Hi, Hi I'm Dr Kelly Yarnell and I lead the animal and equine academic teams here at nottingham trent
university and i'd like to take this opportunity to showcase some of our current students who've
become involved in stem subjects via our equine science degrees and their love of forces although
we welcome everyone to our courses they do tend to attract a high proportion of women students
interested in learning more about the horse as a species how we can manage it to maintain
optimal health and performance throughout their degree these women develop competencies in a
range of laboratory techniques they gain training and biomechanical assessment and
they develop knowledge of key biological concepts including biochemistry and immunology
all using the horses and model species because our students are studying an animal of interest
and the content is applied to something they love this really helps with their learning and
what can be a challenging subject and a subject that's lacked female role models in the past
what this means is when our students graduate they have the opportunity to pursue a career
in the equine industry or in a range of stem-based disciplines Val is a current
final year student who has chosen to do a project on reproductive health in horses so let's go meet her
Hi my name is Val and I'm a final year bsc equine sports science student at nottingham trent
university so i chose this course because i've always been passionate about horses
and i knew that i want a career in the equine industry but i wasn't quite sure
where or what exactly i wanted to do during my third year i went on placement at godolphin which
is the racing organization of the sheikh mohammed sheikh of dubai and there i found my love for
reproduction and genetics and that's why i'm here at clifton campus labs for my dissertation to try
and find a new way to improve pregnancy detection in horses my advice for women wanting to pursue
a career in stem is to be brave speak up and follow your passion izzy is another one of our final year
undergraduates who's developed from a student who really struggled with scientific concepts
to be in top of the class so let's go and see what izzy has to say. Hi i'm izzy and i'm a final year
student on the equine behaviour health and welfare degree science was always a favorite subject of
mine at school but i didn't know what the next steps would be when i found a degree at ntu i
found that i could study science and my passion of horses all at the same time when i first arrived i
struggled to grasp scientific concepts but through detailed assignment feedback and the support of my
lecturers i have recently been awarded a first class grade i now feel ready to do my honours
project which aims to improve methods of heart rate assessment in horses i'm also looking forward
to a study abroad opportunity in kentucky a recent study we've carried out involved an all-girl team
of academic staff and students it included orally our phd student lucille an equine master's student
and a group of equine undergraduate students the team was led by myself and Dr Carrie Ijichi
and we're particularly proud of this study because we were an all-girl team working on
a project that involved computer coding which is traditionally a male-dominated discipline we
use computer coding to design a game that could be presented via a touch screen to our horses
we took this game on the road to international women's day where we challenged the public
to see if they could compete and beat our horses both orally and lucille have since graduated and
moved on orally now teaches at another institution and lucille is in the united states working in
equine rehabilitation and as a scientific journalist the academic team here regularly
publish scientific research with undergraduate students included as authors this gives them
an excellent start and a stem career and it really sets them apart from thousands of fellow graduates
recent publications that have featured undergraduate students are in subjects including
exercise physiology microbiology infrared thermography and behavioral science a key benefit
of choosing to study equine science at nottingham trent is we are part of a wider community of
scientists including chemists physicists sports scientists and computer scientists
and we are all able to collaborate together on studies if you like what you've seen and you're
interested in an equine science or stem-based career please have a look at our course pages
you can also follow us on our ntu equine science instagram page where we feature course content
exciting projects student life and of course our horses we look forward to seeing you soon