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Rhino cake wins science bake off
Rhino cake
Veterinary students Harry Pink and Meg Coram won first place for their cake 'Rhinos should be Horny!'

Sutton Bonington competition raises nearly £600 for charity

Harry Pink and Meg Coram have been crowned winners of the Sutton Bonington Campus (SB) Science Cake Competition, for their thought-provoking creation, 'Rhinos should be horny!'

Harry and Meg, who are students on the preliminary veterinary degree course at Nottingham University, were praised for their attention to detail,  overall impact and great taste.

The SB science cake competition took place on March 12, with all proceeds going to Comic Relief. So far, the event has raised £583.

Students could enter their cakes into one of six categories - Veterinary Medicine, Animal & Agriculture, From Farm to Fork, Infection, Cakes for Animals, and Comic Relief.

The judges, which included members from both schools of Bioscience and Veterinary m
edicine, were presented with some spectacular cakes, ranging from nesting chickens, to sows with piglets and even ringworm in cats!

The bake off also made it to national television. Comic Relief asked one of the bakers to design a cake for the special Comic Relief episode, 'The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice'.

Fourth year student Rachel Lowton and third year student Jennie Stoddart accepted the challenge and, according with the Comic Relief theme this year ("Make your face funny for money”), they prepared ‘Just your Everage cake’ in homage to Dame Edna, who was one of the Comic Relief Bake Off contestants.

To view pictures of all the entries visit: SB Cake Off 2015

Image (C) University of Nottingham/SB Science Bake Off.

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FIVP launches CMA remedies survey

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 FIVP has shared a survey, inviting those working in independent practice to share their views on the CMA's proposed remedies.

The Impact Assessment will help inform the group's response to the CMA, as it prepares to submit further evidence to the Inquiry Group. FIVP will also be attending a hearing in November.

Data will be anonymised and used solely for FIVP's response to the CMA. The survey will close on Friday, 31 October 2025. 

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CMA to host webinar exploring provisional decisions

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to host a webinar for veterinary professionals to explain the details of its provisional decisions, released on 15 October 2025.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 29 October 2025 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

Officials will discuss the changes which those in practice may need to make if the provisional remedies go ahead. They will also share what happens next with the investigation.

The CMA will be answering questions from the main parties of the investigation, as well as other questions submitted ahead of the webinar.

Attendees can register here before Wednesday, 29 October at 11am. Questions must be submitted before 10am on 27 October.

A recording of the webinar will be accessible after the event.