year students during Covid-19
27/04/2020
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland have put out a call to final-year vet students asking them to help support the response to Covid-19 by keeping the food chain moving
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Going the extra mile to help farmers
14/03/2020
Dairy Vet of the Year Sarah Tomlinson is a farm vet who likes to go the extra mile. She is also passionate about helping farmers use every tool they have to eradicate bovine TB -
A taste of government
12/03/2020
Working as a government vet may not feature on many vet students’ career wish lists, but James Jewkes began to think differently about this career path following an EMS placement with the Animal and Plant Health Agency -
Making the switch from practice to policy
07/12/2019
Vet Catrina Prince is Lord Trees’ fourth intern, which means she has swapped clinical work for parliament -
One vet student from each vet school in the UK can apply to attend a week-long immersion into veterinary public health (VPH)
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Cambridge fifth-year vet student Sara Robson spent a week with Defra to learn what it does and the job opportunities it offers
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As a resident in VPH at Bristol, Pia introduces final-year students to ante- and postmortem inspection in the abattoir
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Recent graduate Bethany Hawksworth-Brookes decided at vet school that her true interests lay in veterinary public health
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Setting up an postmortem examination service
25/06/2016
Guda van der Burgt's career in industry and state veterinary medicine has given her the skills to set up a postmortem examination service -
Working with pre-school age children almost led Sheila Voas to retrain as a teacher, but she found she missed veterinary work
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Having taken a keen interest in the role vets can play in society, Jason Aldiss came to the UK to become an Official Veterinarian and is now a public health vet
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After qualifying and working in practice, Claire Wade and Kate Burgess decided they wanted a new challenge and joined the APHA's south east region
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An overview of veterinary public health
14/11/2015
Milorad Radakovic is a teaching fellow in veterinary public health (VPH) at the University of Cambridge. He believes the challenges in this field of veterinary medicine make for an exciting career path -
Achieving specialist status as the first RCVS Recognised Specialist in State Veterinary Medicine
15/08/2015
Having worked as a clinician, a state vet and an epidemiologist, Philip's career has led him to become the first RCVS Recognised Specialist in State Veterinary Medicine -
Working in government service
27/06/2015
Victoria Barrell qualified from Massey University with the intention of working in equine practice. A combination of circumstances led to her joining the New Zealand government veterinary service -
Often an overlooked field, the VPHA masterclass offers students the chance to learn about the food production pathway