Topic: Veterinary Nursing Journal

Congratulations to Ciar Pembroke RVN, who has won the The VNJ Writer of the Year Award for an article she wrote about the barriers affecting BAME veterinary students.

Ciar, who works at Davies Veterinary Specialists, says her driving aim was to help acknowledge and understand why the veterinary sector is the least diverse profession in the UK (Gyles, 2018), with veterinary nursing being worse than veterinary medicine, and her article also considered possible solutions.

Ciar first studied animal management at Shuttleworth College, before completing a bachelor’s degree in veterinary nursing at Middlesex University.

She then participated in Linnaeus’s post registration programme (PRP) at Davies Veterinary Specialists and is now a permanent member of the team.

Davies Hospital Director Ben Orton said: “Many congratulations to Ciar on her impressive achievement.

“We are extremely proud that she is a member of our nursing team here at Davies.

"Her drive, focus and commitment strongly reflect our hospital ethos and her article pertinently and comprehensively tackles the very important subject of BAME representation within the veterinary sector.”