This year’s Deaf Awareness Week is here! There are around 11 million people with hearing loss in the UK, with an estimated 900,000 people with severe or profound hearing loss.* This week is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness of hearing loss and deafness across the UK, how to help people living with hearing loss, […]
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Deaf Awareness Week 2019
5 Ways you can Break the Barriers to Coaching
Coaching isn’t always easy, but the rewarding nature of the profession makes it all worthwhile. There are several different factors that can act as barriers within the role, but there’s always steps you can take to break them down. Factors that commonly affect coaching Not having enough time Finding the right techniques to suit both […]
5 Ways you can Break the Barriers to Coaching
Coaching isn’t always easy, but the rewarding nature of the profession makes it all worthwhile. There are several different factors that can act as barriers within the role, but there’s always steps you can take to break them down. Factors that commonly affect coaching Not having enough time Finding the right techniques to suit both […]
Train to become a dog groomer on a Saturday at The College of Animal Welfare!
If you’re tired of your 9-5 job and want a career that you’re passionate about, training to become a dog groomer could be your next career move! City & Guilds accredited dog grooming courses run at the College give learners the experience and knowledge needed to secure long-term career prospects within the dog grooming industry. […]
Veterinary Care Support Level 2 Apprenticeship: By employers, for employers
We recently launched a new Veterinary Care Support (VCS) apprenticeship pathway, designed to provide a tailored learning experience for those who currently work in a VCS role with little to no formal training, as well as a route into employment for people who want to work in a VCS role in the future! Read on to […]
Get your free VN Times subscription!
Did you know that the VN Times can be sent free of charge to all student veterinary nurses? VN Times is a monthly new journal including the latest veterinary updates, tips for VNs, job vacancies and more. Veterinary nursing is an ever changing profession, therefore signing up to receive a copy provides a great way […]
MSD Animal Health Research Bursary open for applications
If you’re a student or qualified veterinary nurse, you could be in luck! MSD Animal Health’s first veterinary nurse research bursary is open for applications. One £1,000 research bursary is up for grabs by the SVN or RVN in the UK with the best research project application. Opportunities to win additional prizes will also be […]
Rabbits aren’t just for Easter
With Easter on its way many people are swept up in springtime traditions such egg hunts and Easter bonnets. Alongside this there is of course the ‘Easter Bunny’. With rabbits being one of the most popular pets within the UK it can frequently be a time of year where rabbit sales soar, however did you […]
NEW Veterinary Care Support apprenticeship pathway available now!
The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce it now offers a veterinary care support apprenticeship pathway (VCS), available as part of the Animal Care and Welfare Assistant level 2 apprenticeship standard launched in August 2018. The addition of this pathway will provide a current, tailored training opportunity for those who currently work in a […]
Cuts to apprenticeship fees make training veterinary nurses more affordable
The government has recently announced that as of 1 April 2019, employers with an annual pay bill of less than £3 million will now only be required to contribute half the rate they previously did towards apprenticeship fees. Small (non-levy paying) employers contribute to apprenticeship fees in a ‘co-investment’ with the government in which the […]