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Goodbye Allie!

lison Langridge started as She became known for her
an Assistant Lecturer at the championing of rabbit welfare, authoring
RVC’s Clinical Skills Centre many resources for the students and
Ain 2009, after her degree in writing OSCEs to assess them on
linguistics followed by studying to be this species care. She completed an
a vet nurse while working in mixed and Advanced Cert in Veterinary Nursing of
charity practices. She left the RVC as Avian Species alongside her role at the
a Teaching Fellow in Clinical Skills in RVC and also joined the Ethics Review
January 2021. Panel for the RCVS.

During her 11 years at the RVC, She is an active member for the
she completed an MSc in Veterinary wider veterinary community, recently
Education, with her research project becoming a Veterinary Liaison Officer
focusing on interprofessional education for the Bedlington Terrier Rescue
(IPE). This led to her being a founding and can be seen chairing at BVNA,
member of the RVC’s IPE Team, or working as a consultant for the
working with the student-led group Veterinary Wound Library. Her studies
of the IPE Club, which now has more now include an Advanced Cert in
than 300 members. Reptile and Zoo species. She is also
currently an online SVN tutor for the
She enjoyed research and supervised
many student vets’ and veterinary College of Animal Welfare.
nurses’ final research projects. She The whole CSC Team (Nicki, Fiona,
also enjoyed her role as a Nursing Tutor Larissa, Lyndsay, Emily) wish her well
and supported 10 cohorts during her and feel sure our paths will cross
time at the RVC. in the future!

Sheldon Middleton

New BSAVA President for 2021/22

r Sheldon Middleton has taken up together, building on the success of the
the role of President of the British virtual event in 2021. A new hybrid format
Small Animal Veterinary Association and a new venue in Manchester will allow
D (BSAVA) for 2021/2022. for greater flexibility and accessibility.
Sheldon is Managing Director of RVC As well as Congress 2022, Sheldon also
Veterinary Practices Ltd which is a wholly- aims to focus on BSAVA’s support for
owned subsidiary of the RVC. The company the small animal veterinary community as
was formed in 2018 to acquire Acorn it emerges from the pandemic.
House Veterinary Hospital, a small animal Sheldon said: “Being BSAVA President
practice in Bedford. Sheldon has been with has offered me the opportunity to
the practice for 15 years, since being a new speak to a broad cross section of our
graduate, and is currently Practice Principal. profession. Whilst there continue to be
Acorn House is a 13-vet hospital standard Photo: BSAVA challenges resulting from the pandemic,
primary care practice and functions as a which have rightly been highlighted and
workplace teaching facility complementing for much longer in a variety of voluntary need to be addressed, one constant is
the RVC’s other settings. roles, including Honorary Treasurer.
the passion and enthusiasm for the job
Sheldon has been a member of the The aim during his BSAVA presidency is we do. The profession has been hit hard
BSAVA Board for the past five years, to focus on shaping BSAVA Congress by recent events, but we should be very
although he has been involved with BSAVA 2022 as the ultimate veterinary get- proud of how we have come through.”

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