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Mae Jones, a fourth-year student at Surrey vet school, was one of the very first students to undertake extramural studies with the VMD. Here, she describes her experience of the two-week placement
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Working as a Named Veterinary Surgeon
17/08/2021
Named Veterinary Surgeons are required by establishments holding licences to carry out research using animals. But what does the role of an NVS involve? Ngaire Dennison and Anja Petrie explain -
Recent graduates Eleanor Robertson and Rosie Herrington both undertook internships with the Food and Agricultural Organization and thoroughly recommend the experience to other young vets
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Why join the RCVS Fellowship?
18/01/2020
In 2016, new life was breathed into a learned society – the RCVS Fellowship. Chair of the Fellowship Board John Innes, is keen for more vets to join -
Working with all creatures great and small
30/11/2019
Sarah Chapman is co-director of Chapman Zoo Consultancy – a job with lots of variety. Here, she describes her route to specialisation. -
Vet John Burns developed an interest in holistic pet health and eventually became a pet food manufacturer
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Being a member of the BVA officer team - making a difference for the profession, people and animals
25/08/2018
Gudrun Ravetz celebrates the skills she has gained through an eclectic career including her time on the BVA officer team -
Physical disability meant that Kim Halford found veterinary practice challenging; she is now promoting rabbit animal welfare in a variety of ways
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Vet Jenny Moffett explains how she has developed an online career coaching course
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Hannah Capon set up Canine Arthritis Management (CAM) to help dog owners better understand and manage arthritis in their pets. Here's how she got started
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Elizabeth Armitage-Chan explains how her role helps future vets gain in confidence and competence
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Hannah Jordan is a BVA policy officer, having previously been parliamentary intern to Lord Trees. She is also a triathlete
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James Chatterton is veterinary services manager at Auckland Zoo. Part of his role involves providing veterinary care for the kakapo, one of the most endangered birds in New Zealand
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ECZM residents discuss their experiences
03/09/2016
2 ECZM residents who are on 3 year training programmes being run jointly by the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Veterinary College discuss their experiences -
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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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 -
A career as a clinical scientist in oncology
12/05/2012
Chiara Penzo has been interested in oncology since her final-year at vet school. Her job is as much about increasing awareness as treating cancer in pets -
David Love describes how his veterinary degree has allowed him to expand his career horizons beyond what may be considered normal for many British veterinarians