AVE Examination Updates 2025
September 6, 2024
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Important dates for those who wish to sit components of the the 2025 AVE Examination.
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AVBC Accredits the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Veterinary Science Program
July 24, 2024
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AVBC is delighted to announce that at the AVBC meeting on 18 July 2024, the Council agreed to accredit the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) veterinary science program.
The Appropriate Use of Titles and Post-Nominals by Veterinarians in Australia & New Zealand
February 2, 2024
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Titles and post-nominals play a crucial role in professional identity. This article provides a general summary of recommendations on how veterinarians should use titles and post-nominals.
Understanding the Veterinary Regulatory System in Australia & New Zealand
January 25, 2024
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In Australia and New Zealand, the veterinary profession is regulated by veterinary statutory boards (VSBs)[1] in each jurisdiction. New Zealand has a single VSB regulating veterinarians – the Veterinary Council of New Zealand. Australia is a federation, so each jurisdiction independently regulates veterinarians, meaning there are 8 VSBs (“veterinary boards”) nationwide. The role of the VSBs is to safeguard the public and animal welfare by enforcing the veterinary acts within their respective jurisdictions.
AVE Examination Update January 2024
January 24, 2024
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Important dates for those who wish to sit the 2024 AVE Preliminary (MCQ) Examination: AVE Preliminary (MCQ) Examination The next sitting of the Preliminary (MCQ)
Skills Assessment Fee Changes Effective 1 January 2024
December 1, 2023
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AVBC is adjusting its migration skills assessment fees, set to take effect on 1 January 2024. For veterinarians migrating to Australia under a points-tested skilled migration category, AVBC is the specified assessing authority.
AVBC Seeks Business Analyst to Spearhead National Veterinary Database Project
October 6, 2023
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The Australian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) is embarking on an ambitious initiative to develop a National Veterinary Database in Australia. To lead this critical project, AVBC is searching for a talented Business Analyst to join their team.
Business Analyst Position Description: Australian National Veterinary Database
October 5, 2023
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AVBC aims to create a single national database of registered veterinary professionals, which will build cohesion and consolidate professional standards pertaining to registration while data only relevant to individual veterinary boards is locally retained. The Business Analyst will work closely with AVBC personnel and be responsible for interpreting and translating stakeholder priorities into a blueprint for this new national veterinary database.
Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, becomes the first newly established international veterinary school to be accredited by AVBC.
September 25, 2023
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AVBC is delighted to announce that City University of Hong Kong’s Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, has become the first veterinary school outside of Australia and New Zealand to be guided from “reasonable assurance” to accreditation by a series of its expert teams. After all Boards had time to consider the report from the site visit to the school at the end of May this year, the decision was ratified at the AVBC meeting on the 21 September.
Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Welcomes the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia as a voting member
September 21, 2023
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The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) today passed a special resolution to add the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia (VSBSA) to its list of members. The unanimous vote on the return of the VSBSA to the AVBC signifies the possibility of adopting national (with New Zealand) policies supporting the highest standards of veterinary regulation and synergy within the Australasian veterinary regulatory community.