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Getting a Leg Up: BEVA's coaching scheme
03/10/2023
BEVA launched the BEVA Leg Up mentoring scheme four years ago. Here Cat McKenzie, an experienced equine vet, and Heather Frenkiel, an early career vet, discuss their experiences of the Leg Up mentoring scheme. -
Allyship is being discussed more and more frequently in the veterinary profession with mixed reactions. Tobias Hunter explains what being an ally means and how vets can begin their allyship journey towards a more inclusive profession
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An early knockback at school only served to spur on Viki Weigh to adopt a lifelong learning approach and carve a successful career path in veterinary nursing, teaching and beyond.
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Rebecca Hampson left small animal practice to volunteer abroad and pursue her interest in animal and human welfare – and then started a charity, Veterinary Education Malawi, with her partner
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Successful recruitment and retention of overseas vets will strengthen the practice team. Rob Williams, Head of Talent at VetPartners, sets out how to get the best out of overseas veterinary recruitment and retain staff hired in this best-practice article.
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Millie Byrne decided a quiet life wasn’t for her and completed a master’s degree in veterinary physiotherapy – and before she’d even finished she had taken the plunge and started her own business.
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Studying veterinary medicine in her home country of Holland was denied to Ellen van Nierop so the travel bug bit and she trained in Belgium, set up a practice in Ecuador, and became WSAVA president
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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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Being a consulting poultry vet
20/04/2023
Henrietta Kodilinye-Sims discusses how she became a consulting poultry vet and what her varied role involves -
Jack Pye RVN discusses his experiences as in out-of-hours emergency work, and how it has directed the path of his career.
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Lucy Blount and Rosanna Moss have chosen to begin their veterinary careers working as novice official veterinarians in veterinary public health alongside a role in clinical practice
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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 -
Vet student Saskia Chelliah describes how her involvement with participation-widening initiative Animal Aspirations has had an invaluable impact on her university experience
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Working for a global animal health company, poultry vet Pippa Abbey is able to assist vets and industry to influence the health of whole flocks
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Molly Scuffil-McCabe describes her journey from completing a law degree to working as a receptionist as she pursues her goal of getting a place at vet school
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A fulfilling career as a female sheep vet
17/08/2022
Kate Hovers has been a sheep vet for most of her life. Having worked in practice for many years, she now advises sheep farmers on health planning for their flocks -
With a plan to become a farm animal vet, Isabella Aimee Hannay was surprised to find that an extramural studies placement took her career ambitions in a new direction
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The pro's of being a farm animal vet
06/05/2022
Emily Craven discusses what she loves about being a farm animal vet in the UK -
Are you interested in becoming a vet but are not sure what the next steps for you are? Come and explore some of the UK's vet schools at this year’s National Virtual Vet Taster event, that aims to widen participation in the veterinary profession
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Attempting the last of the great firsts
19/03/2022
New graduate Tuppence Mellish is the only vet and the youngest member of a team that is aiming to cross the Northwest Passage in a rowing boat this summer