Student representation and societies

Course representatives

Two students are nominated by their classmates each year to act as their representatives.  These 10 students sit on the Staff:Student Liaison Committee, providing feedback to staff on the student experience and driving strategic change through enhancement projects, and undertake many social and academic duties on behalf of their peers throughout the year.

School representatives

These student-nominated positions ensure the student voice is central to the functioning of the school around curricular change and management, and recruitment and admissions processes. Each representative role has a one-year tenure, with new reps elected at the end of each academic year.

Student societies

There are many ways for our students to get involved in social, sporting, clinical, scientific and community activities, through the many societies and activities overseen by the highly active student society - the Liverpool University Veterinary Society (LUVS). Visit the LUVS website and meet this year’s committee.

Clinical/scientific subsocieties

Whatever your sphere of interest, there’s a society for you! The clinical and scientific subsocieties provide support for learning and development of specific interests across a wide range of areas, and if there’s not one for your particular penchant, there’s always space for new subsocs!

• Liverpool Farm Animal Veterinary Society (LFAVS)
• Liverpool Equine Veterinary Society (LEVS)
• Liverpool Small Animal Veterinary Society (LSAVS)
• Liverpool Veterinary Anatomy Society (LVAS)
• Liverpool University Veterinary Zoological Society (LUVZS)
• Liverpool University Veterinary Behaviour Society (LUVBS)
• Liverpool Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (LVECCS)

Non-clinical subsocieties

Our students are passionate about making a positive change:

• The Liverpool Veterinary LGBT+ society represents the LGBTQ+ community and provides fun, support and education for everyone!
• The brand new Liverpool Veterinary Sustainability Society (LVSS) was founded in 2021 and is using inspiring and innovative methods to make our School as environmentally sustainable as it can be!

Sport groups

However you like to keep active, and whether you’re a competitor or a casual player there’s a sporting group for you. As well as arranging regular practice and games among the student body, our sporting societies love to organise informal wellbeing sessions and staff:student fundraising matches including:

• Hockey
• Football
• Rugby
• Netball
• Squash

Associated groups

In association with the formal subsocieties under LUVS governance, there are several other groups, active either within the vet school or in the local or wider community.

External roles

Students in the School of Veterinary Science can get involved with a wide range of external bodies, bringing extracurricular learning opportunities to their peers and experiencing engagement with large and influential veterinary or institutional organisations.

Current external rep roles are:

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