UCLan’s undergraduate and postgraduate students will travel to Myerscough to undertake practical, hands-on animal handling skills across a range of species, including farm, equine and exotic animals. They will also have access to the quality-assured Myerscough farms.Dr Heather Bacon OBE, Head of UCLan’s School of Veterinary Medicine, said: “I’m delighted we have been able to partner with such a well-established educational provider.
“Our relationship with Myerscough College is integral to supporting the development of our new Vet School and this partnership is a key step forward in establishing our distributed teaching network. “I’m really pleased the partnership will also ensure our BVMS, undergraduate and postgraduate students will benefit from excellent ‘real-world’ teaching facilities at Myerscough’s fantastic campus.”Alison Robinson, Chief Executive & Principal of Myerscough College and University Centre Myerscough, commented: “Myerscough has a proud 129-year heritage of training the next generation to work with animals.
“We are therefore delighted to further strengthen our relationship with the University of Central Lancashire through supporting the delivery of veterinary education, training and research. “The University will be able to take full advantage of Myerscough’s two commercial farms, specialist veterinary nursing training facilities, International Equine Arena and associated facilities and our Animal Studies centre. The outstanding facilities and staff at Myerscough will provide UCLan’s veterinary medicine students with the latest training and skills.”