Welcome to the Vets in Diversity Podcast series from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Our student-led Animal Aspirations Edinburgh group has teamed up with the Easter Bush Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group to produce this podcast series of Vets in Diversity.
Throughout this series, we talk to students, university staff and leaders within the veterinary profession about race equality, diversity and inclusion within education and the profession.
This series features 10 episodes, which look to unfold some of the challenges and intersectionality faced by BAME people entering a profession where 97% of vets registered in the UK consider themselves from white ethnic backgrounds. Episodes range from the challenges that BAME people face in accessing higher education at high tariff universities to BAME mental health and support; from decolonising the curriculum to dealing with COVID, racism and BLM.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is a core part of the strategic framework at the University
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 10: The Future is Bright
The Future is bright – In this final episode of the series, we talk
about how far we’ve come in identifying the gaps in the system, but also
discuss how we are working towards finding solutions. We look towards
hope and discuss how ultimately working together in raising awareness,
implementing change and standing up for a more equal society will result in
achieving a brighter future.
Host:
Chantelle Lee - 4th year vet student
Guests:
Dr
Daniella Dos Santos - British Veterinary Association, Senior Vice President
Information:
Royal
Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email:
vetug@ed.ac.uk
Dick
Vet Student Support Services -
https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-support (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-support)
University
of Edinburgh Health and Wellbeing Centre - https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing-centre (https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing-centre)
British Veterinary Association (BVA) - https://www.bva.co.uk/ (https://www.bva.co.uk/)
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 (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/education-practice-and-society/aspires-research)
21 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 9: Mental Health
Mental Health and Support for BAME in higher
education – This episode
touches on issues relating to BAME Mental Health in Higher Education, how
things have changed during COVID, Brexit and Black Lives Matter movement and
highlights support available at both a wider university level as well as within
the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Host:
Ting En Khor - Final year vet student
Guests:
Mike Grieve - Student Experience Manager, School of Veterinary Medicine
Ronnie Millar – University of Edinburgh, Director of Counselling
Services
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
Dick Vet Student Support Services - https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-support (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-support)
University of Edinburgh Health and Wellbeing Centre - https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing-centre (https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing-centre)
Student Counselling Services - https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-counselling (https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-counselling)
Student Services A-Z - https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/student-services (https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/student-services)
The University Listening Service - https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/the-listening-service (https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/the-listening-service)
The Chaplaincy - https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy (https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 8: COVID-19
COVID – 19 – in this episode we
have a conversation with a BAME student about COVID-19 and navigating vet life
as a student at The University of Edinburgh during a global pandemic. We also catch up with the Co-chair of the
university’s EDI Race Equality and Anti-Racist (REAR) Sub-Committee, and talk
openly about what the University is doing to strategically address EDI as a
core priority during these increasingly challenging times.
Host:
Chantelle Lee - 4th year vet student
Guests:
Roxanna Neo - final year vet student
Johanna Holton - Co-chair of UoE EDI Race Equality and Anti-Racist
(REAR) Sub-Committee, to talk openly about what the University is doing to
address EDI
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
British Veterinary Ethnicity & Diversity Society (BVEDS) - https://bveds.com/ (https://bveds.com/)
Race Equality and Anti-Racist Sub-Committee (REAR) -
https://www.ed.ac.uk/equality-diversity/edi-groups/edi-committee/edic-thematic-sub-committees/race-e... (https://www.ed.ac.uk/equality-diversity/edi-groups/edi-committee/edic-thematic-sub-committees/race-equality-anti-racist-subcommittee)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 7: Difficult Conversations
Difficult Conversations
– In this thought-provoking and inspirational
episode, we have the difficult
conversation about racism, discrimination, ‘white privilege’ and why society
still can’t talk about these issues openly.
We discuss how we can make a positive contribution towards EDI, without
feeling fear, shame or blame and explore how we can better equip ourselves to
have these conversations.
Host:
Calum Mcintyre - final year vet student
Guests:
Dr Issa Robson - Co-founder of the British Veterinary Ethnicity &
Diversity Society
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
British Veterinary Ethnicity & Diversity Society (BVEDS) - https://bveds.com/ (https://bveds.com/)
BVEDS EDI reading list - https://bveds.com/educational-reading/ (https://bveds.com/educational-reading/)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 6: Employers' View
Employers' View – In this episode we
speak to Dr Amanda Boag, Referral Director at IVC EVIDENSIA - Europe’s largest
vet health care provider. We discuss BAME
Vets within the profession and changes they are making within their
organisation to better support underrepresented communities. We hear about how they have made EDI a core
strategic priority in everything they do and why it’s so important to them.
