Book a veterinary nursing educator whose credentials someone has actually checked.
Every educator on this register has had their registration verified, their subject currency evidenced, and a recorded sample of their teaching assessed against a published standard.
The bar is deliberately high, because being a VEN-verified educator means something. Every single one has demonstrated at least five years' experience, a postgraduate qualification in the subject, current practice in it, and recent CPD to match, in their area of expertise. Entries are re-checked annually and reassessed in full every three years, so if an educator is on the register, you can trust they absolutely know their stuff (and then some).
Example entry
- Registration
- ✓ Verified with the regulator
- Qualification
- ✓ Postgraduate, in the subject taught
- Current practice
- ✓ In the area of expertise
- CPD in speciality
- ✓ At least 15 hours in 2 years
- Teaching sample
- ✓ Scored by independent reviewers
- Topics
- The topics they are verified for
- Day rate
- Published exactly as set
This is what being a VEN-verified educator looks like.
VEN exists to verify education providers in veterinary nursing, because knowing a subject and being able to teach it well are not necessarily the same thing. The application assesses all of the main areas of education delivery – from the educator's knowledge and currency within the field, to teaching and delivery of education, and the production quality of their work.
Subject knowledge and currency
Every educator must have at least:
- Five years' post-qualification experience
- Current practice in that area, at least part time
- A qualification at VTS, PGCert, Advanced Certificate or DipAVN level for veterinary nurses, or PGCert or board-eligible level for veterinary surgeons
- Completed a minimum 15 hours of CPD in their specific area of education within 24 months
- A current, active registration with their veterinary nursing or technician regulator (or veterinary register, if the educator is a veterinary surgeon)
Teaching and delivery
This is assessed from a recorded 5–10 minute sample of real CPD delivery, scored by reviewers against seven criteria.
- Learning outcomes both stated and met
- Actionable content with practical takeaways linked to what the delegate does on shift
- Engaging delivery
- Evidence-based content
Production quality
This applies where an educator offers webinars or recorded CPD, but is skipped where educators offer in-person-only sessions.
- Audio and video that don't distract from content
- Slides legible, accessible and contrast-compliant
- Imagery licensed
- Appropriate use of clinical images
- Captions or a transcript available
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Every single application is read by a person, and you'll get written feedback on your application either way, usually within six weeks.
The register
Filter by topic, delivery format, region and budget. Enquiries go through the network, so an educator's email address is never published.
Rate filters compare the published figure only. They don’t convert currencies or adjust for VAT, GST or sales tax.
The Veterinary Educator Network Standards
To be a VEN-verified educator, applicants must meet the following standards.
An important note on legal scope of practice.
The network assesses whether someone can teach a topic credibly. It makes no statement about which tasks any individual may legally perform. Regulatory scope varies between countries and, in some cases, between states or provinces. Educators are expected to flag where a task is restricted somewhere and to direct delegates to check their own position.
A. Subject knowledge and currency
These standards are assessed from documentary evidence provided at application, and every criterion must be met.
Current, active registration with the relevant veterinary nursing or technician regulator, or with the veterinary register for veterinary surgeons, in good standing. Registration number and renewal date must be supplied and verified at application and at each annual review.
A minimum of five years' post-qualification experience.
Where relevant to the subject being taught, current, ongoing clinical practice in the area of expertise, on at least a part-time basis. As a working threshold, the equivalent of one day a week averaged across the preceding twelve months. Practice must be maintained for the entry to remain live.
A postgraduate qualification in the area being taught. For veterinary nurses, this means VTS, PGCert, CertAVN/DipAVN level or above. For veterinary surgeons, PGCert or board-eligible level. An undergraduate qualification, however relevant, does not meet this criterion on its own, and neither does a primary veterinary degree (BVSc, BVetMed, DVM or equivalent). Qualifications in progress may be declared but may not count until awarded.
A minimum of fifteen hours of continuing professional development in the area being taught, completed within the previous twenty-four months.
Teaching reflects current published evidence. Guidelines are cited by name and year. Where the evidence is weak or contested, this is stated so delegates are aware.
Content is pitched to the delegate's own regulatory position. Where a task is restricted in some jurisdictions, the educator flags it and points delegates to their own regulator rather than asserting a single answer.
No current or unresolved regulatory proceedings. Commercial interests, employment by industry and sponsorship of any talk are declared for transparency.
Non-clinical topics
Leadership, mentoring, clinical governance, education and research are assessed on an equivalent route. A1, A2, A6, A7 and A8 apply unchanged. A3 to A5 are read as follows.
A current, ongoing role in the area being taught, on at least a part-time basis – for example running an audit programme, holding a formal mentoring or clinical coaching remit, leading a team, or teaching on an accredited programme.
A qualification at PGCert level or above in the relevant field, such as veterinary education, leadership and management, coaching and mentoring, or research methods. A recognised professional qualification in that field from outside the veterinary sector is accepted at the same level.
A minimum of fifteen hours of continuing professional development in that field within the previous twenty-four months.
