Blog Category: Training Practices
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#WEWeek2015 – Shadow a lecturer for a day
#WEWeek2015 – Are you a vet or vet nurse and looking at your future options? Do you love supporting students and seeing them achieve? Then becoming a lecturer may be the perfect career for you! Changing careers is a massive step for anyone to take, what will the new job really involve? Will it really […]
Veterinary Nursing: The Time Between VN Qualification and Registration
The time between successfully completing your nursing qualification and receiving Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) registration can often be a time of uncertainty – what are you allowed to do in practice? The answer to this question is different for diploma students and degree students and can be found in the RCVS ‘Awarding Organisation […]
Annual Renewal Fee For Veterinary Nurses Now Due
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has contacted all registered veterinary nurses to remind them that their annual renewal fee for 2015-16 is due for payment by 1 November. The annual renewal fee is £61, and if a veterinary nurse does not pay the fee by the end of the year they will be […]
Vet Futures: ‘Where are all the veterinary nurses?’
Veterinary Surgeon and Veterinary Nursing lecturer, Laura Kidd has written a blog for the joint Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and British Veterinary Association (BVA) Vet Futures project, addressing how we can increase the number of veterinary nurses entering and staying within the profession. In the blog, Laura argues that, despite year-on-year increases in […]
Online petition launched to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK, has launched an online petition calling on parliament to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ in law. It asks for a change in law to protect animal welfare by ensuring that only those individuals who hold relevant […]
London Vet Show Discount for CAW Students
For a limited time, London Vet Show are offering students at The College of Animal Welfare (veterinary nursing, veterinary care assistant or animal care) the opportunity to attend this year’s show on 19/20 November for just £75+VAT (with further discounts available if two or more places are booked). To take advantage of this offer please […]
Extra day release Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing course added at Potters Bar due to high demand!
Due to high demand this year, we will be running an additional day release Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing programme at our Potters Bar centre this September. This programme is for those students who are already employed in a veterinary practice as a student veterinary nurse. The current Monday group will run as planned; […]
If you have a 24+ Learning Loan, you may be eligible for extra financial help!
Are you aged 24 or over and have a 24+ Learning Loan to fund your course? Do you have financial worries which are getting you down? If so, you may be eligible to apply to the discretionary bursary for assistance with the cost of travel, childcare and compulsory course materials/equipment. To apply, you must have an […]
BVNA looking for two students to become congress stewards
The British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) are looking for two student veterinary nurses to assist with the running of BVNA Congress this year. Are you professional, hardworking and helpful? Want to meet new people in the profession? Let your CV to stand out above the rest! BVNA are giving two students the opportunity to join […]
Over 800 RVNs asked to submit their CPD records
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) recently wrote to more than 800 registered veterinary nurses, asking them to submit their continuing professional development (CPD) records, in order to monitor compliance with their professional obligation to undertake CPD. This year the College has contacted a random sample of 468 registered veterinary nurses from across all […]