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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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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 -
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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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 -
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 -
Here is an overview of some of the widening participation initiatives across UK vet schools
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VetGDP 3: advising for the future
03/11/2021
Three senior vets explain their reasons for becoming Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) advisers and describe their experience of the online training they are undertaking -
A mentor’s view of the VetGDP
03/11/2021
New graduate mentor Charlotte Moody gives her perspective on the importance of the adviser’s role in the Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) -
VetGDP 2: building new vet confidence
03/11/2021
Linda Prescott-Clements explains how the Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) will offer new vets the support of VetGDP advisers -
VetGDP 1: the origins of the programme
03/11/2021
Sue Paterson, chair of the RCVS Education Committee, explains the origins of the VetGDP scheme and how its construction was framed by an evidence base provided by students, new graduates and veterinary practices -
Navigating being a vet student with ADHD
23/09/2021
Tom Gillespie describes some of the challenges he has faced in achieving his ambition to get into vet school and how he now navigates his veterinary studies -
Recent graduates Lorna Beeley and Karolina Deptula opted for corporate practice for their first job after university. They explain why they chose to begin their careers at Vets4Pets Cardiff Bay
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Defining support in practice
30/11/2020
Rachel Garty is a recently graduated farm vet working at ProStock Vets in South Wales. Like many new vets, she was told to look for a ‘supportive’ practice for her first job. But what does ‘supportive’ really mean? -
Diana Cavaleiro moved to the UK in 2018. Here, she shares her experience of being a new graduate from overseas and developing her diagnostic skills to support more experienced colleagues