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BVNA reveals incoming officer team and council members
Lyndsay Hughes RVN is set to become senior vice president of the BVNA.

The successful applicants will formally take up their seats in October.

The incoming BVNA officer team and council members for 2025/26 have been announced.

This year, there are five successful candidates for the officer team, who will be presented to the BVNA AGM for ratification in October.

They include Sarah Holliday RVN, who will become BVNA president, and Lyndsay Hughes RVN and Steph Worsley RVN, who will take up the roles of senior vice president and junior vice president, respectively. 

Also joining the officer team are Nikki McLeod RVN as honorary secretary and Hamish Morri RVN as honorary treasurer.

The successful candidates for BVNA council were approved at its most recent meeting (12 July), and include one student member and four full (RVN) members:

Student seat
Alice Langstone 

Full (RVN) seats
Emily Bacon RVN 
Macauly Gatenby RVN 
Dan Lidgbird RVN 
Krishna Mistry RVN 

It follows a call for applications by the BVNA from its RVN members to join BVNA Council and champion the voice of the veterinary nursing profession.

A total of 17 applications were received for council during the application window (Monday 31st March - Saturday 31st May). Applications were assessed by a selection panel by an anonymous scoring process and then selected for interviews.

All successful applicants will formally assume their roles on Saturday, 11 October 2025 at the BVNA AGM.

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VMD invites students to apply for EMS placement

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 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is inviting applications from veterinary students to attend a one-week extramural studies (EMS) placement in July 2026.

Students in their clinical years of study have until 28 February to apply for the placement, which takes place at the VMD's offices in Addlestone, Surrey, from 6-10 July 2026.

Through a mixture of lectures and workshops, the placement will explore how veterinary medicines are authorised, non-clinical career opportunities, and other important aspects of the VMD's work.  

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Survey seeks ruminant sector views on antimicrobial stewardship

A new survey is seeking views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

Forming part of a wider, collaborative initiative, the results will help identify the types of data available so that challenges with data collection can be better understood and addressed.

Anyone working in the UK farming sector, including vets and farmers,is encouraged to complete the survey, which is available at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk