Intercalation places

We have evidence that those veterinary graduates who intercalate are more than twice as likely to pursue research as a career as those who do not. Surveys of our students have revealed a strong general interest in intercalation, despite ultimately few of the students opting for such a period of study. The attraction of intercalation is the opportunity to study one subject in depth, as opposed to the broader more superficial coverage, which is the strength and weakness of the veterinary programme. The major reasons for not intercalating are financial and loss of contact with their peer group. Funding for four annual bursaries is provided through this initiative to allow students to intercalate in one of our two recently established honours BSc courses (Veterinary Pathogenesis and Animal Behaviour and Welfare).

Intercalation is the ability for veterinary undergraduates to take a year out of their veterinary course to study on the final year of a science degree and to graduate with a B.Sc.