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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. -
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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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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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 -
Vet and owner of Unicorn Trails Wendy Hofstee explains how she developed a horse-riding holiday business alongside a successful career in emergency veterinary work
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Charlotte Stiles took a hands-on approach both before and during her veterinary course to gain practical experience of wildlife health across various continents, countries and species
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Fascinated by how things worked and mending anything broken, Matthew Hibberd naturally gravitated to a career in orthopaedics, now owning peripatetic referral practice Rata Vet Surgery
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Why choose an internship, or two?
25/11/2022
Rodrigo Paulino, a senior surgical intern, explains why he chose two internships and the benefits of an internship to any future veterinary career. -
At vet school Abigail Liston completed a research project that led her to develop a host of essential skills, which gave her a sense of purpose and success
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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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Vet Kathryn Owen describes how a student grant for her study of needle reuse on farms allowed her to develop her research skills and contribute to scientific evidence to improve best practice
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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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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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My faith is the foundation to my life
04/06/2022
Jonathan Anderson is one of four equine surgeons at Rainbow Equine Hospital in North Yorkshire. He is also one of the clinical directors responsible for running the business -
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 -
From graduation to equine vet
01/04/2022
Early career vet, Mel Lean, discusses life after vet school overseas and the choices she has made to fulfil her ambition of becoming an equine vet. Life is all about the journey... -
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