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Course director Perdi Welsh explains how this online course offers working VNs the chance to study for a university qualification
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Embarking on an Executive MBA
09/02/2013
As managing director of a 14-vet equine practice, Julian Samuelson felt that studying accounting, marketing and finance as part of an MBA would solve his lack of management training -
How to plan and keep record of your CPD
05/01/2013
Tips on how to take stock of your continuing professional development (CPD) and get ahead with some planning -
Companion Care's graduate programme aims to develop people who will become future partners of the business
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Emily Gascoigne began her first year in practice with a one-year intern programme with the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Synergy Farm Health
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Isobel Richards swapped practice for a teaching position in higher education. Read more about her journey here
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Padraig Egan encourages young vets to consider an internship as a worthwhile and rewarding stepping stone in specialist career development
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Tips for entering your first practice role
20/10/2012
Becky Bradshaw offers some tips for achieving your ideal first practice role -
Kelly Lawless gained a place on Medivet's new graduate support programme and was offered a job before she sat her finals
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Making the most of your first job
15/09/2012
On graduation, many new vets will begin their career in practice. Rob Darvill offers some advice on making the most of that all-important first job -
Peter Holmes reflects on some of the teaching, research and management career opportunities provided by vet schools
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Laura Heaps made the most of an opportunity to do a period of voluntary work in Africa
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How to become an exotic veterinary nurse
26/05/2012
Emma Whitlock is a senior avian and exotic veterinary nurse at Great Western Exotics. Here, she describes the route her career has taken -
Jill Nute has devised a week-long course that aims to provide interested students with a unique opportunity in an underrated area of veterinary science
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Despite unsociable hours, an unpredictable workload, stressful situations and difficult ethical dilemmas, working in emergency care is nevertheless gratifying, explains Dan Chan
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The graduate programme aims to develop the business and clinical skills of vets, equipping them to become future partners
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Shay Shelly Eisenberg talks about her experience of qualifying abroad and getting permission to work in the UK
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Enjoying a diverse veterinary career
01/10/2011
Stephen Barabas has worked in practice, was a front line vet during the FMD epidemic in 2001 and has worked in industry. He has also set up a company to help vets develop their own websites -
Advice on writing a grant proposal
16/07/2011
Natasha Mitchell, who completed a Petsavers-funded research project, offers some advice on writing a grant proposal -
Zoe Belshaw offers some advice on working abroad, the various logistics involved and how to make it an achievable goal