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Please note our work experience requirements apply equally to all applicants and exceptions cannot be made. Work experience must be completed within the same application cycle and if an applicant chooses to defer their entry, a "gap year" cannot be used to gain the required experience to meet the conditions of any offer. You’ll need to carry out 10 days of work experience with animals as part of your application. These days don’t need to be consecutive, and each day should be 7 hours long. We recommend you experience working in a variety of settings and with small and large animals to best prepare you for the practical elements of the course. It’s also best to gain most of your experience in a hands-on settings rather than undertaking observational days. Both of these pointers will help you write a strong personal statement. Past applicants have shadowed Veterinary Physiotherapists, worked in kennels and dog groomers, undertaken dog walking at rescue centres, helped with RDA sessions, worked on the yard at local stables, or helped with animals on the farm . Whilst owning your own horse or dog can be included within your personal statement, we’re looking for experience of animal-based work environments to satisfy the application process. You can include any experience gained since July 2022. Please keep a log of your experience and then enter it into the record system to submit it all together, in one go. This is important. If you try to add information at a later date it won’t match-up, and may be missed, your application could then be rejected for having insufficient work experience. Do ensure you complete all sections fully and accurately, and please be aware that we audit a random sample of work experience each year, any irregularities would affect your application.