The Royal Veterinary College has been named as the top veterinary school in the QS World University Rankings 2021.

Compiled by global higher education analysts, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the rankings provide a comparative analysis on the performance of…

Improve International has launched a two-year Cardiology Distance Learning (DL) Postgraduate Certificate programme.

The new programme, which starts in May 2021, will address the fundamental principles underlying cardiac disease, discuss common presentations…

Improve International has launched a Distance Learning Postgraduate Certificate in Exotic Animal Practice.

The programme, which starts in July, will cover a range of different exotic species, from initial examination and diagnostic sample collection to…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has launched a revamped, online-only course aimed at veterinary surgeons and nurses who have qualified outside of the UK and recently started practising, or intend to practise, in the UK.

The ‘Introduction…

Linnaeus reports that despite a record level of interest in its two-year Graduate Development Programme (GDP), it still has vacancies to fill in Birmingham, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Northamptonshire, as well as Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

The…

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has announced plans to create Scotland's first new vet school in 150 years, in Aberdeen.  

SRUC, which is the biggest provider of veterinary nursing, livestock husbandry and animal care training in Scotland, says…

North Downs Specialist Referrals in Surrey has launched its first recognised programme to train veterinary specialists. 

The first course will be overseen by Jodie Hughes, an RCVS and European specialist in anaesthesia and analgesia. The hospital’s inaugural…

Improve International has launched an an online Postgraduate Certificate Programme, due to start in September.

The new course will be led by Dr Pedro Malho, DipECVO CES OphtVet DVM MRCVS, a European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology…

UK Farmcare reports that more than 60 people from across the agricultural community have registered an interest in training to become an Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT) of cattle.

The role was created last November when the Animal & Plant Health Agency…

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has announced plans to open a new veterinary school in Preston. 

Based at UCLan’s Preston Campus, the new school will deliver foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in areas such as veterinary medicine…

The Royal Veterinary College, together with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Mars Equestrian, has launched an international scholarship programme aimed at advancing the health and welfare of horses, and…

Swindon-based Eastcott Veterinary Referrals is looking for a new resident to join its dentistry team. 

Eastcott’s dentistry department is led by Andrew Perry, an EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Dentistry. He's supported by Peter Southerden,…

The BSAVA has opened enrolments for a new postgraduate certificate programme in small animal diagnostic imaging.

The programme starts in January 2022 and places are on a first come, first served basis. 

The BSAVA says the new programme is designed primarily…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has published an updated set of standards that detail the professional values, knowledge, skills and behaviours that need to be met by those responsible for training student veterinary nurses.

The updated standards…

The RCVS has launched its Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) e-portfolio platform to support graduates as they begin their working lives.

From this summer, all new veterinary graduates have had to be enrolled on the VetGDP when they start…

Zoë Halfacree, a soft tissue specialist at Davies Veterinary Specialists has been awarded a Fellowship by the RCVS.

Zoë, who joined Davies in October 2020, was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and Head of Soft Tissue Surgery 

The RCVS has published an interim report of the achievements so far of its VN Futures project to champion and improve veterinary nursing. 

The project was launched as a joint initiative between the RCVS and the BVNA in 2016. Its objectives included highlighting…

Alasdair Hotston Moore FRCVS has become the Clinical Editor for www.vetsurgeon.org and its YouTube channel, Brains & Drains.

Alasdair qualified from Cambridge in 1990. After graduation, he joined Bristol Vet School, first as an intern and then as…

As part of its Black History Month activities, the RCVS has put together a series of video interviews with black and mixed heritage newly-qualified and student vets and nurses, talking about what inspired them to join the veterinary profession and how…

The RCVS is inviting veterinary nurses to take part in a consultation considering the competences, skills and professional behaviours required of newly-qualified veterinary nurses.

The College says the consultation, which closes on 22nd December, reflects…

North Downs Specialist Referrals is celebrating the success of two of its clinicians after they passed their exams to become European Specialists in Veterinary Ophthalmology.

Andra-Elena Enache and Savina Gogova join the head of service Richard Everson…

Vets4Pets has announced that it will launch a new, £40K per annum EMS bursary scheme to support veterinary students in March next year. 

Under the scheme, 60 students will be given two weeks of supported clinical placements in more than 50 Vets4Pets…

Linnaeus has updated its two-year graduate programme, dividing it into two 12-month courses: the Graduate Development Programme (GDP) followed by a 12-month Early Careers Programme (ECP).

New graduates will work through both programmes during their first…

The RCVS Fellowship is looking for members of the veterinary profession to join its Fellowship Credentials Panel, which makes recommendations for who should become an RCVS Fellow.

Every year, the RCVS invites members of the veterinary profession to apply…

Improve International has launched an oncology online learning programme which offers a route to the GPCert.

The new GPCert programme, led by course director Owen Davies MA VetMB MVetMed MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine) DipACVIM (Oncology) (pictured right…