HRH The Princess Royal opens the RVC’s Teaching and Research Centre in Hertfordshire
2 December 2011
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne opened The Royal Veterinary College's new Teaching and Research Centre on December 2nd, 2011.
The new Centre at the college's Hawkshead Campus in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, provides a home for the RVC’s lifestyle research, which includes conditions such as obesity/diabetes, chronic kidney disease and arthritis as well as those with genetic roots.
RVC Principal Professor Stuart Reid explains: "The RVC is extremely proud to welcome Her Royal Highness to open the new Teaching and Research Centre – a facility where our students are taught within an environment that is all about advanced scientific discovery and first class research. The building houses the engine of academic enquiry and is a wonderful space where our academic community generates new insights into diseases that affect humans and animals.
"The Centre allows us to tie together the various threads we have around the study of illnesses that result from lifestyle in humans and animals, such as those associated with age or genetic disorders. Our College collaborates with the research hub that is the London scientific research community. We are extremely well placed to carry out the work in conjunction with human medical research groups and bring the veterinary perspective to the understanding of disease. The building offers new opportunities, both nationally and internationally".
Funding for the building of the Centre (pictured above) was provided by HEFCE and The Wolfson Foundation.
Her Royal Highness arrived at the RVC on December 2nd and was greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, the Countess of Verulam. A tour of the new facility took place before a plaque commemorating the opening of the new facility was unveiled.
Notes to Editors
- The Royal Veterinary College is the UK's first and largest veterinary school and a constituent College of the University of London. It also provides support for veterinary and related professions through its three referral hospitals, diagnostic services and continuing professional development courses. www.rvc.ac.uk
- Working in partnership, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society. www.hefce.ac.uk/
- The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that awards grants to support and promote excellence in the fields of science and medicine, health, education, and the arts and humanities. www.wolfson.org.uk/
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