Equine Colleges - Bit of a rant!

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Why do they all expect you to ride?
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I was pondering earlier what im going to do college wise, and i would love to go to Hadlow. But they wont accept me because i dont like riding. Simple as i get on and i have no confidence and its somthing i dont want to do as i dont enjoy it!
My dream job is a equine vet nurse, and i dont ride but i have 2 horses, have worked around them for years. And there are plently or equestrian jobs that dont require you to ride
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I went to Moulton College, and they prefer you to ride but dont make you, i was there for 5 years and hardly rode! or if i did, was in my own time on a college horse

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Where abouts is it though?
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I went to Brooksby and you have to ride to get on the course.
They have riding assesments through the year and they asses your riding before you even get on the course!
I think you now have to have ride at an "established level"
 
What courses have you investigated - I can't imagine they will insist you have to ride to do a veterinary nursing degree or HND. Not sure how old you are but have you researched the possibility of doing A Levels and relevent work experience and then doing a vet nursing degree qualification somewhere - not sure how the horse side of things works, assume you do all animals but maybe specialise at some point? Worth a research on ucas maybe.
 
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What courses have you investigated - I can't imagine they will insist you have to ride to do a veterinary nursing degree or HND. Not sure how old you are but have you researched the possibility of doing A Levels and relevent work experience and then doing a vet nursing degree qualification somewhere - not sure how the horse side of things works, assume you do all animals but maybe specialise at some point? Worth a research on ucas maybe.

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Ive looked into hadlow college mainly as its the only college local that does equine, i looked at mid-kent college, and they have a course but you must ride. Ive not found one so far that you dont have to ride on
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Even equine science you have to ride
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I did equine science at Bristol and you didn't have to ride for that, but it is a mega-exception. But what I'm saying is, if you want to be a VN why not look at veterinary nursing courses instead of equine courses. Equine courses can potentially be a bit of a waste of time at degree level (in my opinion).
 
You are probally actually better of doing Alevels like biology science maths etc etc, that will help you go onto uni, rather then going to a equine college to be honest!
 
My partner lectures at a university doing equine courses and has often wondered whether the courses could be split into one with a riding element and one without- for those who want to do stud work for instance, which doesn't always need more than basically competent riding experience, if any. Then you may need fewer loan horses to ride for the riding students and perhaps you could get better quality, even buying in a few, horses for those who really do want to improve their riding or who want a career where riding is key.

In your particular situation I would however agree that doing a vet nurse qualification may be the best route and then specialise.
 
I did Equine Science and didnt have to ride-we had the option to if we wanted but I chose a training module that involved more lunging/long reining. Why don't you do a vet nursing degree if thats what you want to do??
 
If your serious about becoming a vet nurse your best bet is to call the local equine hospital and see if you can learn on the job with nvq's. I have a friend who did this, she started in small animal though at local vets and moved on to equine.
 
I would have a look at Easton College, Norwich. I think they do vet nursing as well as equine studies (not sure if you have to ride on those) and everyone I know who has been, has been happy there.
 
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At Moreton Morrell you dont have to ride
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I went to moreton morrell - are you there now?

I did a degree there and the riding modules where optional but pretty much everyones favourites - but I dont know about the ND's. However would agree that if you want to be a vet nurse theres not much point doing like an ND in equine - get some science related A levels and do a vet nursing degree
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At Moreton Morrell you dont have to ride
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I went to moreton morrell - are you there now?

I did a degree there and the riding modules where optional but pretty much everyones favourites - but I dont know about the ND's. However would agree that if you want to be a vet nurse theres not much point doing like an ND in equine - get some science related A levels and do a vet nursing degree
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I am indeed
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I do the ND. Most people ride, but one girl does the none riding option.
 
Depends on what type of course you do - the degree course at Nottingham (Brackenhurst) they didn't ride as part of the course but could if they wanted. The HND course however did include practical and riding modules.

I am sure there must be others though where you don't have to ride.
 
At Brackenhurst (Nottingham Trent) the Equine Sport Science in Equestrian Psychology do not ride. However in the first year a little riding was offered to them. The 'normal' Equine Sport Science requires a riding assessment for those who want to ride, only a select handful (roughly 8-10) are selected to do the riding option, if you do not want to ride or are not selected then your module will be horse human relationship, where it is concentrating on the ground work. Again in the first year they were occasionally allowed to ride.
However the college courses I think you do have to ride, I do not know of anyone on the college courses that do not ride.
If you are still at a college level I would look into doing relevant A levels which will be more beneficial towards the vet nursing course. IMO I did a ND in equine management and I wouldn't have felt it would have helped me if I had wanted to follow a veterinary route, it is much too basic and riding centered. A levels and relevant work placements will probably help you more.
 
Hartpury I didn't ride - I mean, i wanted to but they didn't let me. Loads of people were basically told we weren't 'allowed' to ride.
 
When I applied to do equine courses, all the places that I applied to accepted me without a riding assessment.

Why are you looking at equine studies/science courses if you want to do equine veterinary nursing? Its a complete waste of time and money doing an equine course if this is your career goal.

Go to the Vet Nurse section of the RCVS website . It tells you what you have to do to become a Vet Nurse, and gives you a list of approved training practises. They also give a list of colleges which are approved to give training, however it is far more beneficial to study via the veterinary practise route as this allows for much more practical experience.
 
I went to Rodbaston college and did the ND. There was a non riding option that a few people took and also a breeding option where riding wasnt one of the modules but there was a stud breeding module instead.

If your wanting to be a vet nurse though you should probably stay on and get A levels or look at doing vet nursing at college instead of just equine cuz it wont help you.

I went to Moreton Morrell and did one and a bit years of Equine Studies degree but didnt take the riding modules then.
 
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