Activities

The LIVE team includes professors, lecturers, research fellows, research assistants, e-Learning developers, software developers, communication specialists and e-Learning specalists working with colleagues within the RVC and beyond to further educational development and research in veterinary medicine and related fields.

Current Research Projects

Our research projects are many and varied but all are focussed on understanding and developing past, present and future practice in teaching and learning in the veterinary sciences and allied disciplines. For example, Sarah Baillie has combined her expertise in veterinary medicine and computer programming to develop haptic simulators for clinical skills training and Vicki Dale has been using educational theory to investigate the student perception of our newly developed BVetMed curriculum. Further details on all of our major research projects can be found to the right of this screen. Alternatively a PDF of our portfolio is available for download.

Driving Educational Research

We are always at hand to provide support and guidance for the development of your own research projects. Please see the People section for information on individual research expertise or contact the LIVE Centre Administrator to be directed to the appropriate person. We also support staff in educational research and development via the LIVE Teaching Development Fund (formerly Jim Bee Team Prizes). Between one and three projects are selected annually, each receiving funds of up to £10,000. We can also provide you with information on other external sources of funding as and when required (see e.g. MeDeV).

Educational Training Programmes

The Royal Veterinary College is dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning and as such, all academic staff are encouraged to continue their development through both internal staff training and development courses and enrolment in accredited educator training programmes. The PG Certificate in Veterinary Education which is part of the MSc Veterinary Education Programme is an HEA accredited certificate. All staff who do not have an FHEA qualification are enrolled onto this PG Certificate. For further information on the PG Certificate and the MSc in Veterinary Education please go to the MSc Vet Ed page.