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Bristol Veterinary School to host VetEd Conference 2025
12 February 2025
We are delighted to announce that Bristol Veterinary School will be hosting the prestigious VetEd Conference in July of this year. This internationally recognised event brings together veterinary educators, researchers and professionals to share innovative teaching practices, discuss challenges in veterinary education and collaborate on the future of the profession.
- Bristol Veterinary School to host VetEd Conference 2025 12 February 2025 We are delighted to announce that Bristol Veterinary School will be hosting the prestigious VetEd Conference in July of this year. This internationally recognised event brings together veterinary educators, researchers and professionals to share innovative teaching practices, discuss challenges in veterinary education and collaborate on the future of the profession.
- Celebrate 75 years of Bristol Veterinary School with our special anniversary book 16 January 2025 Last year, Bristol Veterinary School celebrated its 75th anniversary. To celebrate this accomplishment, we’re thrilled to announce the release of a limited edition book that captures the rich history, cherished memories and remarkable achievements of our community over the past 75 years.
- Bridging education and practice: introducing Andrea Turner 10 January 2025 Bristol Veterinary School is extremely proud to have trained thousands of veterinary professionals over the past 75 years, but we couldn’t do it alone! Our incredible partners help provide placement opportunities for students and bring theory to life. One such partner is Langford Vets where Andrea Turner, Lead Clinician at Langford Farm Animal Practice, has been working for the past 11 years.
- Groundbreaking study shows that dogs can smell cancer in other dogs 6 December 2024 The results of a study into whether cancer detection dogs can smell bladder cancer in other dogs’ urine suggests that this could be an effective new way to diagnose the disease in dogs. The research, involving University of Bristol researchers, is published in Veterinary and Comparative Oncology.
- Student story - Olivia Jacques 2 December 2024 Introducing MRes Veterinary Nursing and Bioveterinary Science graduate Olivia Jacques
- Research round up 6 November 2024 It has been a busy few months as far as research is concerned at Bristol Veterinary School.
- Bristol Vet School to host VetEd 2025 9 October 2024 2 July - 4 July 2025
- BBC One Countryfile visits Bristol Veterinary School 8 October 2024 Bristol Veterinary School was delighted to welcome BBC One Countryfile to Langford earlier this month. The team spent the morning at the school to shine a spotlight on the critical shortage of Official Veterinarians (OVs) working in abattoirs across the UK. The visit also gave the school the opportunity to showcase its efforts to address this challenge.
- Celebrating International Vulture Awareness Day with Kane Colston 3 September 2024 This year International Vulture Awareness Day is taking place on the 7th September. Perhaps best known for their scavenging, these birds are often overlooked. When you start to dig a bit deeper, however, vultures are truly amazing creatures. Did you know, for instance, that vultures are able to soar on thermal air currents for up to 5 hours without flapping their wings, meaning they can conserve energy as they search for food? Or that vultures can spot a carcass from as far as 5 miles away whilst flying in the sky?
- Staff story - Jody Belton 3 September 2024 Getting to know: Jody Belton, Deputy School Manager