Host:
Calum Mcintyre - final year vet student
Guests:
Dr Amanda Boag - Referral Director at IVC EVIDENSIA
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
IVC EVIDENSIA BAME Vet Medicine Scholarships – https://ivcevidensia.co.uk/ethnic-diversity (https://ivcevidensia.co.uk/ethnic-diversity)
IVC EVIDENSIA - https://ivcevidensia.co.uk/ (https://ivcevidensia.co.uk/)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 5: Graduate Life
Graduate Life – In this episode we
speak to two of our BAME Dick Vet Graduates and briefly discuss their journey
into vet medicine, but more importantly explore where their education has taken
them since graduating from the Dick Vet.
Host:
Roxanna Neo - final year vet student
Guests:
Dr Mandisa Greene - President of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons
Dr Mark Anthony Laloo - Emergency and Critical Care Clinician
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine – website:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
British Veterinary Association (BVA) - https://www.bva.co.uk/ (https://www.bva.co.uk/)
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - https://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/ (https://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/)
British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA)
- https://www.bsava.com/ (https://www.bsava.com/)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 4: Admissions
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 (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
Vet School MOOCS (free online programmes) - https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/moocs-overview (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 (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 (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 (https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/widening-participation)
Widening participation projects - https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/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 (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/education-practice-and-society/aspires-research)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 3: Student Journey
Student Journey at the Dick Vet – In this episode we
talk to two of our BAME vet students about their experience at Dick Vet and discuss
their journey in getting here. One of our students is international and applied
from Canada after graduating from High School, and the other student is
originally from Hong Kong, but moved to the UK many years ago and has grown up
in London. This episode also provides an
insight into some of the challenges they faced in applying to vet school and how
they overcame them.
Host:
Roxanna Neo - final year vet student
Guests:
William Dabri - 4th year vet student
Chantelle Lee - 4th year vet
student
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine –
website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
Vet School Student Experience - https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-experience (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/undergraduate/student-experience)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 2: Colonial History
Looking to the
Colonial past and its impact on Higher Education today – In this episode we are exploring historical
evidence to help explain why the system is structured the way it is and why
racial inequalities exist within higher education and across sectors within
society. We also explain what is meant
by the term ‘decolonising the curriculum’ and discuss how it is being done
within HE and more specifically at the Dick Vet and look at its impact on the
educational experience for all staff and students.
Host:
Mili Metha - 4th year vet student
Guests:
Dr Henry Dee - UncoverEd Researcher
Dr Dr Silvia Perez-Espona - Conservation
Science Programme Coordinator and EB EDI working group member/co-chair
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine –
website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
Race Equality and Anti-Racist Sub-Committee
(REAR) - https://www.ed.ac.uk/equality-diversity/edi-groups/edi-committee/edic-thematic-sub-committees/race-equality-anti-racist-subcommittee (https://www.ed.ac.uk/equality-diversity/edi-groups/edi-committee/edic-thematic-sub-committees/race-equality-anti-racist-subcommittee)
UncoverEd - http://uncover-ed.org/ (http://uncover-ed.org/)
Easter Bush Campus Local Group of the College
Equality and Diversity Committee - https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/staff-and-current-students/equality-diversity/committee/easter-bush-campus-local-group (https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/staff-and-current-students/equality-diversity/committee/easter-bush-campus-local-group)
20 Jan 2022
Vets in Diversity Podcast Episode 1: Animal Aspirations
Animal Aspiration (AA) Edinburgh – This episode
introduces listeners to Animal Aspiration (AA) Edinburgh, outlining its remit
and how it works with Vet School Admissions and Recruitment to support widening
participation and BAME outreach, as well as highlighting the national AA
network.
Host:
Calum Mcintyre - final year vet student
Guests:
Mili Metha - 4th year vet student
Chantelle Lee - 4th year vet
student
Information:
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies –
website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet (https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet)
Email: vetug@ed.ac.uk
Animal Aspirations Edinburgh Email – animal.aspirations@ed.ac.uk
Animal Aspirations UK - https://www.animalaspirations.com/ (https://www.animalaspirations.com/)
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