Vet School Activities

In 2016, the  School of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland marked the School’s 80th anniversary during an extensive year long celebration.

Established in 1936 as the Faculty of Veterinary Science within UQ, the first intake of veterinary students began the proud tradition which continues today through our current graduates.

During 2016 we  commemorated  the many milestones,  achievements and significant events of the last 80 years.

Memo of Understanding

The UQ School of Veterinary Science, and The China Animal Health Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC), P.R. China, are entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU’) to promote the development of specific activities or projects between the parties including the feasibility of promoting collaborative research, joint projects and academic exchanges, in the field of animal disease control and surveillance.

This MOU will be overseen by designated representatives of the UQ SVS (Dr. Ricardo Soares Magalhaes, UQ SVS Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory) and CAHEC (Dr. Wang Youming, Acting Director of Division of Epidemiology Survey).

CAHEC is the leading Chinese scientific research organisation with responsibility for carrying out both basic and applied research into the management of animal diseases in China impacting on animal health and welfare, rural development and support the local economy through the management of animal diseases.

CAHEC’s Director Prof HongChao Ma (pictured above with Professor Glen Colemen) and two other CAHEC officials visited UQ SVS on 8 December 2015, met with UQ SVS HoS and other SVS staff and visited the VMC, teaching laboratories and QASP.

Teaching veterinary science in Viet Nam at Nong Lam University

Over the past 5 years, the School has been working with the Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (FASVM) at Nong Lam University to implement an Advanced Program in Veterinary Science, based on the SVS veterinary curriculum and taught in English. Many of our staff have travelled to NLU to contribute to teaching into this program. Building on these successful collaborations, we are starting a 2-year project funded by the OIE to undertake a curriculum gap analysis, develop staff capacity in three key areas in the veterinary curriculum, implement an outcomes assessment process, run a series of co-taught workshops in pedagogy, and support student exchanges in both directions. We will also support a veterinary deans meeting in Viet Nam and conference attendance to help disseminate the project outcomes across Viet Nam. 
On Monday 20th July 2015, Professor Glen Coleman and A/Prof Jenny Seddon were at Nong Lam University in Viet Nam, to launch the OIE-funded veterinary education twinning project.  Also present at the launch were Mr John McAnulty, the Australian Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City; the President and Vice President of NLU; representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Animal Health; A/Prof Dr Nguyen Tat Toan, Dean of FASVM; and staff and students of FASVM.