Press Releases
2012
- RVC Lecturer appointed to ministerial board for animal health and welfare
- 2 February 2012
Dr Jonathan Rushton has been appointed to the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) - RVC involved in new multi-institutional programme to support PhD students in Biosciences
- 25 January 2012
Partnership to award 18 four-year studentships a year for three years - Independent review to develop future surveillance model for England and Wales
- 12 January 2012
Professor Dirk Pfeiffer chairs the AVLA Surveillance review advisory group - VetAid Appeal raises over £12,000 pounds
- 09 January 2012
125,000 cattle and 25,000 camels vaccinated - RVC Granted Full EAEVE Accreditation
- 06 January 2012
First for a UK vet school - Scientists urge balance in the war on antimicrobial resistance
- 04 January 2012
Priorities in efforts to understand and control antimicrobial resistance should be reconsidered
2011
- VETAID success in responding to Kenyan Disaster Emergency
- 20 December 2011
Vetaid (Kenya) has mounted an emergency response part funded by over £12,000 raised through a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) appeal - HRH Princess Anne opens new building at Hawkshead
- 2 December 2011
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne opened The Royal Veterinary College's new Teaching and Research Centre (TaRC) on December 2nd, 2011 - RVC Awarded Most Improved Student Experience
- 30 November 2011
The RVC has been announced the UK Higher Education Institution with the Most Improved Student Experience at the 2011 THE Awards. - Dogs chasing their tails on YouTube could be a sign of welfare issues and pathological conditions
- 10 November 2011
Analysis of 400 videos on YouTube provides basis for first non-clinical study into tail-chasing behaviour. - A step towards new vaccines for most important chicken parasite
- 13 October 2011
Researchers have taken the first step in developing a new type of vaccine to protect chickens against coccidiosis. - Tyrannosaurus rex grew twice as fast as previously thought
- 13 October 2011
Rapid “teenage” growth came at a cost of slower locomotion later in life. - Is the True Wisdom of the Crowd to Copy Successful Individuals?
- 14 September 2011
Results of "swarm intelligence" experiment at RVC Open Day published in Biology Letters. - RVC research receives major cash boost to ensure health and welfare of dairy cows
- 27 June 2011
The RVC will play a significant part in delivering research that will be of major benefit to British Dairy Farmers as part of an ambitious £5 million scheme. - Birds of a feather shouldn't always flock together
- 23 June 2011
RVC research reveals flying in a flock comes at a cost for pigeons. - RVC proudly opens unrivalled animal hospital in the heart of London
- 18 May 2011
Official opening of the newly refurbished Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in Camden. - RVC Students Get Their Teeth into Veterinary Business
- 7 April 2011
BSAH and LBIC are collaborating to provide a new type of extramural study (EMS). - RVC opens specialist teaching centre in Dorset - 28 March 2011
New collaboration with Kingston Maurward College to train students in farm animal medicine. - LBIC client welcomes Minister for Universities and Science - 3 March 2011
PolyTherics new premises opened by Rt Hon David Willetts.
2010
- RVC announces appointment of new Principal - 12 November 2010
The RVC is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Stuart Reid as its new Principal and the successor to Professor Quintin McKellar. - Landmark Donation to Transform Camden's Animal Hospital - 25 October 2010
£1m donation from the Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust to fund extensive refurbishment of the Beaumont Animals' Hospital. - New Vet Nursing degree in Hong Kong - 22 October 2010
The RVC has launched the first veterinary nursing degree programme in Asia in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - If the Shoe Fits: New Affiliation Announced - 2 September 2010
The RVC is pleased to announce a formal affiliation with the Worshipful Company of Farriers. - RVC partners phones in Africa - 9 August 2010
Maasai vets are preparing to use Google’s powerful smartphone with a range of innovative features, to monitor diseases in East Africa. - RVC offers internship that pays - 29 July 2010
The ORBIS Bioscience Graduate Training Programme, managed by the RVC helps graduates develop sought after employability skills. - RVC’s Sarah Baillie wins top teaching award - 25 June 2010
Sarah Baillie has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy. She is only the second vet to achieve this status - Study helps clarify tail injuries in dogs - 25 June 2010
Tail docking is a very emotive subject the world over. A new study will explain the scientific understanding of tail injuries and tail docking in dogs. - The Lightwell, a new social learning facility at the RVC - 1 June 2010
The RVC has unveiled The Lightwell, a social learning facility on its Camden campus. - New research illustrates that birds use a hybrid gait at intermediate speeds - 20 May 2010
Research at the RVC has discovered that birds use a third ‘hybrid’ gait at intermediate speeds, going against the mechanics of walking and running understood by many. - ‘Cyber-roach’ leads to new finding about animal movement - 14 May 2010
A team of researchers at the RVC have discovered that many-legged animals control their movement in a surprisingly different way to bipedal animals. - Royal Veterinary College to run the marathon - 31 March 2010
The Animal Care Trust (ACT), the charitable foundation of the RVC, will be fielding six runners in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon, aiming to raise funds for world leading veterinary research and equipment. - Biomechanical research reveals elephants move like a 4x4 - 29 March 2010
