Education

A university in East Anglia is aiming to attract more student nurses onto its courses by challenging “the stereotypes of nursing”. Anglia Ruskin University has said it wants its new recruitment video to “bust myths around the profession” that may prevent some people from considering nursing as a career. "There’s…

Professor Jermaine Ravalier has been appointed as Buckinghamshire New University’s new head of School of Health and Social Care Professions, where he will oversee some of its nursing courses. Professor Ravalier, who is currently at Bath Spa University as a professor in organisational psychology and social justice, will join Buckinghamshire…

Northern Ireland is preparing to welcome its next batch of nurses and midwives to the Health and Social Care (HSC) workforce, as over 1,000 students are set to graduate over the next six months. The Department of Health announced today that 644 nurses and midwives will graduate from Queen’s University,…

A midwife with special ties with the University of Bradford has received an outstanding contribution award from the higher education institution. Former student and guest lecturer, Rukeya Miah has been recognised for her career as an award-winning midwife and her advocacy for equality and inclusion within healthcare and leadership. “I…

A network of higher education institutions in London has kicked off a campaign aimed at encouraging young people to pursue nursing degrees. The #StudyNursingLondon initiative was launched earlier this week by London Higher, a membership organisation for universities and higher education colleges across the capital. “Nursing can be a rewarding…

The number of people accepted onto undergraduate nursing courses in the UK has fallen by 10% since last year, according to latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). For the 2023 academic year, which started in September, 26,330 nursing student applicants were accepted onto their courses in…

A report aimed at developing and expanding the role of the advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) in Northern Ireland has been published. The report made a series of recommendations to the Northern Irish Department of Health (DoH) and nursing educators and employers aimed at increasing the numbers and contributions of the…

Our Nursing Times student editors have been appointed for 2023-24 and have already started writing about their experiences and views exclusively for you. As ever, the standard of applications was really high and the selection decisions tough, but we have finally settled on eight student editors from all the entries…

The nursing profession must publicise an image of what a “modern and contemporary nurse does” to challenge old-fashioned perceptions of the profession, the deputy chief nursing officer for England has said. Professor Mark Radford said today that there needed to be greater consensus about what the role of a nurse…

The idea that “nurses eat their young” was debated by senior nurses at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit 2023 today. The well-known idiom refers to nurses bullying or mistreating less experienced colleagues including newly registered nurses and students. "For me that quote, that idea that nurses eat their young, it…