Welcome to the School of Veterinary
Medicine and Science at
the University of Nottingham.
We believe that our mission is to
conduct research into fundamental science,
animal health and global sustainability.
We educate veterinary surgeons to have
a broad impact in animal health and welfare,
public health, and also for them to
have a wide impact
and contribution to the veterinary profession.
Our veterinary teaching programme
is highly successful.
Innovative teaching is
delivered in outstanding facilities,
maximising the student experience through
small group teaching, early clinical exposure,
and it's all enhanced
by e-learning and e-assessment.
I joined Nottingham in 2007,
graduating with Honors in 2012.
I chose Nottingham for its excellence in
farm animal teaching and
I never regretted the decision.
Teaching is fully integrated and
delivered in body system modules,
allowing students to visit
all aspects of each area,
such as anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology and pathology.
We have an extensive practical curriculum
with plenty of opportunities to
practice clinical skills from
an early stage in our Clinical Skills Centre.
We've got some fantastic
facilities at Nottingham Vet School,
particularly the setting that we're
in at the moment;
the research laboratories are
brilliant. We benefit because the School
is still such a relatively young school
that the facilities haven't aged yet,
but also the School's forward thinking.
So they're continuing to add
facilities, to add buildings,
to expand and develop.
We use a community based clinical model for
Year 5 teaching where
our academic staff are placed in our partner
clinical institutes, our clinical associates,
and that enables us to deliver
an excellent learning environment
whilst maintaining quality assurance.
Final year is a great opportunity
for us to apply our knowledge and
work alongside primary-care vets
as well as specialists at
the clinical associate practices,
like here at Twycross Zoo.
I've seen a huge range of cases,
which is a great way for me
to practice my skills and improve.
It's great that we have
Nottingham's staff at the practices to
ensure that we're always getting
the best teaching and
the clinical associate staff,
are also great at getting us involved in cases.
We're very proud of
the educational experience that
the students get here
at the University of Nottingham.
We have accreditation from
both the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
and the European Association
of Establishments for Veterinary Education.
In addition to that, we've won
the ASPIRE Award,
a very prestigious award for work with
student engagement and recently
won a Guardian newspaper award
for a project which
is designed to improve
our graduates' employability.
I love the campus.
It's a relatively small campus,
but I feel that it
gives it that community feel.
And I do feel proud to be a part of SB.
Nottingham vet students, as with all, have to work hard.
We also think it's important to have
a good social and sports life as well.
And so all vet students here are a part of VetSoc.
We organise the Big Vet Little Vet scheme
where we partner a first year up with
a second year so that you can chat
if you've got any problems
when you first arrive here. Because
it is quite an intense course.
Being part of Vet Soc means that
we can go along to clinical club talks
for each of the main species areas.
They're held throughout the year. It also
entitles you to go to the socials that we
organise throughout the year. The highlight of which is
our annual vet ball which is
always a really big success.
One of the things we're most proud of
is that our students have
voted us the best Vet School in
the UK ever since the School opened.
And that's both in
the National Student Survey and
also in the survey run by
the Association of Veterinary Students.
So obviously we're very pleased and
proud that our students view
us as the best school in the country.
