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Moving into industry as a vet nurse
23/01/2016
Charlotte Covell is commercial business manager at Virbac UK. She began her career as a veterinary nurse, but moved into industry and now has a role in senior business management -
James Allcock, of Lambert, Leonard & May, a farm-only vet practice in Shropshire, describes the steps the practice has taken to help with recruitment and retention of farm vets
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An experience of veterinary work in Chad
14/01/2016
Alice Whittle was given the opportunity to travel to southern Chad to work with Cooperazione Internazionale -
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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Building a life-size equine anatomical model
26/12/2015
Vicky Simons took on the job of creating a life-size equine anatomical model ‘anatohorse’ after her final year of studying -
Recruitment to practices can be frustrating for both applicants and employers. Here are some of the reasons why problems can arise
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Anaesthesia is an area where vet students can learn something during EMS, argues fourth-year Edinburgh student Charles Keys
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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 -
Independent Vetcare Graduate Academy
31/10/2015
Darren McKintosh, senior business support manager at Independent Vetcare, explains why the group set up its Graduate Academy and why he thinks it's important -
Becoming a vet…is it worth the student debt?
22/10/2015
BVA surveyed some of their younger members in 2015 and asked them how their debt impacts them -
A varied career in veterinary pathology
17/10/2015
Throughout his career, Dr Klaassen has worked in small animal practice, lectured in clinical pathology, undertaken preclinical research and held senior roles in commercial veterinary laboratories in the USA -
You have made the shortlist and now you have an interview. Will you be successful? Richard Holborow offers some advice on making the most of those crucial minutes
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Trailblazers is a government initiative that gives employers the opportunity to develop apprenticeship schemes
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Studying veterinary medicine in Warsaw
12/09/2015
Katy Drummond is a few months from qualifying as a vet having studied at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences -
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 -
After finishing her third year at the RVC, Helena Diffey decided to intercalate in global health at Imperial College, London
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Developing a career as a veterinary nurse
25/07/2015
John Redbond is a veterinary nurse in the practice where he trained 14 years ago. He provides the practice IT support, organises the rota and runs the practice lab -
Nicola Robinson did a masters degree in environmental technology during which she carried out some project work for McDonald's. She is now the company's agriculture manager
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Richard Saunders works predominantly with zoo and exotic pet animal species and is based at Bristol Zoo. He also teaches at the University of Bristol and consults at a local small animal referral centre
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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