Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Sarah / from Indonesia / studying Veterinary Medicine / 1st year Hello everyone! It’s Sarah, a first year student on the 5-year BVM&S course. Easter holidays are now over and we’re back on campus after a long break that was joyously filled with lambing. This was my first lambing EMS placement, where I assisted […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by  Shirley / from Hong Kong / studying Veterinary Medicine / 3rd year Hi, everyone! I am Shirley and am in my third year of the 5-year BVM&S course. As this is the second last week of lecture, we are approaching the end of the school year. I want to share what it is like […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Alex / from Canada / studying Veterinary Medicine / 4th year I often get asked when speaking about my life as a vet student why I chose to study at the Dick Vet over other schools, and what it is like living in Edinburgh. Whether you have accepted an offer and are preparing to […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Annabel / from the UK / studying Veterinary Medicine / 1st year Hey everyone! For anyone that doesn’t know my name is Annabel and I’m a first year vet student here in Edinburgh. I’m originally from the south of England and so Edinburgh is quite a distance from home for me. Since this is […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Emma / from the United States / studying PhD One Health Models of Disease / 1st Year I think everyone has an internal clock that started ticking the moment their personal lockdowns began, or when the “new normal” was introduced. Most people start counting from the middle of March, or maybe specifically from 11 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Isabel / from Mexico / studying MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare / 1st Year Hello everyone. I hope you are staying healthy and safe. My name is Isabel, I am from Mexico and I am currently doing my MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare. I wanted to write a little […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Matthys / from South Africa / MSc Food Safety / 2nd Year It’s not always easy explaining to people how a veterinarian ends up working with food. Images of play dates with Labrador puppies or nursing a sickly lamb back to health generally springs to mind. Growing up on a farm in rural South […]