B. Teaching and delivery
This area is assessed from a 5–10 minute recorded sample of CPD delivery. Independent reviewers score each criterion, and a minimum of 5/7 criteria must be demonstrated from the provided sample.
Learning outcomes are stated, are achievable in the time available, and are actually met by the content that follows.
The session has a logical structure and a pace the audience can follow.
Clinical claims are accurate and referenced. Sources are current, and the strength of the evidence behind a recommendation is made clear where applicable.
Language is pitched at the stated audience level. Terminology is defined on first use. Abbreviations are expanded.
Content is connected to clinical practice. The delegate can tell what they would do differently on their next shift.
Delivery is audible, engaging and varied. Slides are not read aloud verbatim. The educator holds attention without relying on the slide deck to carry the session.
Questions and uncertainty are handled well. The educator distinguishes between published evidence, professional consensus, local/practice protocol and personal preference.
C. Production quality
This applies only where an educator offers webinars or recorded CPD. If an educator provides only in-person education, their application is assessed on sections A and B alone. This is marked accordingly on their register entry.
Audio is captured on a dedicated microphone at a consistent level, without clipping, and with room noise and echo controlled.
Where the educator appears on camera, an image resolution of at least 720p is used, with the camera stable, framed sensibly and adequately lit.
Slides are legible at half size, meet WCAG AA contrast, and avoid unreadable blocks of text.
Images are the educator's own or appropriately licensed. Clinical images and case material are used with consent, with identifying details removed.
Captions or a transcript are available for recorded content.
The educator can run the platform competently or has sufficient live technical support to handle screen sharing, chat, polls and recording without disrupting the session.
How the assessment process works
A team of independent reviewers assess each application separately, working from the same set of standards for review.
An outcome is usually issued within six weeks. Written feedback against every criterion is given whether the application succeeds or not. An unsuccessful applicant may reapply after six months, or immediately where the only gap was a fixable production issue.
Reviewers declare conflicts and stand down from assessing anyone they work with, employ, are employed by, or have co-presented with in the past two years.
Staying on the register
Registration is confirmed with the regulator annually, and the educator confirms their topic currency (ongoing current hours in clinical practice where relevant) and CPD at the same time. A full reassessment, including evaluation of a new teaching sample, is performed every three years.
Any entry that is not renewed is removed, and the educator is asked to stop using the verified mark – so if the verified mark is present, organisers can rest assured they're booking a verified educator. Organisers can also check any current entry against its register number.
For CPD organisers
If you're a practice, congress programme committee, CPD provider or college booking educators for veterinary nurses, here's what you need to know about booking a VEN-verified educator.
What the mark tells you
Being VEN-verified means that the educator holds current registration as a veterinary nurse, technician or surgeon, that they have evidenced currency in the specific topic they teach, and that a recorded sample of them teaching has been scored by a team of independent reviewers against published criteria.
It does not tell you they are the right fit for your audience, your budget or your format. But by including their rates, formats, and a sample of their teaching in the register, you're able to determine whether they suit your needs before you enquire with them.
Rates
Every educator publishes their own rate – for an hour, a half day and a full day, shown exactly as they set it. You can filter the register by budget and easily find an educator that sits within your price range, or establish a budget if you have a specific educator in mind for your event, before you write to anyone. Each entry also states its VAT/sales tax position (where applicable).
Some entries are marked as open to discussing rates. That usually covers charity work, student events and multi-booking arrangements, but does not necessarily guarantee a discount. Additional expenses such as travel, accommodation, bespoke content development and recording rights are not included within the published rate and are agreed separately.
Making an enquiry
Every entry has an enquiry form, which goes to the network and then to the educator. This protects their contact information from publication. Please ensure you include dates, audience, format and budget in the first message so this information can be passed on.
Checking an entry
Each entry carries a register number and a review date. If someone tells you they are a verified educator and you cannot find them on the register, they are not currently on it.
The person behind the Veterinary Educator Network
- UK Registered Veterinary Nurse
- Veterinary Technician Specialist (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
- PGCert in Veterinary Education, Coaching and Leadership
- BSc(Hons) in Veterinary Nursing with Advanced Standing (First Class)
- RCVS Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing
- ISFM Diploma in Feline Nursing
- RACE, AVNAT and VCI approved Education Provider
Hello – I'm Laura. I'm a UK-based RVN and a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, and I've been providing veterinary education for over 10 years.
Alongside that, I hold a postgraduate certificate in veterinary education, coaching and leadership, honours degrees and advanced diplomas in advanced veterinary nursing, and my VTS. Which is a long way of saying I've spent a lot of time being a student, as well as an educator.
I've also spent thousands of pounds on my own CPD. Some of it has been enormously valuable and made a real difference to how I nurse. Some of it was an expensive lesson – where I felt like I paid for postnominals rather than truly learned something. And if I am honest, there was rarely any way to tell which was which before I'd paid for it.
I also know what it's like to feel undervalued as an education provider. I spent years accepting low rates, not confident enough to ask for what I was worth, and working for less than I deserved. I don't want to watch another veterinary nurse do the same.
