Vet Times Podcast

Senior psychologist Laura Haycock, one of the the speakers in BVA’s #BigConversation, discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion with host Paul Imrie. – BVA launched its “Big Conversation” after a report in July revealed a quarter of vets had experienced or witnessed discrimination in 2019. [http://bit.ly/2R8aKym] The same survey revealed 56% of the profession felt concerned about discrimination and 16% of vets and vet students had personally experienced discrimination within a veterinary workplace or learning environment in the past 12 months. A session was held at BVA Congress, entitled “The value of difference: why we should all care about diversity in the workplace”. – Laura Haycock, of Oxfordshire-based Pearn Kandola [www.pearnkandola.com], graduated with a degree in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford and a masters in applied psychology from Cranfield Institute of Technology. A chartered psychologist and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, Laura