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The University of Lancashire opened its new £40 million vet school this week.
Opened by Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Amanda Parker, Vice-chancellor of the University, Professor Graham Baldwin said the building was completed “on time” and “under budget.”
Across the building, there are many facilities including labs with 3D screens, x-rays, ultrasound monitors, rehabilitation machines and a dentistry lab for the animals.
Hana Peters, 20 from the Wirral is studying veterinary nursing, and is in her second year at the University’s vet school.
She said: “The new university building is really good and it’s nice to have our own vet school space because it means that not only, we can have our clinical teaching areas and theory areas, but we are now able to bond between the different cohorts.
She added that Preston was a “home away from home” and shares similarities with her hometown.
Other facilities include a dry dissection lab with interactive features to explain and teach the students the anatomy of various animals and reptiles.
The equipment such as the immersive teaching room, with a surround view of interactive projectors, allows for teamwork, and a hands-on and engaging teaching approach for all five years of study at the school.
With the vet school described as “amazing” and “perfect” by vet student Izzy Scovill from Chorley, she said: “It is right on my doorstep and makes it so accessible for me and other people in this area.”
Lecturers also have a way of guiding and aiding the students during their mock assignments through their one-way glass, overlooking their theatre practice.
The lecturers can guide the students through a microphone and monitor in a separate room.
Through this they can observe their reactions and solutions to for example a chosen drop in heart rate for the student’s synthetic dog patient, to prevent mistakes in their future veterinary career.
