The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

09/06/2026

09/06/2026

🐕 If you have a dog with canine insulinoma, you may be able to help us with our research. The study will compare treatment with corticosteroids and/or surgery alone vs treatment with corticosteroids and/or surgery and toceranib phosphate, assessing the effectiveness of toceranib phosphate therapy in the treatment of insulinomas in dogs.

➡️ Read more about our research and link to the study: https://rvc.uk.com/canine-insulinoma-study

08/06/2026

🐄 Are you (or do you know) a Herdsperson looking for a new job?

We are looking for a Herdsperson to join the team at Boltons Park Farm in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

- This is a full-time permanent position.
- Competitive Salary

🗓️Application deadline: 3 July 2026
👉Apply online: https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=2254&forced=1

08/06/2026

✍️ Can you help us with our research? We are conducting a study looking at the bacterial disease, leptospirosis, in dogs. We are looking for vets over 18 years that work in the UK to take an anonymous survey to find out their knowledge, attitudes, awareness and practices surrounding canine leptospirosis.

➡️ Survey link: https://rvc.uk.com/canine-leptospirosis-questionnaire

05/06/2026

🔎 Can you help us with our research? We are conducting a research study exploring attitudes towards animals, animal welfare, and animal welfare regulations. We welcome responses from adults aged 18+ with a range of experiences of animals, including pets, farm animals, wildlife, laboratory animals, or no regular animal contact.

📅 Deadline: 22nd of June 2026
❓ Anonymous survey

➡️ Survey: https://rvc.uk.com/animal-welfare-survey

05/06/2026

🧬MRes projects - applications open

An RVC MRes will develop you as a scientist who is capable of working across interdisciplinary teams and who can tackle problems of practical relevance to veterinary and medical science. You will learn from experts who produce cutting-edge research in a range of subjects and are published in the top academic journals. You can benefit from close proximity to other international centres of excellence in biomedical and biological sciences.

🏁 Starting: October 2026
📅 Application deadline: Sunday 28th June 2026

➡️ Visit our website for more details and how to apply: www.rvc.ac.uk/mres

05/06/2026

🐐 Phoebe Smythe, a final year Bachelor of Veterinary Science student, presented her research project at the Goat Veterinary Society Conference in Yorkshire yesterday. Her excellent talk summarised the findings of her project on 'Small scale goat keeper opinions on the role of vets in goat health and husbandry', which was supervised by Beth Reilly.

05/06/2026

This World Environment Day, we're pleased to announce that our BioArtAttack art competition for 7-18yrs is now open! 🎨

This competition celebrates and highlights the benefits of combining art and science. There are two categories:
- BioArtAttack which, this year, focuses on species recently listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
- The Nancy Rothwell Prize which is specifically for specimen drawings of any animal, plant, or fungi.

📆 The competition closes 23 July

Find out more information including how to take part and the prizes: www.rsb.org.uk/2dbioartattack

Many thanks to the The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for their support.

04/06/2026

🧠 The RVC has appointed Dr Alberta de Stefani as Head of Neurology and Neurosurgery for its Small Animal Emergencies and Referrals Service at the RVC’s Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, reinforcing the hospital's position as a leading centre for specialist neurological care.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/new-head-of-neurology

03/06/2026

🦔 Can you help us with our research? We would like to invite UK vets to take part in a research study looking at veterinarians’ confidence in treating injured wildlife in the UK.

⏲️ 5 Minute anonymous survey

➡️ Survey: https://rvc.uk.com/injured-wildlife-survey