Harper Adams University - Prospectus 2024

A changing industry demands that the vets of tomorrow graduate with not only first-rate clinical skills but a broader set of capabilities. They need to be good communicators with a sound understanding of business and the growing importance of data science and technology in their roles. They also need to be confident and resilient first opinion practitioners – who have benefited during their studies from access to a wide variety of placements in clinical practice and related veterinary industries. Finally, vets must recognise the varied roles they must play, sometimes as leaders of clinical teams, others as business advisors on animal health, welfare, and productivity. Vets must also be cognisant of the wide social connections they have either in supporting pet owners with difficult financial and ethical decisions but also farmers with wider sustainability considerations in relation to livestock production. These factors have combined to lead to the creation of the Harper & Keele Veterinary School and its Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery programme. The Vet School is founded on a community model of clinical education, whereby university-based teaching from research-active and teaching specialist staff is complemented by a range of vet practice and related vet industry partners. The latter affords vet students opportunities to spend prolonged periods of time in authentic veterinary workplace settings, better preparing them for a smooth transition to their early careers. This also offers students multiple opportunities to spend time with many mentors working in the widest range of professional settings. The partnership network underpinning this model is critical to the Vet School and is highly integrated in ensuring the best contemporary veterinary education. The undergraduate degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) is a contemporary and exciting curriculum, meeting the RCVS Day One Competences and also developing a wider range of professional attributes. Visit the Harper & Keele Veterinary School website to find out more. www.harperkeelevetschool.ac.uk/ Veterinary Medicine HARPER.AC.UK | 75