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Features
We regularly publish longer articles, stories and guest columns in our own print publications, and provide similar features for publication in the veterinary and animal owner press.
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![Kate Richards gives her final address as RCVS President 2021-22 at Royal College Day 2022](/public/features/medium_kate-richards-thumb-825x550.jpeg)
Royal College Day 2022: Address from Kate Richards, outgoing RCVS President 2021-22
July 2022
The address given at Royal College Day 2022 by Kate Richards, outgoing RCVS President for 2021-22.
![Matthew Rendle, Chair of VN Council, gives his address at Royal College Day 2022](/public/features/medium_matt-rendle-thumb-825x550.jpeg)
Royal College Day 2022: Address from Matthew Rendle, Chair of VN Council
July 2022
The address given by Matthew Rendle RVN, Chair of VN Council, at Royal College Day 2022 at One Great George Street, London
![Melissa Donald, Chair of RCVS Standards Committee](/public/features/medium_1melissa-donald-under-care-feature-nov-19.jpeg)
Standards & Advice update: June 2022
June 2022
The RCVS has updated its supporting guidance on advertising, endorsement, and publicity.
![Two veterinary surgeons consulting an x-ray](/public/features/medium_1180621-x-ray-crp.jpeg)
Making a career comeback – vets’ support and guidance availability
May 2022
Considering a return to the profession after a career break? The RCVS outlines how to make the most of the help available in your new veterinary role, and what 1-2-1 support and coaching practices will provide to help support someone who has been off the register for an extended period.
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Standards & Advice update: February 2022
February 2022
Minor amendments have been made to DEFRA’s guidance notes for Conditions for Hiring Out Horses and Procedural Guidance.
![RCVS logo](/themes/rcvs/front-end/gfx/thumbnail-default.png)
Standards & Advice update: November 2021
November 2021
At a recent meeting the RCVS Standards Committee approved new guidance to give greater clarity to veterinary surgeons who wish to exercise a conscientious objection.
![PSS Standards and Advice](/public/features/medium_pss-thumbnail.png)
Standards & Advice update: September 2021
September 2021
This month’s Standards & Advice update is a case study looking at some of the issues around consent and conflict of interest in regard to the rehoming of animals treated by veterinary practices.
![Sue Paterson](/public/features/medium_1sue-paterson-vetgdp-1-feature.jpeg)
VetGDP 1: the origins of the programme
August 2021
Over the next few months, the RCVS will be giving us more details of its new Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP). In this first article, Chair of the Education Committee Sue Paterson explains the origins of the scheme and how the construction of the VetGDP was framed by an evidence base provided by students, new graduates and veterinary practices.
![James Russell](/public/features/medium_james-russell-vetgdp-4-feature.jpeg)
VetGDP 4: the wider impact of the programme
August 2021
At the start of this series of articles, we looked at the background to the RCVS Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) and how it grew out of Vet Futures-based research that suggested retention of younger vets in particular was an issue. In this final article, BVA president James Russell writes about his hopes for the VetGDP programme and how it fits in with other projects, including those from the BVA, that arose from Vet Futures.
![Robin Hargreaves](/public/features/medium_robin-hargreaves-vetgdp-3-feature.jpeg)
VetGDP 3: advising for the future
August 2021
Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) advisers will be central to supporting new graduates as they set, and reach, their professional development goals and settle into life as a veterinary professional. In this article, the third in our series from the RCVS, we hear from three senior vets about their reasons for becoming VetGDP advisers and their experience of the online training they are undertaking.
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