Vets in Diversity Podcast

Admissions and how underrepresented communities can access higher
education  – This
episode will provide you with an insight into how to apply for Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, it also highlights our widening
participation programmes aimed at underrepresented communities.  Within this episode we hear more specifically
about the challenges that BAME communities face in accessing high tariff
universities and what the wider university and vet school are doing to tackle
these issues.

Host:

Ting En Khor - Final year vet student

Guests:

Laura Cattell - Head of Widening Participation, The University of
Edinburgh

Dr Gurå Therese Bergkvist - Director of Student Recruitment and
Admissions, School of Veterinary Medicine

Gurpreet Grewal-Kang – Head of Recruitment and Admissions, School of
Veterinary Medicine

Information:

Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet

Email: [email protected]

Vet School MOOCS (free online programmes) - https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/moocs-overview

School of Veterinary Medicine Outreach and Schools Liaison - https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/outreach-and-schools-liaison

Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre https://www.ed.ac.uk/easter-bush-campus/science-outreach-centre

Widening Participation at the University of Edinburgh - https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/widening-participation

Widening participation projects - https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/widening-participation/projects

ASPIRES
Research, longitudinal research project studying young people's science and
career aspirations - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/education-practice-and-society/aspires-research