Thinking about studying with us? Want to meet our tutors and have a look around our facilities?
They why not come along to one of our open days and see for yourself!
Our next dates are:
Wednesday 22 May – 9am-12pm and 6-9pm
Wednesday 10 July – 9am-12pm and 5-79pm
Thursday 5 September – 9am-12pm and 5-7pm
To book a place please call us on 01480 422060 or email admin@caw.ac.uk.
We are now recruiting for an eight week, day release, Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping course starting on Tuesday 4 June 2013.
The eight week course, accredited by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), will give you a thorough foundation in bookkeeping and basic accounting practices, including double-entry bookkeeping and will allow you, if you wish, to progress onto the full Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.
The course fee is £350, plus AAT membership, exam fees and textbooks.
For more information please call us on 01480 422060 or email us at admin@caw.ac.uk
Over the next two weeks (Monday to Friday, 13-24 May) we are offering clipping/stripping of dogs at our Godmanchester Centre for just £10!! (subject to available appointments). To book an appointment please call Debbie Scriven on 01480 422060.
If any practices have any out-of-date fluid bags that they no longer require, we would be able to make good use of these during students’ practical sessions at College.
Thank you!
We are delighted to announce that our new Business School is now open! Based at our Huntingdon centre, CAW Business School offers a range of accountancy and leadership and management courses accredited by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) for those looking to gain industry recognised qualifications with a professional training provider.
Leslie Heaton Smith, Director at The College of Animal Welfare, said “The opening of our Business School is a new development in a long line of achievements and will mark the start an exciting new venture working, not only with the veterinary and animal care profession, but with people and businesses across the Eastern region”.
As an AAT approved training and exam centre, CAW Business School offers the full suite of accountancy and bookkeeping qualifications, from the Access Level 1 Award in Accounting through to the Level 4 Diploma in Accounting. The AAT courses have flexible start dates and, as an approved AAT exam centre, students can sit their exams whilst at College!
The leadership and management courses which are accredited by the ILM are already underway and can be studied either online or by a combination of online learning and study weekends.
Our Business School tutors are not only qualified teachers, but have academic qualifications and extensive experience in the subjects they deliver. Their significant industry skills as well as proven teaching abilities bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the courses.
For further information please visit the CAW Business School website or book a place at our next open day on Wednesday 22 May by calling 01480 422060. CAW Business School can also be found on Facebook or Twitter.
For those students who are still taking the Royal College of Veterinary Nursing (RCVS) VN Examinations, the 2014 dates have now been released and can be found on the RCVS website.
Can all veterinary nursing students and their clinical coaches please remember that we have demonstrated a number of the OSCE tasks with picture storyboards on the VLE, including instrumentation, open gloving, WHO hand washing and anaesthesia.
OSCE tasks can be altered up to four weeks before each exam window, so please make sure you visit the VLE regularly as any changes will be announced there.
There’s still time to take part in the British Veterinary Nursing Association’s (BVNA) 2013 National VN Awareness Month 2013.
This is your chance to help promote the role of the veterinary nurse to the general public as well as raising awareness of the profession’s contribution to the welfare of animals.
You can register your event here.
There are three categories to enter as follows:
Category A – Best Community Event ‘Raising awareness of the role of the veterinary nurse’
Prize: Laptop & runner-up prize Kindlefire
Category B – Best Careers Event ‘Promoting a career in veterinary nursing’
Prize: Netbook & runner-up prize £100 high street vouchers
Category C – Best Photo ‘An image that best represents the crucial role of the Veterinary Nurse’ (The winning photo will be used as a visual for the 2014 Poster)
Prize: Digital Camera & Accessories with runner-up prize £75 Amazon vouchers
The winners will be announced in October. BVNA thank their kind sponsors for National VN Awareness Month – Anistel, Avid, Hills, Merial & Petplan.
The results are now in for the 2013 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council and Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections:
RCVS Council election
Candidate Number of votes
WITTE, Thomas Hermann 2,251 Elected
GRAY, Christopher John 1,974 Elected
JINMAN, Peter Charles 1,949 Elected
VINER, Bradley Phillip 1,927 Elected
TUFNELL, Christopher Wynne 1,883 Elected
DAVIES, Jeremy Vincent 1,830 Elected
STURGESS, Christopher Paul 1,809
CONNELL, Niall Thomas 1,596
ROBINSON, Peter Bayley 1,366
ELLIS, Robert Nigel Ward 1,302
GRANT, Lewis George 832
TORGERSON, Paul Robert 824
LONSDALE, Thomas 337
VN Council election
Candidate Number of votes
ROBINSON, Amy 725 Elected
JEFFERY, Andrea Karen 607 Elected
BADGER, Susan Frances 459
TOTTEY, Helen Wendy 332
Turnout in both elections has increased markedly on last year in both absolute and proportional terms. Votes were cast by 4,661 veterinary surgeons (18.8%) and 1,329 veterinary nurses (12.5%), compared to 3,625 (15.1%) and 743 (7.5%), respectively, in 2012.
Veterinary surgeons and VNs could cast their votes by post, online, or by text. The majority of vets voting chose to cast postal votes (3,247), as did the majority of VNs (1,055). Whilst voting online was used by 1,330 veterinary surgeons, only 227 VNs chose it as a means of voting. Voting by text was used by only 84 veterinary surgeons and 47 VNs.
The successful candidates will take up or resume their seats at RCVS Day on 5 July.
The 2013 RCVS and VN Council elections were run on behalf of the RCVS by Electoral Reform Services.