So rates on this register are transparent and set by each educator themselves. An organisation can see what you charge before they make contact, and approach you with that in mind – which makes it a great deal harder for anyone to underpay you because you didn't feel comfortable saying your rate out loud.
The CPD market is also increasingly saturated, and that makes things harder for everyone in it. Veterinary nurses can't easily judge a course before they've bought it. Practice managers are spending a training budget they have to account for afterwards. Educators providing high quality CPD are competing for attention with people who are not always providing the same quality of work. I wanted a way for veterinary nurses and education providers to stand out, for delegates to find CPD that is worth their time, and for training budgets to go further.
Every single educator application is reviewed by a human – a human who knows what it is to be the student and what it is to be the teacher, and who wants the profession to grow through access to quality education.
That means applications may take longer to assess, and that some are turned down (with constructive feedback to help educators develop their teaching). And if I am honest, both of those things are the point, because a verified entry on this register should tell an organiser something – that they absolutely NEED to have you at their event.
Apply to join the register
Expect this to take around 30 minutes, plus the time to record or find a teaching sample. Fields marked * are required.
Have ready: details of your current practice in your area of expertise, the postgraduate qualification you hold in it, and at least fifteen hours of CPD in it from the last two years, with providers and dates. You will also need your registration number and renewal date, and a link to a 5–10 minute recording of you delivering CPD. The recording can be an excerpt from a past webinar, a recorded conference session, or something filmed for this purpose.
Privacy notice
How the Veterinary Educator Network collects, uses and protects personal information.
Last updated: September 2026
Who we are
The Veterinary Educator Network is a division of VIMN Education Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 14813254. VIMN Education Ltd is the data controller for the personal information described in this notice.
For any question about this notice or your information, email vetinternalmedicinenursing@gmail.com.
What we collect
If you apply to join the register, we collect the information you enter on the application form: your name, post-nominals, email address, country and region, website or LinkedIn profile, regulator, registration number and renewal dates, your declaration about regulatory proceedings, the topics you want to be listed for, your current practice, qualifications and CPD, a link to your teaching sample and any password for it, the formats you offer, your rates and tax position, travel and language details, your photograph, your biographies, any commercial interests you declare, and your answers to the declarations.
About your referees, we collect the names, roles, organisations and email addresses you give us. We only use these to contact referees about your application. Please make sure your referees are happy for you to share their details.
If you make a booking enquiry, we collect your name, email address, organisation, and the details you give about your event, audience, dates, location, budget and requirements.
When you visit the site, we do not use cookies, analytics or tracking. Our hosting provider records technical information such as IP addresses in its server logs, and the site loads its main typeface from Google Fonts, which means your browser connects to Google’s servers.
How we use it, and on what basis
We use applicants’ information to assess the application against the published standards, verify registration with the relevant regulator, give written feedback, and, if the application succeeds, publish and maintain a register entry and carry out annual checks and three-yearly reassessments. We do this because you have asked us to consider you for the register, and because it is in our legitimate interests to operate a verified register that organisers can rely on.
We publish your name, photograph, biographies, post-nominals, topics, formats, rates, tax position, region, travel and language details, the summary of your qualification, current practice and CPD, and your register number and review dates, only if you are verified and have agreed to publication. Your email address, registration number and referee details are never published.
We use enquirers’ information to pass the enquiry to the educator concerned, so that they can reply to you directly. We do this in our legitimate interests in running the booking service you have chosen to use.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it for marketing unless you have separately asked us to.
Who sees it
Reviewers. Applications are assessed by a team of independent reviewers. They see the information needed to assess your application and are required to keep it confidential and declare any conflict of interest.
Regulators. We check your registration details with the relevant veterinary, veterinary nursing or technician regulator.
Educators. If you make a booking enquiry, we pass your details and the content of your enquiry to the educator you contacted.
Service providers. Our website and form submissions are hosted by Netlify, and our email is provided by Google. They process information on our behalf and under our instructions.
Transfers outside the UK
Netlify and Google are based in the United States, so information held by them may be stored or processed outside the UK. Where this happens, it is protected by the safeguards these providers use for international transfers, such as the UK–US data bridge or standard contractual clauses.
How long we keep it
Verified educators: for as long as you are on the register. When an entry is removed, it comes off the public register straight away, and your application records are deleted within twelve months.
Unsuccessful applications: twelve months from the outcome, so that feedback questions and reapplications can be dealt with, and then deleted.
Booking enquiries: twenty-four months, and then deleted.
Your rights
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, to have it corrected, to have it deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to receive it in a portable format. Where we rely on your agreement, such as publication of your register entry, you can withdraw that agreement at any time, and your entry will be removed. To exercise any of these rights, email vetinternalmedicinenursing@gmail.com. We will reply within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
Keeping it secure
Access to applications and enquiries is limited to the people who need it to assess applications or run the register. Teaching sample links and passwords are used only for assessment and are never published.
Changes to this notice
We will update this notice if how we handle personal information changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.
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