The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is looking for general practitioners to join one of two working groups to shape a new programme to support veterinary graduates into life in practice. The aim of the programme, which will replace the current Professional Development Phase (PDP), is to ensure that veterinary graduates are fully supported in their new role and able to progress from day one competencies into confident and capable independent practitioners. This new programme build

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) is offering free membership to veterinary students to help encourage more vets into equine practice. The initiative, launched this month, has been made possible by generous sponsorship from Baker McVeigh, CVS Group, IVC, Newmarket Equine Hospital, Rossdales, VetPartners, and XLVets. Currently fewer than one in ten veterinary students opt to go into equine practice. BEVA hopes that the new scheme will provide a broader base of students with an ins

Applications are now open for the 2020 RCVS Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grant, named for an elected RCVS Council member who tragically passed away in 2017. This is the second year of a five-year commitment in which the £20,000 grant will be awarded, to fund research that focuses on mental health and wellbeing within the veterinary professions, including areas such as prevention, diagnosis, intervention and treatment. We were very impressed with the rang