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Celebrating National Pet Month – a selection of open access resources on small animal medicine
This year National Pet Month runs from 1 April- 6 May. As their web site says they are on a mission to: help promote responsible pet ownership across the UK highlight the important work of pet care professionals and working … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Dogs, events, Library, News, Uncategorized
Tagged National Pet Month, open access, open educational resources, Pet care, pets, RCVS Charitable Trust, small animal
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Paintings made public
In our 168 years we have collected a wealth of paintings, enough to fill a small gallery! We are by no means unique in this so it’s no surprise that the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC started an … Continue reading
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Tagged artworks, BBC, paintings, portraits, Public Catalogue Foundation, RCVS
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The importance of evidence
Recently I have attended two events: the Trust organised symposium on Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM)* The sceptical vet: eminence or evidence? and the 50th anniversary meeting of the Veterinary History Society (VHS) The EBVM event was the first time in the … Continue reading
Posted in Library, News
Tagged EBVM, veterinary history, Veterinary History Society, William Hunting
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‘After Hours’ at the Natural History Museum
Thousands of visitors of all ages, gathered for the Natural History Museum’s largest ever ‘Science Uncovered’ event. Science institutions all over Europe threw open their doors and stayed up late to bring the general public a little bit closer to … Continue reading
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Tagged London events, Natural History Museum, science events, veterinary science
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Scientific discovery and champagne cocktails
The Natural History Museum hosts another Science Uncovered event next Friday, 28 September; this one is bigger and better than before! For the first time, the RCVS Charitable Trust will have their own veterinary station so we invite you to … Continue reading
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Tagged Natural History Museum, RCVS Charitable Trust, Science Uncovered
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Flying the flag for RCVS Day
It is RCVS Day today – the day of our Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. To mark the occasion the College flag is being flown on Belgravia House. The flag displays the College arms which were granted in … Continue reading
Great news for new grads!
We are thrilled to have been awarded £25,000 by the Higher Education Academy/JISC as part of the Open Educational Resources programme Open Educational Resources to help new practitioners cope is a really exciting project for us to be involved in. … Continue reading
Peeping behind the curtains: a look at our Historical Collection
Curious about what we keep behind our doors? Intrigued about the beginnings of the veterinary profession? Want to know the origins of the RCVS Presidential Regalia? We cover all that and more in an exciting new publication which the Trust … Continue reading
Queen Victoria and the vet who ‘took this turn for horses’
As part of the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee the Queen recently launched a website documenting the life of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. The site contains the journals that Queen Victoria kept from the age of 13 (1832) until just before … Continue reading
Our home on Horseferry Road – 100 years old today
Today we are celebrating the 100th birthday of 62-64 Horseferry Road, the current home of the RCVS. The plaque on the corner of the building records the laying of the foundation stone like this: “Mr Fegan’s Homes” (incorporated) to the … Continue reading
