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Old 30-01-2009, 01:16 PM
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I am actually relieved my daughter wants to be a vet nurse and not a vet after reading this...
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Old 30-01-2009, 01:22 PM
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I am actually relieved my daughter wants to be a vet nurse and not a vet after reading this...
Alot of Vet nurses are treated the same as Dental nurses. I've met far too many snobby Vets who should be strung up for paying their hard working nurses a peanut wage for the lifestyle career they've taken!
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Old 30-01-2009, 01:26 PM
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I am actually relieved my daughter wants to be a vet nurse and not a vet after reading this...
I wouldn't be worrying about the money just yet, Scotland seems to have a pretty fair system when it comes to tuition fees (better than the English one it seems, much to my displeasure)... And living in Glasgow will give her the option of at least 3 universities while still living at home, and I might be biased but the University of Glasgow is the best uni in Scotland, and ranked in the top 100 globally.... So you can't go far wrong.

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Old 30-01-2009, 01:30 PM
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I wouldn't be worrying about the money just yet, Scotland seems to have a pretty fair system when it comes to tuition fees (better than the English one it seems, much to my displeasure)... And living in Glasgow will give her the option of at least 3 universities while still living at home, and I might be biased but the University of Glasgow is the best uni in Scotland, and ranked in the top 100 globally.... So you can't go far wrong.

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Apparently their IT department is top notch.
DickVet University of Edinburgh certainly has the best facilities for Vet Med.

And yes, SAAS are a godsend to Scottish students.
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Old 30-01-2009, 02:49 PM
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Well I can't really comment on our vet school, but it is my opinion that our Life sciences department is one of the best in the country for research. The difference for me between Edinburgh and Glasgow is the admission policy... we seem to let anyone in.

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Old 30-01-2009, 03:19 PM
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Just to add, i didnt have to do a BMAT test to get into Uni, and keep an eye on Notts if you are thinking of applying there cos it hasnt actually been approved by the RVC yet as its that new xx
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Old 30-01-2009, 05:20 PM
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Apparently their IT department is top notch.
DickVet University of Edinburgh certainly has the best facilities for Vet Med.

And yes, SAAS are a godsend to Scottish students.
Edinburgh has the better IT department...it is the best in the UK and is world-renowned. That is off-topic though . Edinburgh does more world and internationally recognised research in biological sciences than Glasgow but Glasgow is not far behind .
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Not that i'm tit for tat but... most cited research paper in Europe (and its biological science, and my department....) - Glasgow. Unfortunately Edinburgh's biological science department is aging, and stuck in it ways...

But lets not argue. Both are good universities.

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Old 30-01-2009, 05:33 PM
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Not that i'm tit for tat but... most cited research paper in Europe (and its biological science, and my department....) - Glasgow. Unfortunately Edinburgh's biological science department is aging, and stuck in it ways...

But lets not argue. Both are good universities.

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I shall PM you because I feel bad for going off topic .
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I am actually relieved my daughter wants to be a vet nurse and not a vet after reading this...
Training to be a vet nurse is hard work too, and most get paid peanuts and get treated like s

I would say if you want to train to be a Vet you need to be prepared to work hard, and love all animals, cos they don't just deal with dogs and cats...vets train in ALL animal areas (Equine, Small Animal including Exotics, Farm) and you have to remember that an Exotic to the RCVS is any small animal that is NOT a dog or cat!
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