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- Council Members
- Role of Council Members
- Council meetings
- Council elections
- Previous election results
- Dr Louise Allum
- Dr Sam Bescoby
- Dr Andrew Clemence
- Dr Tshidi Gardiner
- Dr Reginald Godwin
- Paddy Gordon
- Dr Danielle Greenberg
- Dr Gerard Henry
- Dr Richard Hillman
- Dr Benjamin Kennedy
- Dr Tom Lonsdale
- Dr Darren Partridge
- Martin Peaty
- Alison Price
- Dr Peter Robinson
- Dr Jennifer Simmons
- Dr Sadie Spencer
- Dr Mary Thomas
- William Wilkinson
- Dr Lara Wilson
- Past-Presidents
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- Standards Committee
- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Education Committee
- Disciplinary Committee
- Charter Case Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
- Registration Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee
- Paper classification: some definitions
- CMA Working Group
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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
- Information for EMS providers
- Information for vet schools
- Temporary EMS requirements
- Practice by students - regulations
- Health and safety on EMS placements
- EMS contacts and further guidance
- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
- Contact the Advice Team
- XL Bully dog ban
- 'Under care' - guidance
- Advice on Schedule 3
- Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
- Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
- FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
- FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
- FAQs – Advertising of practice names
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
- Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets
- Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
- The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
- Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
- Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
- Annex
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets - summary
- Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
- Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
- Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
- Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
- Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
- Embracing reasonable adjustments for student vet nurses - summary
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
Guidance for veterinary students
On this page:
- Extra-mural studies (EMS)
- Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP)
- Fitness to practise guide
- Reasonable adjustments for students
- Working in the EU after graduation
Extra-mural studies (EMS)
Extra-mural studies, or EMS, is an essential component of undergraduate veterinary education, giving you the opportunity to gain real-world experience across a wide range of veterinary practices and procedures.
Information and guidance for veterinary students, veterinary schools and EMS placement providers.
Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP)
The VetGDP supports graduates in developing their clinical and professional capabilities, resilience and confidence, helping them to establish a fulfilling career as a veterinary professional.
The programme offers meaningful and effective support for all veterinary graduates during the first 12-18 months in their role, helping them develop into assured, confident members of the practice team.
Find out more about the VetGDP
Fitness to practise guide for UK vet schools and vet students
Together with the Veterinary Schools Council (VSC), we have published a fitness to practise guide for UK veterinary schools and veterinary students.
The first section provides guidance for veterinary schools on recognising and addressing fitness to practise concerns. Part two sets out the broad principles of fitness to practise that students should follow and which veterinary schools should expect and uphold.
Reasonable adjustments for students
Reasonable adjustments are changes that help students or employees with disabilities overcome disadvantages. Vet schools are required to provide these adjustments to support students with disabilities.
The RCVS has created guidance which explains the key principles of reasonable adjustments, gives examples, and includes a summary for students of the essential things you need to know.
Working in the EU after graduation
Graduates from UK vet schools may face additional requirements to work in the EU. Students planning to work in an EU country after graduation should contact the appropriate national authority to check for any extra requirements. For further information and a list of competent authorities within the EU, visit the Federation of veterinarians of Europe (FVE).