Students can now enrol for the Diploma in Veterinary Nursing at Bishop Burton College

Located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Bishop Burton is one of the UK's leading land-based colleges, providing further and higher education courses, as well as apprenticeships and work-based learning opportunities. The college also holds Centre of Vocational Excellence status in both Agriculture and Equine.

Students undertaking the CQ Diploma in Veterinary Nursing will benefit from the college's extensive on-site animal unit, enabling students to gain valuable hands-on experience essential for their portfolio of practical competencies.

Commenting on the announcement of the college as a CQ approved Centre, Marion Hopcroft, Curriculum and Learning Manager for Animal Management at Bishop Burton, said: “We are delighted to be delivering the new Level 3 Diploma here at Bishop Burton and look forward to developing a partnership with the awarding body to help to support the future generation of veterinary nurses."

Bishop Burton is host to a 360 hectare mixed farm and has recently invested in a £40million campus redevelopment of scheme, of which the Equine Arena was a project.

For more information visit www.bishopburton.ac.uk, call 01964 553000 or visit the CQ website, www.cqual.org

Image: Bishop Burton veterinary nursing students meet Nic Dakin, MP for Scunthorpe, in one of their first practical sessions at the College Animal Management Unit.