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Vet student creates unique project to inspire young scientists
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Vet students from Nottingham University create and deliver activities in local schools.
NextGen Scientists links vet studies to the National Curriculum

A new initiative is linking veterinary studies with the National Curriculum in a bid to inspire the next generation of young scientists.

NextGen Scientists is the brainchild of Ashley Davies, a fourth-year veterinary student at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

The project allows Nottingham vet students to design, develop and deliver science-based activities to local school children.

Activities created by the students are unique and innovative, as they are developed based on the student's own individual knowledge and skills.

Ashley says the project also allows the vet students themselves to grow and develop. He believes it has the potential to expand and be rolled out to other veterinary schools.

"The project allows students to design and deliver activities which reinforce the National Curriculum whilst contextualising such knowledge in fun ways," he explains.

Ashley was inspired to develop the project by the positive impact of the outreach work he took part in as a vet school student.

"The work in schools that I have been involved with has hugely developed me as a person and has taught me a huge amount about education," he says.

"I saw an opportunity to create a student-led project that structured the work I had undertaken into an initiative that allows other veterinary students to participate in outreach work.

"I saw a further opportunity to deliver to schools in a more focused way. By understanding what is expected of young people (the National Curriculum) veterinary students are able to link their knowledge and apply it to that of young people at all stages of their education."

NextGen's next event takes place on November 5 and will include 120 key stage two pupils from a local primary school (years three, four, five and six). The team of more than 40 NextGen vet students have designed sessions and activities for each year group, guided by the National Curriculum (year three: musculoskeletal, year four: gastrointestinal, year five: reproduction/evolution, year six: cardiorespiratory).



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Vets to run marathon for World Animal Protection

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 Two recently graduated veterinary surgeons will be running the London Marathon in April to raise money for the charity World Animal Protection.

Alex Bartlett and Maeve O'Neill plan to run the race together if they are given the same start times.

Dr O'Neill said: "You're always limited in what you can do to help animals, so it is nice to raise money for a charity that helps animals around the world."

Dr Bartlett added: "I have never run a marathon before and am excited to run my first one for such a good cause!"

Both Dr Bartlett and Dr O'Neill have fundraising pages online. 

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BSAVA releases new Guide to Procedures

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) has published a new edition of its Guide to Procedures for Small Animal Practice.

It has added four new procedures; cystostomy tube placement, endotracheal intubation, point-of-care ultrasound and wet-to-dry dressings.

BSAVA says that it is an essential step-by-step guide to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed in practice. The textbook includes new images and illustrations, as well as high-definition videos for use prior to procedures.

Nick Bexfield and Julia Riggs, editors of the new edition, said: "We have built upon the success of the previous editions by responding to the feedback received from the BSAVA readership, and hope this new guide helps to further increase the confidence and accuracy with which these procedures are performed."

Print copies are available in the BSAVA store, with a digital version in the BSAVA library.