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Construction of Harper Adams veterinary centre underway
“The building on the Harper Adams site will provide a great range of teaching facilities for our students, to complement the wide range of animal facilities we already have on campus."

First student intake for veterinary medicine course due in 2020 

The construction of a new veterinary centre at Harper Adams University in Shropshire is well underway and expected to be completed for the 2020/2021 academic year. 


The £7.3m centre will serve students of the new Harper & Keele Veterinary School, besides those on veterinary nursing, veterinary physiotherapy and wider animal sciences courses at Harper Adams. 


Telford based building and civil engineering contractors, McPhillips (Wellington) Limited, have been erecting the steel frame for the new building, which will include a wide array of lecture theatres, learning spaces and clinical skills environments.

“Our plans for the Veterinary School are proceeding well, with our first student intake to the new veterinary medicine course due in 2020,” said the University’s vice-chancellor, Dr David Llewellyn.


“The building on the Harper Adams site will provide a great range of teaching facilities for our students, to complement the wide range of animal facilities we already have on campus. We are excited to see the progress that is being made with the Harper & Keele Veterinary School, which is generating considerable interest within the veterinary profession, and we look forward to seeing the new building take shape in the coming months.”

Work on the build began in July 2019 and forms part of a wider investment at Harper Adams of £10.2 million over the coming year.

The centre has been designed to be naturally lit and naturally ventilated, except for more specialist learning areas. It will also run off the University’s heating, electric and water network, which deliver energy and water at a much lower carbon footprint than the equivalent connections to the mains.

Image (C) Harper Adams University.

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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.