VNJ Live at BVNA Congress 2026
Held during BVNA Congress, VNJ Live provides an opportunity for SVNs and RVNs to showcase their projects in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with mentorship available.
This event includes a panel discussion on developing projects in practice such as clinical audits or research, selecting cases for publication or how to develop your dissertation into an abstract and poster. There are opportunities to ask questions and put your ideas forward. This friendly and constructive platform for veterinary nurses and students with little experience of public speaking is a fantastic opportunity to develop presenting skills, whilst discussing and sharing best nursing practice, and increasing the evidence base available to the profession.
Submission Categories;
* Student veterinary nurse case reflection
* Registered veterinary nurse case reflection
* Research projects (e.g. undergraduate or postgraduate dissertation)
* Clinical audit
* Planned project idea
Whether you are in the process of completing a dissertation/research project, or have worked with an interesting case in practice – we’d like to hear from you!
Have you recently completed a clinical audit, data collection for a research project or provided nursing care for a challenging case?
Please note the abstract submission deadline is Friday 31st July 2026.
Why present at VNJ Live?
Hear from previous “Research Bites” presentation winner, Hannah Durling, on her experience of presenting at BVNA Congress:
"I would highly encourage any veterinary nurses who are considering entering their poster, to do so. I have to
admit the thought of presenting my own research in front of lots of unfamiliar faces was very daunting but it is
probably one of the biggest highlights of my career! Following the poster presentation, a lot also changed for me
in practice as I was able to use my research to help clients with their diabetic dogs and have made my own set of
client friendly resources to give to diabetic dog owners. It has been so rewarding to see first hand how I have
managed to put those many hours of researching/collecting data and hard core studying into practice and be able
to help clients feel more confident and less overwhelmed when managing their pet's diabetes."
Examples of past posters
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Nikki Ruedisueli (Editor-in-Chief of the VNJ) via nicola@bvna.co.uk.