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After talks on the current
student curriculum and
facilities at the RVC, the
students headed for the exhibition area. The
fair was extremely well received with 300
students from veterinary medicine, nursing and
biosciences courses in attendance. Many
of the students we spoke to were already
familiar with the XLVets brand and several had
used the XLVets VetEMS website to find
placements. The hot topic of the evening
was definitely how to pursue a career in farm
animal medicine and as such there was a lot of
positive interest in the XLVets farm vets graduate
development programme.
Overall, the evening was a huge success and
it was great to have the opportunity to talk to
so many enthusiastic students. I'm sure we'll be
back there again next year!
Thanks to XLVets members Jess Kirby,
Cerrie Perrett, Andrew Davies, Gareth
Foden and Robert Goss for their help
at the event.
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Royal Veterinary College
(RVC) Careers Fair
On 8th January, volunteers from Drove Veterinary
Hospital, Endell Veterinary Group and Synergy
Farm Health attended the RVC Careers Fair to talk
to current students about the benefits of working in
an XLVets practice.
Gill Whitehurst from Glenthorne, Emily Robinson from Scarsdale, Vickie Moreleigh from LLM,
myself and Celia Maddock from Willows (not pictured) recently rolled back the years to attend
the AVS congress of behalf of XLVets.
On Saturday students had the opportunity
to browse the careers fair where the XLVets
team manned the stand to meet our potential
future colleagues and provide them with the
opportunity to learn more about XLVets and
ask any questions they had.
Celia then delivered a practical workshop
on bovine claw trimming which was well
attended by future farm vets keen to hone their
skills. As a recent Nottingham graduate, I
spoke to the delegates about the move from
being a vet student to a vet in practice, during
which I provided students with advice for
selecting and getting the most from their first
job and gave them some of the tales from my
first year in practice.
Overall the weekend went very
smoothly; it was enjoyed by all who
attended and was a great opportunity
for XLVets to talk to the vets of
the future.
The Association of Veterinary Students
(AVS) Congress, Nottingham Vet School
Lucy Millard
Drove Vets
25th & 26th January 2014
Katie Fitzgerald
Bishopton Veterinary Group