College-wide Enterprise Education
Through its new Centre for Veterinary and Bioveterinary Enterprise, RVC aims to create multiple levels of business and enterprise teaching and an environment where enterprise education is seen as a core activity and academically rigorous.
The delivery of this programme is supported by commercially active academic community, RVC’s London BioScience Innovation Centre (which acts as a setting for some of the enterprise training), RVC Enterprise and the student enterprise club (RVC_VBMA). This allows engagement with experiential learning as well as exploration of theoretical approaches.
Bioveterinary Science undergraduate students undertake a compulsory module in technology commercialisation in year 2. The commercial principles taught in this module are closely linked to a core scientific module in pharmacology. A final year elective module in advanced bio-enterprise skills is now also available. Elective bioscience enterprise research projects may also be undertaken in each year of study.
Veterinary medicine students may undertake an elective research project in veterinary business during year 4. The Practice Management Fundamentals elective course during year 5 involves a range of external expert speakers who consider a diverse range of topics including leadership, marketing, people management and veterinary business strategy.
PhD students and postdoctoral researchers have access to a 6-week bespoke programme on technology commercialisation and bio-entrepreneurship. This programme is made available to postgraduate students across the University of London’s Bloomsbury Colleges.
RVC PhD students form teams to enter the annual BBSRC Biotechnology YES (Young Entrepreneurs Scheme) competition.
For more information please contact Dr Jim Gazzard. Email: jgazzard@rvc.ac.uk
