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  • Tips for studying in self isolation

    Tips for studying in self isolation

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    I feel the phrase “the show must go on” is going to apply heavily to the student community over the coming months – vet students included. Universities across the country are moving their teaching and examinations to an online platform, which means that for a lot of young academics, come rain or shine (or, it…

  • Remaining positive and proactive

    Remaining positive and proactive

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    I’m sure everyone feels as though life gets on top of them from time to time, and vet students – all students, in fact – are no exception. I think it’s fair to say that I, among many of my friends on the vet course, have often wished for everything to just slow down… to…

  • Interview questions

    Interview questions

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    Whenever I meet veterinary students, I am often asked: “What questions should I ask in my job interview?” For the past eight years, I have sat on the interviewer side of the table and have been asked some great questions. Here are some I think – as long as it is relevant to your career…

  • Shopping – it’s not that much of a mystery

    Shopping – it’s not that much of a mystery

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    I’ve just read a breakthrough email – not a huge fanfare of exams passed or a lottery win, but something that, nevertheless, made me realise how far I’ve come over the past few years. The email was a simple one: “You are still on our list for XYZ role, but we haven’t used you in…

  • The third year slump

    The third year slump

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    I never really worried about signing up for a five-year course; friends would gasp at the prospect, but I’d always laugh it off for a multitude of reasons. If I’m being honest, the part of me worried about leaving the security of secondary school was quite happy to have a set plan for the next…

  • Who runs the world?

    Who runs the world?

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    Toward the end of my first year at university, a friend of mine stumbled upon a funny online student-made list of “things NOT to expect at vet school”. From memory, I think it included things we all related to such as Christmas holidays (curse you, exams), summer holidays (why, EMS, why?) and “a coolness status…

  • You got a friend in me

    You got a friend in me

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    Over the past three years, I’ve found one of the hardest parts about revising at home over the holidays isn’t actually the fact you’re revising at home, but that you’re not revising back at university. Now let me explain, because I know it sounds odd… Why would anyone not want to go home for the…

  • Balancing health with a busy schedule

    Balancing health with a busy schedule

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    When it comes to a course as busy and hectic as veterinary medicine, it can be easy to let certain things slide – especially around exam time. There’s the occasional group event, the odd party and, of course, the big one – a healthy lifestyle. I know from experience that when the grind really sets…

  • Why you can – and should – be a mentor

    Why you can – and should – be a mentor

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    The benefits of having a mentor – someone who has walked the path you are travelling and is happy to share with you what they have learned to make your journey a little easier – are invaluable and indisputable. But they don’t simply appear out of thin air. Someone has to step up and take…

  • Mid-sessionals – the dos and don’ts

    Mid-sessionals – the dos and don’ts

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    Right now, a lot of vet students are heading towards their first mid-sessional exams – the first university level exams the majority of them will ever have experienced. The rest of us have mid-sessionals, too, off course, and while we no longer have the luxury of ignorance and the bliss it comes with, these are…