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To help those working within Wales' equine and veterinary industries Lantra Sector Skills Council is throwing open the doors of its Builth Wells office during the Royal Welsh Show (July 19-22).
The delivery of public services for which Defra is responsible will be shaken up to line up with the coalition Government's commitments on service delivery, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has announced.
The Royal Veterinary College's (RVC) Sarah Baillie has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy. She is only the second vet to achieve this status.
UK vets are being urged to take advantage of the wetlabs at the 2010 Southern European Veterinary Congress (SEVC) to learn new techniques and practical procedures.The SEVC takes place in Barcelona between 30 September and 3 October 2010.
It's just been announced that Professor Massimo Palmarini will lead the new Medical Research Council - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR). Scientists working in the Centre will tackle questions about both human and animal viruses including Hepatitis C virus and those linked to development of cancers.
Less than a quarter of veterinary students starting their degrees in 2009 were male (24%), according to figures released in RCVS Facts, from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
The European Commission is planning to award a grant of 3,8 million euros to a project promoting high quality control posts for resting animals transported over long journeys.
The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) has given advance notice that it intends to offer both a Research Training Scholarship and a UFAW 3Rs Liaison Group Studentship later this year.
The removal of names from the RCVS Register of Veterinary Surgeons for non-payment of retention fees is now complete, with 386 veterinary surgeons having been removed, compared with 616 last year.
The RCVS has released further details about the proposed new registration regulations on their website as the issue continues to raise concerns among the profession.
