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  • The VN status debate

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    I am currently stuck at home with a bad back, so I’ve had plenty of time to read a debate on Vet Nurse about the list for veterinary nurses being phased out in favour of the RCVS Register of Veterinary Nurses. It is an emotive topic and members of this forum seem to be showing…

  • The key to your new career

    The key to your new career

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    Regular vetsonline users (or at least those with an interest in changing their career path) may have noticed a change to the site in the past couple of months – specifically our recruitment section. What was initially a fairly basic affair with a handful of job listings has been transformed into an all-singing, all-dancing recruitment platform that is set to…

  • Singing from the same hymn sheet

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    My thanks to fellow blogger Will Easson – we seem to think alike on many subjects, and his blog post regarding the RCVS survey on graduate employment struck a chord. In particular the paragraph that read: As a profession our treatment of colleagues is variable, to say the least. Many practices are very good, understanding,…

  • No need for vet nurses?

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    A fellow Vetsonline blogger, Will Easson, recently wrote a post about the potential impact of an increased number of vet grads, in which he kindly remembered veterinary nurses. (Editor’s note: In his post “Recruitment and retention“, Will suggests that the increasing number of UK graduates searching for employment could result not just in a scarcity of…

  • A vet school storm on the horizon

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    Following last year’s announcement that the University of Surrey is to open a new veterinary school (taking in the first cohort of students in autumn 2014), it would appear that the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) is now jumping on the bandwagon. These proposals have indeed kicked up quite a storm in the veterinary world.…

  • EMS vs TP

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    I would like to thank Michal Szulc and Jill Hubbard for their letter in a recent edition of Veterinary Times (Vol.43, No.42), in which they speak of an issue close to my heart: in-practice training of vets and nurses. The TP and EMS schemes try to do the same thing, but are structured very differently. Michal…

  • Too many graduates, not enough jobs?

    Too many graduates, not enough jobs?

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    No doubt spurred on by a survey carried out by the Institute of Employment Studies (on behalf of the RCVS), this last week has seen an interesting focus on the availability of jobs within the veterinary profession. Curiously enough, the survey seems to show that the increasing number of graduates over the past few years…

  • Tax doesn’t have to be taxing

    Tax doesn’t have to be taxing

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    As students, we need all the extra cash we can get, and often a part time job will help considerably with rent, bills etc. But what about self employment? It may seem like a scary proposal: how would I be able to run my own business while studying? What do I need to get started? What would…