Tag: Students
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Advice for first year vets beginning university in a pandemic
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With first year on the horizon in the midst of a world that is far from the normal we knew, some newbie vets are bound to be feeling nervous at the prospect of a fresher’s year like no other. Having spoken to a number of students due to begin their vet journeys later this month,…
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Starting to take on students again
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While this year’s new graduates have been dealt a particularly bad hand, students who aren’t as far through the veterinary course are also affected in a number of ways. Those in clinical years have had their clinical EMS requirements reduced by up to half – and while this takes the pressure off individuals to secure…
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The person behind the grades
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This year has thrown a lot of annual landmarks into disarray, and A-levels were no exception; my heart went out to all the students this month whose results days did not go entirely to planned. It has been three years since I went, heart in mouth, to receive my own dreaded envelope. Even when I’d…
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How are new grads coping with COVID?
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As we all know, in March 2020 the world came to a grinding halt… and ever since the veterinary profession has been adapting accordingly. For those who have worked throughout, it has been a whirlwind of changing goalposts and new protocols, with advice seemingly changing on a daily basis. For veterinary students who have not…
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Practice in practices makes perfect, in practice…
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In a world currently filled with sacrifice and compromise, the cancellation of a week’s EMS over the Easter holidays did not, at first glance, seem like a hardship. Of course I had been looking forward to my first ever farm-practice placement – especially as only a week or so before I had tried my hand…
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Tips for studying in self isolation
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I feel the phrase “the show must go on” is going to apply heavily to the student community over the coming months – vet students included. Universities across the country are moving their teaching and examinations to an online platform, which means that for a lot of young academics, come rain or shine (or, it…
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Student life version 2.0
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Being in the suspended animation of lockdown is giving me time to reflect on my student status and the oddity of being a mature student at this time. Student life was already very different to my memories from the University of Glasgow in the 90s… was it being at a campus-based university that was different?…
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Remaining positive and proactive
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I’m sure everyone feels as though life gets on top of them from time to time, and vet students – all students, in fact – are no exception. I think it’s fair to say that I, among many of my friends on the vet course, have often wished for everything to just slow down… to…
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Is that you ’rona?
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I couldn’t not write about where we are right now with coronavirus. It’s Sunday 22 March and we’re not yet in full lockdown, but it must be coming – who knows what will be happening by the time this is published. So, what can I write about? I want to write about you – the…
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Interview questions
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Whenever I meet veterinary students, I am often asked: “What questions should I ask in my job interview?” For the past eight years, I have sat on the interviewer side of the table and have been asked some great questions. Here are some I think – as long as it is relevant to your career…