Seeking Summer Experience Birmingham, Black Country & Surrounds · Happy to travel

This summer,
I want to see
the whole picture.

I'm a T-Level Animal Management student at Halesowen College, and I'm currently loving my placement at Medivet Solihull under Eduardo Gomes and Dimitra Boile. To build a really well-rounded foundation for vet school, I'm now hoping to arrange several 1-2 week placements over the summer holidays, in settings a clinic can't show me, like farms, abattoirs, wildlife and exotics. I'm available through the summer and during future college holidays.

Offer a placement About Lucy
Lucy Hadley working in a science lab, wearing safety goggles and a lab coat
In the lab
1-2wk
Placements sought
over the summer
Now
In practice at
Medivet Solihull
4
Settings she's
keen to learn in
§ 01 · The Ask

The experiences I'm looking for.

i.
On the land
Farm animals
Hands-on time with livestock and the daily realities of a working farm.
ii.
Public health
Abattoir & meat inspection
A visit to understand meat inspection and the welfare side of the food chain.
iii.
Beyond the clinic
Wildlife, exotics & zoos
Exposure to exotic and zoo species and the specialist care they need.
iv.
Specialist care
Rescue, raptors & reptiles
Wildlife rescue centres, bird of prey centres and reptile specialists.

The shape of it: one or more 1-2 week placements during the summer holidays, with future college holidays such as Christmas also open. Happy to travel, glad to help wherever an extra pair of hands is useful.

§ 02 · A Note
To the farm, centre or practice reading this,

You'll be busy, so I'll keep this short. My goal is to become a vet, and I'm aiming for Harper Adams University.

I'm already getting clinical experience, with a placement at Medivet Solihull that I'm thoroughly enjoying. But a small-animal clinic can only show me one corner of the picture. To arrive at vet school well-rounded, I want to see the parts a practice can't show me: a working farm, the welfare and public-health side of an abattoir or meat inspection, and the specialist world of wildlife, exotics and rescue.

So I'm hoping to arrange a few 1-2 week placements over the summer holidays, and I'm just as happy to come during future college holidays such as Christmas. I have a car, so I can travel to you, and I'd be there to be useful, not just to watch.

If you could take me on for a week or two, I'd be genuinely grateful for the chance to learn from you.

Lucy Hadley
T-Level Animal Management, Halesowen College · lucy@lucyhadley.uk
§ 03 · Background

I'm already in practice.

Right now I'm on placement at Medivet Solihull, learning under Eduardo Gomes and Dimitra Boile, and I'm loving my time at this friendly, welcoming practice. It's given me a real feel for clinical small-animal work, and shown me just how much more there is to see beyond the consulting room.

Earlier, nine months at a local stables taught me the rhythm of animal care outside a classroom, and during my Year 10 work experience at Orchard Veterinary Centre I was lucky enough to sit in on five separate operations. Those experiences taught me how much reliability and turning up really matter, and I'd bring that same commitment to a placement with you.

"A clinic shows me one corner of the picture. This summer I want to see the rest: the farm, the abattoir, the wildlife centre."

Before Halesowen, I completed my GCSEs at Q3 Langley, where I was featured in the school's 2023 promotional video, a small detail, but the kind of thing that gets offered to students who turn up and can be trusted.

Since the age of ten I've pursued qualifications outside of school under my own steam, CPR training, online safety certification, and others. I'm not waiting for an education to be handed to me. I'd rather go and find it.

Lucy Hadley speaking on a microphone at a Q3 Langley assembly
Q3 Langley · 2023 Speaking on the mic at a school assembly of 600. Composure, on the record.
Lucy Hadley outside Orchard Veterinary Centre
Year 10 work experience · 2024 Outside Orchard Veterinary Centre, where I observed 5 operations.
Oct '26
Harper Adams University Goal
Applying to Harper Adams University in October 2026, ready for a September 2027 start, to continue into veterinary training. A broad base of experience now is the surest route there.
Summer
Seeking farm & wildlife experience Available
Looking for one or more 1-2 week summer placements on a farm, at an abattoir, or with wildlife, exotics or rescue. Future college holidays open too. Car, happy to travel.
Now
Medivet Solihull Current
On placement under Eduardo Gomes and Dimitra Boile, loving my time at this friendly practice and building real small-animal clinical experience.
'25-'26
Stables placement
Nine months of weekly work with horses, covering the general animal-care portion of my required hours.
2025
GCSEs → T-Level
Passed all GCSEs at Q3 Langley in the summer. Accepted onto Halesowen College's T-Level in Animal Management in September, one of only 15 students on the programme.
2024
Orchard Veterinary Centre
Year 10 school work experience. Sat in on 5 operations and attended every appointment across the placement.
2023
Featured in Q3 promo video
Chosen to represent Q3 Langley in the school's official promotional video, which I was really proud to be asked to do.
2020
Early CPD certifications
Animal Care Introductory (Merit), CPR Training (Merit), Online Security (Distinction), all completed independently at age 10.
§ 04 · Evidence

The receipts.

Credentials, placements and appearances on record. Verifiable things, not claims.

Animal Care Introductory Level 2 certificate, Merit grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
Animal Care Introductory
Level 2 · Merit
CPR Training Level 3 certificate, Merit grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
CPR Training
Level 3 · Merit
Online Security Level 3 certificate, Distinction grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
Online Security
Level 3 · Distinction
YOUTUBE · 2023
Q3 Langley promotional video
Featured student

Note: all three CPD-certified courses were completed independently at age 10, years before any school required them.

§ 05 · The Course

A T-Level designed for clinical environments.

The T-Level in Animal Management at Halesowen College accepts just 15 students per cohort. The highest grade carries the same UCAS weight as three A*s at A-Level, it's a serious, employer-facing alternative to the traditional academic route.

Teaching covers animal health, anatomy, physiology, behaviour and biology. Alongside the clinical foundations, the course builds the wider skills a placement supervisor actually values, biosecurity, health and safety, stock and supply chain management, customer service, and financial literacy.

70/30
70% classroom · 30% hands-on
The placement is not an add-on. It's a third of the course.

What this means in practice is that when I walk into a clinic, the vocabulary shouldn't be entirely foreign to me. Biosecurity, sterile procedure, basic anatomy: these are exactly the things my coursework covers. I know I still have an enormous amount to learn, and I really want to be taught. But I hope I won't need absolutely everything explained from first principles, which means I can start being useful sooner rather than later.

Curriculum
What I'm actively learning right now
  • Animal anatomy & physiology
  • Animal health & welfare
  • Animal behaviour
  • Animal biology
  • Biosecurity protocols
  • Health & safety practice
  • Stock & supply management
  • Sustainability practice
  • Customer service
  • Financial literacy
  • Business organisation
  • Clinical terminology
Contact

A week or two is all I ask.

A week or two this summer on a farm, at an abattoir, or with wildlife or exotics, with future college holidays open too. Car parked outside, happy to travel, glad to help.

lucy@lucyhadley.uk →
or connect on LinkedIn
Available summer & holidays
Car & clean licence
CV on request