Students

 

News for students

• THE awards open for entries 16th Mar 2010
• National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS)- new resources to enhance employability skills 22nd Feb 2010
• HEFCE: Help improve the website 11th Jan 2010
• JISC/THE: outstanding ICT initiative award open for entries 21st Dec 2009
• Students to take central role in new quality arrangements in England and NI 2nd Dec 2009
• New PG Cert in enhancing the international student experience 26th Nov 2009
• HEFCE welcomes Department of Business, Innovations and Skills report: Higher Ambitions – The future of universities in a knowledge economy 4th Nov 2009
• RCP report: Women and medicine. The future - now available free to download 26th Oct 2009

Student-related events

• 18th International conference on user modeling, adaptation and personalisation Saturday, 24 July 2010 Sunday, 25 July 2010
• ISSoTL 10 - Global theories and local practices: institutional, disciplinary and cultural variations Tuesday, 19 October 2010 Friday, 22 October 2010
• AMEE 2010 Saturday, 4 September 2010 Wednesday, 8 September 2010
• British dental conference and exhibition 2010 Thursday, 20 May 2010 Saturday, 22 May 2010

Funding opportunities for students

• Andrea Litva essay prize Behavioural & Social Sciences Teaching in Medicine close date: 26th Mar 2010
• Higher Education student volunteering awards Higher Education Academy close date: 31st Mar 2010
• Academic awards to women for doctoral research British Federation of Women Graduates close date: 26th Mar 2010

General stuff for students

• UCAS
• Advice on applying for a University degree in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.
• The Economist
• Manson Publishing for medical, dental and veterinary students
• Littman Stethoscopes
• The Lancet
• The British Library
• NUS the essential student website
• New Scientist Magazine
• Student Essay Competition Winners
• StudentZone
• Student Health written by doctors, published weekly
• SLC - the student loans company
• sUK - the advice and lifestyle site for students
• One Life-Education - the BBC website resource for all things educational.
• The National Student - the independent, free national student newspaper, magazine and online student portal.
• Graduate Connections - a searchable database of graduates working in a variety of careers and organisations with option to contact them directly.

Medical students

• fleshandbones.com is a website for medical students and instructors provided by Harcourt Publishers.
• New Media Medicine - forum for interactive medical e-learning courses, e-detailing presentations and website development for healthcare professionals.
• The BMA an A to Z of Medical Education
• The MDU - the Medical Defence Union
• MedSin - medical students international
• The Medical Sickness Society
• The MDDUS - the Medical and Dental Defence Union Scotland
• Medical Student Resources
• The Student BMJ an international medical student journal
• Doctors.net a site for doctors, by doctors
• NHS Cancer Screening Programmes - screening programmes for breast, cervical, colorectal and prostrate cancer in the UK
• The Student Docotr Network at StudentDoctor.net
• MedicalStudent.com - digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine.
• Medical Student Newspaper - UK's largest free publication for student doctors.
• Money4MedStudents - information and advice on financial skills, specifically for medical students.
• Medical News Today - Medical Student News on Medicalnewstoday.com.

Dental students

• Smile On for oral health, hygiene and dentistry
• The BDA - British Dental Association
• The DDU - the Dental Defence Union
• Dental Student Network
• Dentistry.co.uk - offers information on practice set-up, education, CPD and more.

Veterinary students

• IVSA - the International Veterinary Students Association
• BVA - the British Veterinary Association
• AVS - the Association of Veterinary Students - a division of the British Veterinary Association
• RCVS library and Information Service
• Vetgate - The UK's gateway to high quality internet resources in animal health
• Veterinary Students Program - 2004 National Web Site for Veterinary Students
• Vetstream - A provider of clinical information.
• Vet On-Line the International Journal of Veterinary Medicine.
• Student AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association Students webpage.
• British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)
• British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA)
• European Veterinary Dental Society (EVDS)

If you want to suggest a student resource please email enquiries.

There is a list of all the schools of medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine at: http://www.medev.ac.uk/resources/links/schools_links.

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• Student essay competition: Deadline 1 April 2010. £300 for 1000 words on the 2010 title, which is “Constructively describe your experience of receiving feedback, with suggestions for ways in which feedback might be improved.” Details: www.medev.ac.uk/resources/competitions/
• MEDEV and HSaP are pleased to announced that the jointly run HEALTH Network Group has appointed Dr Kathy Boursicot, St George’s, University of London, as Learning and Teaching Consultant - External Examiners.
• PDF versions of Special Report 11 -A core curriculum for psychology in undergraduate medical education. and Special Report 12 -Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Law in Medical Education are available for download from the MEDEV website.
• You are invited to the Improving the future healthcare workforce conference (CETL4HealthNE) (19 March 2010, St James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne).
• You are invited to the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Conference (26-28 April 2010, London).

• Higher Education Academy
• Health Sciences & Practice Subject Centre
• The Academy Subject Network