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2009 RVC Undergraduate Research Team's Blog
A day by day account of the 2009 Royal Veterinary College's Undergraduate Research Team's project on East Coast fever and mobile epidemiology from Zanizbar
RVC Careers Fair
Next April(15th) the RVC will be holding a careers fair the graduates of 2010. If you have a job you would like to offer one of our graduates or would like to have a stand at the fair then please contact Susan Law slaw@rvc.ac.uk for further details. Read the full article here on last year's fair
Flying Start Rural Enterprise Programme at the Royal Agricultural College
Posted 21st May 2009
In conjunction with the Royal Agricultural College, the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship is offering a FREE national Rural Enterprise Programme for final year students, postgraduates and graduates (within five years of completing their studies) who have a rural enterprise concept or idea which they would like to develop and launch within 12 months.
The FlyingStart Programme begins with a 3-day course at the RAC, on the 29th, 30th June and 1st July 2009.
Candidates must be currently studying or graduated from a UK university and can be from any degree (full-time or part-time).
The main aim is to have graduates trading or growing businesses with 12 months. The Programme ensures that all new graduate businesses:
• Understand the business model - how to make money
• Have a ready-made national and regional network;
• Have a dedicated mentor and business support;
• Understand the ‘know-hows’ and ‘know-whos’ of practical business.
The Programme will take up to 30 participants, and provide the one-to-one mentoring, support and training needed to turn every idea into a business. It is customised to suit the needs of each participant and individual one-to-one mentoring is provided free for a full 12 months following the course.
The programme is completely free to participants and includes:
• 3-day residential course where participants acquire business skills and build their contacts network;
• personalised 1-2-1 mentoring – support and guidance for 12 months;
• focused follow up meetings where participants can receive further help.
The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Monday 15th June 2009.
For more information or to chat about whether or not this FlyingStart Programme is right for you, please contact Flying Start Events Co-ordinator David Benson – david.benson@ncge.org.uk.
Please visit the following link to apply:
http://www.flyingstartonline.com/public/fsprogrammes/upcoming/
Mission Excellence
Mission Excellence are a group of former fighter pilots who use their knowledge of managing high pressure, no fail, environments to improve management and leadership behaviours in other sectors. They will be talking at RVC, Hawkshead Campus (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire) on Thursday 12th Feb, 6pm. Tickets are £10 and can be obtained via vbma@rvc.ac.uk.
This event is organised by the RVC Student Enterprise Club. We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at the Royal Veterinary College for what promises to be an excellent evening!
Jim Gazzard, PhD MBA,
Historical video of the RVC release from 1959 on YouTube
Posted 11/11/2008
With thanks to John Sheridan, a newly edited video dating back to 1959 has been put on YouTube. If you have any further information about his video or would like to publish your own, please do let us know.
RVC Students' Success NAVLE
Posted 25 Sep 2008
All 11 RVC candidates who took the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination in April 2008 for the first time, passed. This means that the College's overall percentage pass rate in 2007/8 was 95%. This is an excellent performance, so congratulations to all involved, both the students who gained such outstanding success, and the staff who supported them in this.
BBSRC Bioscience Innovators Awards
Posted 22 Sep 2008
New national competitions to honour UK’s bioscience innovators
These awards will recognise the commitment by BBSRC-supported scientists to ensuring economic and/or social impact is captured from their research, and the efforts of university departments in supporting and encouraging this process.
The Innovator of the Year Award is an annual competition that will award £10,000 in cash to the individual or research team that can demonstrate how they spotted and seized opportunities for harnessing the economic and social potential of their research. Another £10,000 worth of prize money is available for runners-up.
Finalists in the Innovator of the Year 2009 Award will be asked to present to a judging panel on the day of the dinner and awards ceremony, which will take place at Banqueting House, London on 24 March 2009.
The Excellence with Impact Award will award two prizes worth £150,000 each to the bioscience departments that are embedding a culture that recognises the importance of deriving economic and social impact from excellent research. One award will go to the department that initiates the biggest culture change towards recognising the importance of embedding impact, hand-in-hand with excellent research. The other will go to the department that can best demonstrate the social and economic impact of its research. A further £50,000 worth of prizes will be available for runners-up.
The competition will run over two years, with departments that enter now being judged by a panel of experts in 2011 when the Awards will be made.
Entrants to the Excellence with Impact Award will be asked to register their interest by 17 December 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, entered departments will be expected to implement their plans to bring about a change in culture towards recognising the importance of social and economic impact and then submit a final report in 2011.
A workshop about the Excellence with Impact Award will be held on 4 November at Hotel Russell in London. Details on how to register can be found on the website.
The closing date for completed entries for Innovator of the Year 2009 and for expressions of interest from departments wishing to take part in the Excellence with Impact Award is 17 December 2008.
Full information about both competitions, eligibility and how researchers and departments can enter is available at: www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business
Infectious Disease Networking Event
Posted 22 Sep 2008
If you have not yet had the opportunity to register for the Infectious Diseases event on 22nd of October 2008 at BMA House in London, places are booking fast and registration is on a first come first serve basis. Fee for academics = £75.
