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Research

Sep 22, 2026

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Social Mobility, Student Insight

What employers can learn from care-experienced students

Emerging findings on how care-experienced students understand and navigate employability provide useful insight for employers looking to make early careers more accessible, explains Laura Dorian, Deputy Director of Careers and Enterprise at Durham University.

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Case Study

Sep 21, 2026

Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

How NESO built an outstanding graduate programme

Molly Edwards, Early Careers Manager at NESO, explains what’s behind their graduate scheme, which won ISE’s Outstanding Graduate Development Programme Award 2026.

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Webinar

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

Can you still use automated applicant screening? Members Only

With the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) making recruitment a key regulatory focus, it is more important than ever that those involved recruiting onto early career programmes are aware of their responsibilities when it comes to handling applicants’ data. This includes how they manage assessment tools like psychometric tests.

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Know-how

Sep 15, 2026

Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment

The work readiness challenge is a shared responsibility

Do graduates and apprentices land in the workplace with the skills they need to thrive and succeed? We hear frequently from employers that they don’t. ISE’s webinar explores what is lacking and what we can we do about it.

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Know-how

Sep 07, 2026

Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment

Give students an experience worth showing up for – in-house

At ISE’s Recruitment Conference Brian Sinclair from Aon shared why he believes the future of early careers attraction is increasingly in-house. He shares how they are designing high-impact experiences that students really value.

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Research

Sep 07, 2026

Apprentice Development, Graduate Development, Student Insight

Mental wellbeing is a critical part of early careers success

New research shows that mental health difficulties among young people have doubled in the past decade. Dr Dominic Kelly, Senior Research Fellow at UCL and Dr Claire Tyler, ISE Head of Insights, explore the challenge, and how employers can support the wellbeing and success of early career hires.

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Know-how

Sep 02, 2026

Internships & Placements, Work Experience – Schools

A new approach to work experience

Employers are modernising their approach to work experience. Stephanie Bishop, Early Careers Senior Manager at AMS explores why and what the new model may look like.

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Webinar

Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment

ISE Insights Live: Skills for 2026/27

Anne-Marie Campion and early careers experts explore the changing face of the workplace; how AI is reshaping EC roles and the skills set that young people need to develop and demonstrate to succeed in this rapidly changing environment.

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Opinion

Aug 25, 2026

Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment

ISE response to Adzuna graduate vacancy figures

Stephen Isherwood, joint CEO, Institute of Student Employers responds to the Adzuna data released 24 August 2026 that shows a 45% year-on-year decline in graduate job vacancies.

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Case Study

Aug 25, 2026

Graduate Development

Work ready graduates need ready managers

Helen Fawcett, Head of Early Careers, explores why manager readiness is becoming just as important as graduate readiness and their approach at National Grid.

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Opinion

Aug 24, 2026

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment

Why graduate employers need different thinkers

Neurodiverse students should be of particular interest to employers, explains Dr. David Gordon, an Associate Professor at De Montfort University and member of ISE’s EDI Working Group.

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Know-how

Aug 17, 2026

Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Internships & Placements

Strengthen your graduate pipeline with insight visits

Partnering with universities to host employer insight visits strengthens your graduate talent pipeline, explains Anna Fons Garcia at Queen Mary University of London.

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