Submitted by Lucy park on Tuesday 14th October 2025
Published on Friday 21st November 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 21st May 2026
Current Signatures: 2,165
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Add veterinary medicine to second-degree tuition loan exemptions
We ask the government to add veterinary medicine to the list of second-degree courses eligible for tuition fee loans. This would align it with medicine and dentistry, remove unfair financial barriers, and help address the UK’s critical veterinary workforce shortage.
Veterinary medicine is vital for animal health, farming, food safety, and public health. Many graduates discover their passion later in life, bringing valuable skills, but face tuition costs of over £45,000 with no loan support. Adding vet med to the second-degree list would make the profession more accessible, support social mobility, and ensure the UK can train enough vets to meet growing demand.
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