Press Releases - Archive

See Press Releases for current news stories and from the last 12 months.

2008

• The Royal Veterinary College’s RAE Results
  - 18 December 2008
  The RVC is pleased to announce its overall profile in the RAE results.
• Guardian supplement explores 'profound transformation' of education by technology
  - 2 December 2008
  'Digital Student' highlights support for institutions as they 'respond to present challenges and predict future developments'
• Innovate to Accumulate
  - 23 September 2008
  The Royal Veterinary College is seeking small-to-medium sized companies (SMEs) in the East if England with an interest in animal or human health and welfare to engage with its world leading researchers on innovative projects.
• Royal Veterinary College scientists develop safe and inexpensive alternative to antibiotics
  - 1 September 2008
  Researchers at the RVC have developed a system that eliminates the need for antibiotics and resistance genes in the engineering of industrial and medical products.
• Royal Veterinary College appoints new Director of Clinical Services Division
  - 1 July 2008
  The RVC has appointed Graham Milligan MA Vet MB MRCVS as Director of Clinical Services Division
• Mother’s diet may have long term impact on child’s health, study suggests
  - 1 July 2008
  Mothers who eat an unhealthy diet during pregnancy may be putting their children at risk of developing long term, irreversible health issues including obesity, raised levels of cholesterol and blood sugar
• Scientists use robots to uncover the secrets of dragonfly flight
  - 16 May 2008
  Scientists from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and University of Ulm have used a specially designed robot dragonfly to examine the aerodynamic consequences of four winged flight
• Demand leads to introduction of graduate diploma in professional and clinical veterinary nursing
  - 2 May 2008
  The RVC will from June 2008 introduce a Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing tailored to the needs of practicing nurses
• Royal Veterinary College offers evolved BSc Bioveterinary Sciences course in 2008
  - 3 March 2008
  In response to growing demand for graduates equipped for a wide range of careers in veterinary and biomedical science, the RVC has developed the BSc (Hons) course in Bioveterinary Sciences
• Royal Veterinary College scientists unravel the mysteries of neurodegenerative diseases
  - 12 February 2008
  New research, by the RVC, is unravelling some of the mysteries of how prion diseases like CJD damage brain cells (neurons)
• Backpacking flying lemurs reveal their gliding secrets
  - 6 February 2008
  A researcher from the RVC, working with colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley and the National University of Singapore, has documented in detail the gliding behaviour of the Malayan colugo in the wild, for the first time, using a novel measurement technique

2007

• RVC launches new veterinary nursing programmes
  - 10 December 2007
  In response to a national shortage of qualified veterinary nurses, the RVC has announced its new combined vet nursing programme
• Chinese Ambassador and UK Science Minister launch Innovation China UK (ICUK) – the first UK-China joint innovation and knowledge transfer partnership
  - 20 November 2007
  At a ceremony held today at Queen Mary, University of London, Her Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the UK and Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Science and Innovation formally launched Innovation China UK.
• Share Jones Lecture Explores Organ Regeneration
  - 15 November 2007
  Do deer antlers hold the key to human limb or organ regeneration? That was the question tackled by Professor Jo Price of the RVC
• Royal Veterinary College heads to Wales to provide a farm health investigation service
  - November 2007
  Veterinary surgeons and students from the RVC are heading to Wales to establish a farm health investigation service for vets and farmers
• VetNet Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) Conference
  - 9 November 2007
  Conference aims to break down barriers to progression in the veterinary and animal welfare sector
• Cow infections could provide clue to preventing infertility in women
  - October 2007
• Eating junk food whilst pregnant and breastfeeding may lead to obese offspring
  - August 2007
  A study funded by the Wellcome Trust and carried out at the RVC, London.
• Royal Veterinary College research to tackle post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome
  - August 2007
  RVC is contributing to a £11.5m programme to tackle some of the most harmful and widespread diseases that commonly affect farmed animals in the UK
• MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology Scholarships
  - June 2007
  University launches twelve £27,000 scholarships to tackle impact of diseases on public health
• VETNET LLN (Lifelong Learning Network)
  - May 2007
  The Royal Veterinary College wins £3.73 million to initiate a new lifelong learning network to widen participation in veterinary education
• London Bioscience Innovation Centre wins European Award
  - 2 May 2007
  LBIC been chosen as the 'Entrepreneurial Spirit and Knowledge-Based Enterprise Creation' category winner
• Why was the racehorse Eclipse so good?
  - April 2007
  As race goers, jockeys and bookies gear-up for John Smith's Grand National Meeting, scientists study the DNA of the greatest racehorses of all time
• Going LIVE!
  - 20 February 2007
  Princess Anne to Open Royal Veterinary College’s New £4.5 Million Centre
• New biotechnology companies flock to London’s first bioscience innovation centre
  - 1 February 2007
  Two new companies have opted to join the London Bioscience Innovation Centre (LBIC), which is the first centre of its kind in London
• Stem Cells Cure Tendon Damage
  - January 2007
  Scientists get injured equine athletes back on their hooves with pioneering stem cell therapy

2006

• Rudolf's Magic Antlers
  - December 2006
  Scientists reveal that it’s Rudolph’s antlers that are magical, not his nose, and that antlers could hold clues to stem cell research
• Research puts Meerkats on low-fat diet to cut cholesterol
  - 20 November 2006
  It is not only humans that need to watch their cholesterol levels, as research reveals that there are very high levels of cholesterol in some captive meerkats
• HEFCE Awards £3.73m to Support Veterinary Lifelong Learning and Widen Access to Veterinary Professions
  - November 2006
  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London, is the lead institution for VETNET
• Scientists Reveal Eating Junk Food During Pregnancy Could Up Obesity Risk
  - 6 October 2006
  Recent research by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London, indicates that mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy raise the chance of having obese offspring at risk of developing diabetes
• Have you ever seen an elephant... run?
  - September 2006
  Getting a clearer picture of how elephants move at speed offers the potential to improve animal welfare, inform human biomechanics and even help in the design of large robots
• UK’s largest veterinary school joins i10
  - 16 August 2006
  Businesses can now easily access the world-class expertise and facilities of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) via i10, the service set up to promote links between commerce and universities
• Foundation Nursing Degree Director Tops RCVS Poll
  - May 2006
  Hilary Orpet elected to the Veterinary Nursing Council of the RCVS.

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