Student stewarding at BEVA Congress is open to all veterinary students but you can’t attend BEVA Congress as a student steward until the end of your third year (BEVA Congress is always in September). If you are interested it is advisable to apply well in advance, however, priority is always given to end of fourth year students and you must be a BEVA student member to apply.

Student stewarding is hard work but also lots of fun, as a student steward at BEVA Congress you get:

• Registration
• Travel
• Accommodation
• Food
• Social events
• and you get to keep the t shirt and sweat shirt too!

In addition to the lectures you can attend (subject to your stewarding duties permitting), you can make contact with luminaries in the veterinary profession. Tales of student stewards being offered jobs and work experience as a direct result of their attending Congress are not apocryphal, they are true!

All stewarding places for Congress 2008 have now been filled. If you would like to be considered for Congresss 2009 (Birmingham) please contact Professor Derek Knottenbelt.

Professor Derek Knottenbelt on knotty@liv.ac.uk

BEVA is a vibrant and growing association where student members are warmly welcomed. As a BEVA student member you will be entitled to wide range of benefits including:

• Free BEVA Congress 2008
• The Equine Veterinary Education Journal every month (Student EVE is generously sponsored by the Horse Trust)
• Monthly BEVA mailings
• Quarterly BEVA newsletter – useful topical information on equine matters
• Reduced rates at all BEVA CPD
• Opportunity to be a student steward at BEVA Congress (see student stewarding under BEVA Congress)
• Opportunity to attend the BEVA Trust Dentistry course for new graduates
• Opportunity to apply for a BEVA Trust Queen Mother Student Travel Award