RVC Taster Courses
BSc Bioveterinary Sciences Taster Course
Wednesday 24th March 2010
This course will offer year 12 students the opportunity to learn about the unique blend of the biological sciences relating to animals; the way they work, their health, their diseases and their relationships with humans. The course will be taught by an extensive range of scientists and clinicians who are knowledgeable from their own experience of animal disease and research. This means we will cover animal biology, management and disease. Please note: BSc Bioveterinary Sciences graduates are not permitted to practice as veterinary surgeons and this taster course is not focused on Veterinary Medicine.
Enrolment Requirements: Participants in the taster courses should be Year 12 students who are studying Chemistry and either Maths or Biology or Physics at A-Level. In addition students should have a good range of GCSE subjects and be confident in their ability to communicate with people. An interest in a medical or scientific career is obviously essential.
For further information please go to: www.london.ac.uk/tasters
Veterinary Medicine Taster Course
Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th April 2010
This short course is designed to provide Year 12 students with the opportunity to experience life as a veterinary medicine student at the Royal Veterinary College. The two day (non residential) course will consist of several elements designed to give an overview of study at a veterinary institution; including lectures, a live anatomy examination, dissection, farm visit and the opportunity to speak with current RVC students about their experiences. Over the two days students will have the chance to use and see many of the state-of-the-art facilities we have at both our Camden Campus in London and our Hawkshead Campus in Hertfordshire. The Camden Campus houses newly refurbished research laboratories, an extensive library, an anatomy museum, a Learning Resources Centre and the Beaumont Animals' Hospital. The Hawkshead Campus has Europe’s largest referral veterinary hospital in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, in addition to a working farm, a Clinical Skills Centre and an Equine Centre.
Enrolment Requirements: Participants in the taster courses should be Year 12 students who are studying Chemistry and Biology at A level. In addition students should have a good range of GCSE subjects and be confident in their ability to communicate with people. An interest in a medical or scientific career is obviously essential.
For further information please go to: www.london.ac.uk/tasters
Veterinary Nursing Taster Course
Wednesday 7th April 2010
This one-day introduction to Veterinary Nursing is designed to provide Year 12 and National Diploma students with the opportunity to experience life as a veterinary nursing student at the Royal Veterinary College. The one day course will consist of several elements designed to give an overview of what it is like to study to become a Veterinary Nurse at the RVC; including a tour of the Hawkshead campus, tours of the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (Europe’s largest referral veterinary hospital) and the Equine Centre. There will be presentations from RVC staff to learn more about our Veterinary Nursing course and the opportunity to speak with current RVC students about their experiences.
Enrolment Requirements: Participants in the Taster Courses should be Year 12 students and preferably be studying Biology at A Level or students studying towards a National Diploma in Animal Management. In addition students should have a good range of GCSE subjects (preferably a minimum of five GCSEs at grade C or above, including English Language, Maths and a Science) and be confident in their ability to communicate with people. An interest in a medical or scientific career is obviously essential.
For further information please go to: www.london.ac.uk/tasters
Booking a place
Places on the Taster Course are limited and demand is always high. Bookings can only be made through the University of London: www.london.ac.uk/tasters. Please note: Students must be in Year 12 and must attend both days of the course (if applicable) .
Comments
Here’s a selection of what some of the 2009 Taster Course Participants thought:
- "Thank you very much it was an interesting and exciting course, very useful"
- "It opened my eyes to this course at this University"
- "Everyone was willing to talk to you and offer advice and the other lectures and activities were great"
- "I was most impressed with the facilities and enthusiasm of the lecturers and student ambassadors"
- "Made me realise how badly I wanted to study in London"
- "I was most impressed with the variety of different activities which we were given the opportunity to take part in"
The Widening Participation Unit at the RVC also runs a Student Shadowing scheme throughout the academic year. The scheme is designed for those who have had less exposure to Higher Education and would like to know more, and is aimed at pupils who attend non-selective, state maintained schools and/or have no family background of Higher Education. For full details see the Widening Participation Student Shadowing page.