The Blagdon Building opened this autumn term as a purpose-built teaching space designed to support small-group, collaborative, tutor-facilitated learning. Spanning two floors and accommodating up to 360 students, the building’s open-plan layout has been carefully designed to encourage interaction and active engagement with teaching content.
The Faculty of Health Science are inviting applications for 4-year UoB-funded PhD studentships in start in Sept 2024.
Veterinary Nursing Companion Animal Behaviour course number one in UK according to Guardian subject rankings 2024 (Animal science and agriculture)
Are you interested in working with animals? Animal lovers in Withywood, Hartcliffe and surrounding areas looking for information about career and training options in the animal care and veterinary industry are invited to a FREE community event this week.
We are proud to share the success of our recent Official Veterinarian (OV) Course, delivered by the Veterinary Public Health (VPH) team
People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study shows. The research, in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs and the Universities of Bristol and Manchester, is published in The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease today [15 July].
The new President outlined his vision for how mentorship and respectful, constructive dialogue would help the regulator, and the veterinary professions as a whole, deal with some of the challenges ahead.
Cats that are neutered at four months old compared to the traditional six months old are not at any greater risk of weight problems as they age, new research has found.
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the leading cause of death among UK pet cats who are 8 years old or younger, new research has found. This is the first UK-wide study to assess mortality and survival rates in pet cats to include those that do not attend vets or have insurance. The study, by the University of Bristol Veterinary School and Cats Protection, is published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.
A new study into medical detection dogs — which use their scent detection abilities to detect diseases or assist individuals with chronic health conditions — reveals that dogs displaying more "optimistic" responses in judgment bias tests tend to perform better overall in detection tasks. In contrast, "pessimistic" dogs exhibit greater scent detection specificity. The University of Bristol-led study, published in PLOS One, could offer valuable insights for improving the training, selection, and support of medical detection dogs.
