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Add veterinary medicine to second-degree tuition loan exemptions

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)

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Animals ~ Bringing ~ Demand ~ Discover ~ Ensure ~ Face ~ FARMS ~ Growing ~ list ~ listing ~ Loan ~ Medicine ~ Public Health ~ Remove ~ Safety ~ skills ~ training ~ tuition ~ Unfair ~ Vets

Petition Action

Add veterinary medicine to second-degree tuition loan exemptions

Petition Details

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.

Additional Information

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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