A warning about long-term damage to the NHS
An expert has warned the NHS faces long-term damage if newly qualified healthcare workers continue struggling to find jobs after graduating. Nursing, midwifery and allied health courses were expanded on the basis of workforce shortages; graduates now report applying for months. If you are entering the final year of a healthcare course, start applications earlier than the course advises. Graduate jobs in the UK covers the market.
Strike threat over 36 jobs at Lincoln
The University and College Union says 36 staff face redundancy at the University of Lincoln and has threatened to ballot for strike action. It is a smaller programme than those at Ulster or Nottingham, and the pattern is the same: cuts announced in summer, disputes running into the autumn term.
Is AI hollowing out group work?
An engineering education researcher asks whether AI is eroding the social core of student teamwork — the negotiating, dividing and explaining that group projects were designed to teach — when each member can produce a plausible section alone. If your course assesses group work, expect the process to be marked as well as the output.
Students stranded weeks after a language school closed
International students at a language school in Limerick have been left without answers weeks after it closed, with neither owners nor regulator resolving their position. It is the clearest recent illustration of what provider failure does to students on visas — and why the protections being debated in the UK matter.