Dick Vet Staff Stories

We are looking for individuals to write short biographical career blogs to inspire your fellow members of our Easter Bush Campus community.

If you are interested in doing so or want to nominate an inspirational colleague, please complete answer the following questions in a few sentences (or at least 5 answers that you think are appropriate to share) and send to Jessica.Martin@ed.ac.uk and Robert.Kelly@roslin.ed.ac.uk .

Biographical career blog template

What is your current role at Easter Bush campus and what does a typical day look like? (obligatory question)
How did you get to where you are today? (obligatory question)
How did you land your current role? (obligatory question)
Was there a time you messed up and felt like you’d failed? How did you bounce back?
How did you learn to embrace risk-taking?
Tell me about a recent career setback. How did you recover?
Think back to five years ago. Did you envision your career as it is today?
Was there ever a role you applied for and landed, but weren't 100% qualified to do? How did you proceed?
What do you wish you had known before taking your first clinical/ academic/ teaching /management or support role?
Which career skills were the most difficult to develop?
What’s the most important leadership lesson you’ve learned and how has it proven invaluable?
How did you develop the skill of engagingly students when teaching?