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2 years
SEP-23
Graduate Diploma
Horses / Ponies Keeping
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The Graduate Diploma in Applied Equine Locomotor Research from the RVC offers professional farriers the chance to develop the skill-set necessary to produce original research and increase the evidence base behind farriery.
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What's On Offer?
This course is delivered in a blended format combining online learning with residential weekends to ideally suit the busy schedule of the professional farrier. The next intake will be in January 2022 and will be based in the USA. The residential weekends will be held at the New Bolton Centre, University of Pennsylvania. Anyone interested in the this course will need to meet the visa requirements to enter the USA for study on six occasions over two years. Students are responsible for making their own visa arrangements.
Why choose this course?
Participants in the course will develop knowledge and skill in equine locomotor research directly related to the field of farriery. The course is specifically designed to enable participants to develop the necessary scientific and academic skills in order to produce their own research project to the highest professional standard.
Graduates will be awarded a Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research, which is a Level 6 (FHEQ) UK Higher Education qualification (equivalent to a Bachelors degree). The programme has been carefully designed to help graduates meet the project and presentation requirements for the Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Farriers examination.
Students need to pay £4800 for the full-length of the course for Grad Dip in ELR (UK-based) which started January 2020; There may be slight increase in 23/24 entry.
Students need to pay £4800 for the full-length of the course for Grad Dip in ELR (UK-based) which started January 2020; There may be slight increase in 23/24 entry.
Students need to demonstrate their academic ability to work at FHEQ level 5 before starting the course. This will be achieved by a combination of previous experiential learning and the successful completion of a bridging module on contemporary study skills, section 1 of the course. Admission will be open to all farriers who can demonstrate the necessary experience in advanced foot care and can provide evidence of reflective practice.
