🎓 Beyond Clinical Practice: Why Teaching Might Be the Career You Haven’t Considered

Ever thought about teaching… but never seriously explored it?

We’re sitting down with Pippa, Katie & Paul from the SRUC School of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences to talk honestly about careers in veterinary education.

Not just job titles, but:

• What the work actually looks like
• Why people make the move into teaching
• The impact of educating future vets and animal scientists
• And the opportunities available within SRUC’s growing School

If you’re curious about what else your veterinary or bioscience background could open up, this one’s worth your time.

Make sure you register to attend live, ask your question (and receive the recording post-event). 

🔗 Find the current roles on offer here: https://www.vsgd.co/jobs

Meet the SRUC team

Katie Rudd BVMS PGCTHE MRCVS
Veterinary Lecturer, Academic Lead for EMS

Katie graduated from Glasgow vet school in 2013, and worked as a small animal vet in Aberdeen until 2021, when she began working as a lecturer of various different programmes at SRUC. She has lead the Veterinary Nursing programme based in Aberdeen as well as designing and leading SRUC’s incredibly successful Rural Animal Health HNC/HND. In 2023, Katie began working for the SRUC vet school as a Veterinary Lecturer and is also the Academic Lead for EMS.

Dr Pippa Morrison BSc (Hons) PGCTHE PhD
Senior Lecturer, Phase Lead BVSci 1&2

Pippa graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2011 and subsequently completed a PhD within the Vet School at the University of Liverpool. Her doctoral research combined Pippa’s interests in science and horses, focusing on the evaluation of equine obesity using a range of molecular and human-based approaches. Following completion of her PhD, Pippa undertook a postdoctoral position at the University of Surrey, working on investigating the effects of diet, age, and obesity on the faecal microbial communities of Welsh Section A pony mares. In 2018, she returned to Aberdeenshire to take up a position at SRUC. With the establishment of the new Vet School at SRUC, Pippa was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2023, acting as Year Lead for the first intake of BVSci students in 2024 and now as Phase Lead for Years 1 and 2 of the programme.

Paul Wood, BVetMed MSc PGDipVetEd FHEA FRCVS
Veterinary Reader, Programme Director BVSci

After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in 2005, Paul spent two years in mixed practice and as a small and exotic animal locum. He then started a yearlong MSc in Wild Animal Health with ZSL London, before returning to the RVC as a farm animal clinician where he completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Education. After three years in this role Paul switched to a job providing consultancy work at Pfizer Animal Health.

In 2012, Paul joined the University of Cambridge staff as Farm clinician, here he achieved a Post Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Education and was responsible for the development and provision of ambulatory and referral clinical work.

In October 2016, he moved further north to take up the role of Principal Clinician at the Dick Vet Farm Animal Practice and Hospital. Paul led the development of clinical services at R(D)SVS) for 7 years before stepping back from clinics to take up a role as Senior Lecturer in Animal Husbandry.

Shortly after this Paul was offered the opportunity to join SRUC in their venture developing a new vet degree at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Bioscience as Veterinary Reader and Programme Director for the BVSci.

In 2024 Paul was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice.

Paul has just completed a part-time PhD and is busy making corrections alongside his role designing and delivering the BVSci.