Research by an RVC team, has shown the legs of elephants work much like the wheels of a 4x4 vehicle. The discovery has disproved the theory that all four-legged animals divide the labour between front and hind legs. - Major new research effort targets key pig diseases - 18 March 2010
A consortium of researchers in Cambridge and London has been awarded a £5 million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to develop a way of diagnosing and preventing respiratory diseases in pigs. - £90,000 awarded to The Bloomsbury Colleges to share international development digital resources online - 10 March 2010
The latest thinking on international development from leading academics will be shared online via podcasts and videos as part of a new initiative. The 15-month project, called the Bloomsbury Media Cloud, is led by The Bloomsbury Colleges – a consortium of six internationally-renowned institutions within the University of London. - Mother’s junk food diet linked to liver disease in offspring - 5 March 2010
A study carried out at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London and funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Society for Endocrinology suggests that pregnancy and lactation are not the time to overindulge on fatty, salty and sugary foods as this may cause long-term liver damage to the offspring. - UCL-RVC Internship Programme - 1 March 2010
150 new graduates to benefit from UCL-RVC graduate internship programme which has been awarded £240,000 of Government funding as part of a national scheme designed to help young people into work. - Genes reveal how much we will benefit from regular exercise - 4 February 2010
Researchers have identified how to predict who will benefit the most from exercise based on the human genome. - Beating the barrier for good - 19 January 2010
PrioCam opens at the London Bioscience Innovation Centre. - Appointment news: Colette Henry appointed as Norbrook Professor of Business and Enterprise - 5 January 2010
Professor Henry will head the new RVC Centre for Veterinary and Bioveterinary Enterprise.
2009
- New EMS Prep Tool for Veterinary Undergraduates
- 23 December 2009
Veterinary students will be better prepared for their Extra Mural Studies (EMS) placements with a new initiative developed by the University of Edinburgh and the RVC. - Laminitis research group receives grant to study effects of exercise
- 1 December 2009
The RVC, in collaboration with the Laminitis Consortium, has been awarded a grant of £134,425 by the Laminitis Trust. - Professor Dame Lesley Southgate appointed to RVC Council
- 24 November 2009
Bringing medical and veterinary education closer together. - Meerkats hold the key to understanding TB... Simples!
- 4 November 2009
A study into the social networks of meerkats has led to an RVC scientist discovering how tuberculosis spreads between animals. - RVC and University of Glasgow Seek to Improve Participation in Vet Education
- 28 October 2009
A progression agreement has been signed between two leading veterinary schools to widen participation and access to the profession. - Dr Sarah Baillie wins Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award
- 17 October 2009
Dr Sarah Baillie of the Royal Veterinary College has won the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards 2009 ceremony held on October 15 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. - Animal Care Trust sponsored dog walk
- 11 October 2009
The Animal Care Trust (ACT), registered charity of the RVC, is looking for dogs and owners to take part in its sponsored dog walk on Sunday, October 11. - New Online Distance Learning Database Focuses on International Development
- 7 October 2009
An online database of more than 140 distance learning courses about international development, featuring courses from RVC, was launched today by Distance Learning for Development (DL4D). - Animal Care Trust asks ‘Forget Me Knot’
- 14-20 September 2009
Highlighting the importance of legacies to the survival of charities, the Animal Care Trust (ACT), registered charity of the Royal Veterinary College, is taking part in ‘Forget Me Knot Week’ (September 14-20). - Royal Veterinary College On Tour
- 7 September 2009
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) will provide advice and guidance on studying and working in the veterinary sector at selected locations throughout England during September 2009. - Modern Riding Style Improves Horseracing Times
- 16 July 2009
Today’s modern horseracing posture for jockeys – seen by many as uncomfortable – has sound scientific foundations, according to new research from the Royal Veterinary College, published in the latest edition of Science. - Research Network Wins Approximately £5.7 Million to Target Human and Animal Diseases in Africa
- 2 July 2009
Deadly diseases including plague, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever are being targeted as part of a new multi-million pound international partnership involving African researchers and the RVC as part of the London International Development Centre (LIDC). - RVC remember the life of Professor Leslie Vaughan: 1927 - 2008
- Memorial Service: 5 June 2009
The College is holding a memorial service to commemorate the remarkable life and career of the late Professor Leslie Vaughan. - Biosciences staff and businesses to receive major commercial skills training boost
- 16 April 2009
The biosciences sector is to receive a much needed boost to help it through the recession - thanks to a new business skills training project provided by LBIC the RVC. - Equine stem cell technique to be trialled in human medicine
- 15 April 2009
A pioneering equine stem cell technique, which is used to successfully return injured horses to top levels of performance, is to be trialled in human medicine. - Royal Veterinary College appoints to Animal Health Economics post
- 9 April 2009
Animal health economist Dr Jonathan Rushton has been appointed to the post of Senior Lecturer in Animal Health Economics at the RVC – the first such post in a veterinary faculty in the UK.
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