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• New RVC research helps owners better understand the remaining life expectancy of dogs

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) VetCompass programme now enables owners to predict the remaining life expectancy of their dog from different ages, with results broken down by breed and gender to make these as useful as possible for owners of many breeds in the UK. The findings also identify breeds with the greatest and lowest life expectancies of the 18 breeds in the study, highlighting wide differences in life expectancy amongst popular breeds.

   28 Apr 2022

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• Empowerment Personified: RVC appoints new Director and Deputy of Veterinary Nursing ahead of Vet Nursing Awareness Month

  

  Ahead of Vet Nursing Awareness Month (VNAM) beginning the 1st May, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has appointed Perdi Welsh as the new Director of Veterinary Nursing and Hilary Orpet as Deputy Director of Veterinary Nursing. These …

   20 Apr 2023

• COVID-19 travel restrictions came too late, shows study, as scientists call for coordinated pandemic preparedness efforts

  

  Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for tracking COVID-19 Alpha and Delta variant transmission across the UK have published their genomic tracing of the Omicron variant concluding that: …

   21 Jul 2023

  Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for …

• The pawfect storm: study finds high levels of problem behaviours and use of aversive training methods in pandemic puppies

  

  The average number of owner-reported problem behaviours among ‘pandemic puppies’ was five, with problem behaviours more likely in owners using aversive training techniques, says the Royal Veterinary College Four in five (82%) ‘pandemic puppy’ …

   22 Jan 2024

  The average number of owner-reported problem behaviours among ‘pandemic puppies’ was five, with …

• RVC Professor named chair of The Royal Society’s judging panel for the 2024 Trivedi Science Book Prize

  

  The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson has today been announced as Chair of Judges for the Royal Society’s 2024 Trivedi Science Book Prize. Now in its 37th year, the prize, supported by the Trivedi Family Foundation, …

   16 Jul 2024

• Lasting lockdown love? RVC research identifies that problem behaviours are damaging the owner-dog relationship as pandemic puppies reach young adulthood

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) pandemic puppies research programme has highlighted the negative impact of problem behaviours in young adult dogs on the strength of the owner-dog relationship. These findings can be used to …

   12 Feb 2025

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) pandemic puppies research programme has …

• Academic Quality, Regulations & Procedures 2024/25 and previous years

  Assessment & Award Regulations for 2024/25 (PDF) will be available prior to the start the academic year for each course and may not appear here yet. The Assessment & Award Regulations (AARs) for some modular courses are split into 3 different …

• Meet our Pet Blood Donors and leave them a message

  Alfie - has a super temperament with people and dogs alike. As well as showing and being Crufts qualified for life, also enjoys obedience training and has gained his KCGCS Gold award. He loves his walks, and most of all, rolling around …