If you would like to attend, please respond to this email indicating your attendance and for further information about the event.
This event has been very popular and we now have a large confirmed audience including:
Biocontrol Ltd, Chief Scientific Officer
Bridgehead International, Senior Consultant
GlaxoSmithKline, Investigator
Health Protection Agency, Head, Novel & Dangerous Pathogens Department
Illumina, Senior Director
Innoven Partenaires (Paris), Investment Manager
Microscience Ltd, Business Development Officer
National Physical Laboratory, Higher Research Scientist
Omnia Molecular SL (Spain), CEO
PharmAthene, Chief Scientific Officer
Quotec Ltd, Senior Consultant
Smiths Detection, Biotechnology Programmes Manager
and many more...
For more details / registration contact
Sheila Ohene
Event Marketing Executive
London Technology Network
Argyle House, 29-31 Euston Rd
London NW1 2SD
Tel: +44 (0)870 730 8656
Fax: +44 (0)870 765 7606
Email: s.ohene@ltnetwork.org
Website: www.ltnetwork.org
Camden furniture for sale
Posted 19 Sep 2008
Camden Council Room furniture for sale:
The following items are available due to previous sales failed to conclude. Staff/students should send their bids to Ian Mehrtens in writing or by email no later than noon on Friday 19 September. Successful bidders will be notified and then required to pay and remove items by Friday 26 September.
24 x chairs with arms
12 x chairs with no arms
2 x table 11ft 6inches x 2 ft 6 inches
2 x horse shoe section 6ft 3inches x 2ft 3inches
Please contact Ian Mehertens
Boltons Park Farm Turkeys
Posted 17 Sep 2008
Order Forms for Norfolk Bronze Turkeys for Christmas from The Royal Veterinary College, Boltons Park Farm are available from the Main Reception, Eclipse Building.
Please complete and send your order to:
Mr. Paul Christian, Boltons Park Farm, 44 Hawkshead Road, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1NB
Thanks from Professor Leslie Vaughan
Posted 17 Sep 2008
Professor Leslie Vaughan and his wife Margaret would like to express their thanks for all the cards, support and get well messages received over the past few weeks. Leslie is still in hospital following surgery but is making positive progress. Margaret has told us that all the support does help and keeps Leslie cheerful - so thank you.
Vicki Laing, Animal Care Trust (ACT)
Debate Series on Science & Religion
Posted 11 Sep 2008
All students, faculty and staff are invited to a facinating series of debates on Science, Mystery and Human Identity at St. Paul's Cathedral, four consecutive Tuesdays in October where internationally-known scientists, philosophers and theologians explore the science-religion debate. The dates and topics are as follows,
7th: the Battle for Truth
14th: God and the Universe
21st: Stories of Evolution
28th: Body and Soul
Each runs from 6:30-8:00pm after which we will continue the discussion over supper. Come join students and faculty from the Royal Free and University College Medical school and others to both learn from and contribute to this important debate.
To RSVP or if you have questions, please email the Chaplain, the Reverend Pippa Turner on pturner@rvc.ac.uk. Flyers are available in the narthex of the Chaplain's office on the ground floor of the Camden building.
The Reverend Philippa A. Turner, Chaplain
Good bye - Morven McLeman
- Posted 29 Aug 2008
Today we are saying a fond farewell to Dr Morven McLeman who has been working in the Centre for Animal Welfare in VCS since 2005. She completed her PhD with the welfare group when it was based at the Silsoe Research Institute. As one of our most successful, enthusiastic scientists with a passion for animal behaviour and welfare, she will be sadly missed by us all.
We all wish her the very best for the future.
Congratulations!
- Posted 28 Aug 2008
The LIVE Centre would like to congratulate Casja Isgren, Kathryn Penn and Zoe Windley on winning a 'LIVE Student Presentation Prize'. Casja, Kathryn and Zoe will be presenting at BEVA next week and each have received £250 towards their costs. The prize was initiated to support and encourage students in presenting their research project work at BEVA.
However, in 2009 we will be opening up the competition to students presenting at any conference throughout the year - So watch this space!
Very many congratulations to our three 2008 prize winners and good luck with your presentations!
RVC take part in LIDC event - Posted 27 Aug 2008
RVC academics joined other distinguished scientists to discuss emerging zoonotic diseases and encourage more collaborative research to boost disease eradication efforts at a workshop convened by the London International Development Centre (LIDC). A total of 25 staff from the Royal Veterinary College, School of Pharmacy, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine took part in the event on 17 June at LIDC's premises in Gordon Square. They proposed hosting a conference on disease eradication and emphasised the importance of improving disease surveillance and risk analysis in developing countries.
Visit here to read the news story about the Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: Science and Policy workshop, or download the seven-page report (Word.doc) about the workshop.
Fellowships for study in USA - Posted 21 Aug 2008
Details of application process for graduates of the RVC wishing to apply for Frank Knox Fellowships or to the Kennedy Memorial Trust are available at these websites or from the Graduate School. The deadline for applications, which must be recommended to the Trusts by the RVC, will be 20th October.
Please send your applications to Ann Hamblin at the Graduate School.