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Ten-minute chat - business manager
06/11/2014
Emma Batson is business manager at XLEquine. After a brief spell working with young racehorses in New Zealand, she completed a PhD in equine physiology at the Royal Veterinary College before working in industry -
The University of Edinburgh's massive open online course (MOOC) on animal welfare and behaviour began in July 2014
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Often an overlooked field, the VPHA masterclass offers students the chance to learn about the food production pathway
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VBMA gives additional skills to vet students
16/08/2014
Elizabeth Hodges started Glasgow vet school's chapter of VBMA, which aims to increase students business knowledge -
WSAVA volunteer scheme for vets and nurses
31/05/2014
WSAVA Global Outreach is an initiative that aims to help share the knowledge and experience of WSAVA members through veterinary volunteer schemes -
As president of SVECCS, Stef Philips aims to ensure that students are comfortable working in an emergency setting
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How to work in humanitarian services
22/03/2014
Joanna Reid is head of office in Somalia for the UK's Department for International Development. She says she is just an ordinary civil servant, and that she has the best job in the world -
A visit to the WVPA congress helped equip Una with the knowledge needed to better understand the avian industry
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Alison Lambert explains how to go about getting the job you really want
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What next after vet school?
12/10/2013
Ashley Forti came to Glasgow from Chicago to study veterinary medicine. Now in her fourth year, she is thinking about her future career -
The VTLP course is the first of its kind in the UK to focus on non-technical competences across the entire veterinary team
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Role of the expert witness
19/08/2013
David Martin describes how to approach providing written and oral evidence for use in court in criminal and civil matters involving animals -
As a final-year student at Nottingham, Laura Pearce has been involved in an initiative called ‘vets in the community’
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Interview guidance for new graduates
10/08/2013
Richard Powell runs a veterinary recruitment agency. Here, he discusses his own interview mistakes and explains how he helps student vets and vet nurses prepare to enter the workplace -
Dawn Aitken put her VN training to good use by joining a Worldwide Veterinary Service trip to Malawi
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Volunteering has been an inspiring and life-enhancing journey for Australian vet Laura Macfarlane, who was given the opportunity to work on an FAO project in Bangladesh
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Joint venture partnership with Vets4Pets
01/06/2013
Luke Knowles wanted to move his career up a notch, while continuing to practise and learn, but with the power to make clinical and business decisions -
Denise Turner joined Medivet in 1999 as a trainee veterinary nurse and is now an area manager for the group
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Communication is the art of interaction and information exchange. One of the simplest ways to do this is via a 'message house'
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Pioneering research in gastric ulceration
23/02/2013
Practitioner Richard Hepburn completed a Masters in gastric ulceration in horses, during which he identified what he believes is a new gastric condition