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Advice, learning opportunities, courses, events and other ways GVS can help develop your veterinary career.

An exciting job opportunity for veterinary surgeons at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Do you have the veterinary expertise that can help us innovate and develop new, cutting-edge technologies? Are you excited by the prospect of interesting and challenging scientific problems that, owing to their sensitivity, cannot be done elsewhere? Can you see …

Job Opportunity: Project Lead at the Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Are you motivated to control antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and are looking for your next challenge? Can you step up to provide leadership and motivation as part of a pilot project? Do you relish the opportunity to work with a wide …

GOVERNMENT VETERINARY SERVICES (GVS) AT THE LONDON VET SHOW 2023

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The Government Veterinary Services represents the community of vets working across government. We are at the London Vet Show so please stop by our stand (N70 in Hall S3) to learn more about what we do. Led by the UK …

Share your views on a new proposal to attract vets into Government

Government Veterinary Services is considering a new veterinary programme to attract more vets into Government veterinary roles. We are calling on vets to help shape the proposal by sharing their ideas. The programme would provide a structured pathway for qualified …

Equity, equality and veterinary services on International Women's Day

Jane Clark, FSA Director of Veterinary Services, Posted on:8 March 2023 - Categories: People Cymraeg On International Women's Day, Jane Clark, Food Standards Agency (FSA) Director of Veterinary Services, shares her journey to the top of her profession and how the fight for …

Jose Gomez-Luengo is the FSA's Vet of the Year 2023/ Jose Gomez-Luengo yw Milfeddyg y Flwyddyn yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd ar gyfer 2023

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Here at the Food Standards Agency, we're delighted to share that our Vet of the Year for 2023 is Jose Gomez-Luengo. We sat down with Jose and asked him about his career and what the award means to him. I …

My experience and advice as a veterinary surgeon applying for a job in the Civil Service – by Jane Holleran

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My experience of applying to clinical vet roles in the UK was that it was generally very straight-forward; provide a CV, and if you meet the experience level for that position, you are likely to get an interview. In contrast, …

Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s (VMD) Extramural Studies (EMS) Placement

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  Hello! My name is Alison Anderson and I am a fourth year veterinary student at the University of Nottingham.  In summer 2021 I was one of six vet students from UK vet schools to be part of the Veterinary …

Food Standards Agency - Job Vacancy for a Field Operations Veterinary Delivery Leader

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Background The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1300 people with the key responsibility to protect public health and consumers’ wider interest in food and animal welfare standards A key function for delivering this work is shaping and guiding …