Back when I was deciding which universities to apply to to study Veterinary Medicine I came to an Open Day for the University of Surrey and listened to the staff talk about how the Surrey vet course was going to be a different, a new type of veterinary education; I was desperate for one of those […]
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It’s been an incredible week. The first ever VET Festival and concert for ‘One Medicine’ took place in the grounds of Surrey University; the brainchild of Noel Fitzpatrick. As a Surrey vet student I got the opportunity to volunteer at the event. With an amazing line-up of speakers, a chance to network and my aim […]
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Armed with wellies and warm socks, the Easter holidays saw me venturing out onto my first EMS placement as a vet student of the University of Surrey. I was rather nervous, although I come from a farming background I pictured delivering lambs far more fiddly than the calves at home! After an hour’s train journey […]
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I’ve done a lot of work with farm animals in the past, but never lambing. After phoning around a list of contacts, I finally secured a placement near Brighton. I was expecting to be put up in a barn but my accommodation was a pleasant surprise and my hosts incredibly welcoming. After a long first […]
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I’ve always loved lambing. This year I went to Norfolk, with 533 ewes to lamb. It was a high input farm, where everyone worked hard – it made it quite tough to hear lamb prices drop so dramatically while I was there. My first job each day was to feed the orphan lambs, a task […]
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Students had a welcome break from revision during end-of-year exams, taking the initiative and inviting the charity ‘Pets as Therapy’ (PAT) into the vet school. Several PAT dogs were invited in to be patted and stroked, in a bid to relieve exam stress. Patricia Bland, area co-ordinator for the charity, led the group of volunteers […]
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