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How employers & HE can share data to maximise impact

When it comes to early careers recruitment, data is power. But only if it flows both ways. Too often, employers and universities are working with incomplete pictures.

Oct 06, 2025
Case Study
Oct 01, 2025

Proving Work Experience at Scale: Aon & Connectr

Aon and Connectr delivered a large-scale work experience programme to engage students with financial services and drive social mobility. Phil Sartain at Aon and Charlotte Dudley at Connectr explain how.

Case Study
Sep 29, 2025

What Shoosmiths can teach us about AI in recruitment

Shoosmiths are trailblazers in using AI in recruitment from candidate support during applications to using AI tools in selection. Samantha Hope, Senior Emerging Talent Manager, shares their learnings.

Gaming concepts that will transform future talent training

Gamification is an effective way to transform your training for future talent. The Fairy Job Mother, Shoshanna Davis, explains how.

BCU regional partnerships boost graduate hiring

Birmingham City University (BCU) is piloting collaborative partnerships with other regional players to support graduate long-term employment outcomes whilst simplifying how employers engage with higher education, explains Project Manager Robyn Fisher-Payne.

Disability adjustments: 8 ways to open doors in hiring

Done well, implementing adjustments for disabled students in recruitment shows that your organisation values inclusion and fairness from the very first interaction. Helen Cooke at MyPlus explains how.

ISE AI & student recruitment webinar

Managing mass applications, multiple offers & reneges in the new normal.

ISE Insights

We work to provide expert information and insight to our member organisations and deliver comprehensive research on range of issues affecting graduate, intern and apprenticeship recruitment and development.

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ISE Research

ISE research helps employers, universities, suppliers, and wider stakeholders in the student recruitment and development industry make well-informed decisions about student talent. 

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ISE Student Development Survey 2025 Members Only

Despite an uncertain economic and political environment, ISE members continue to hire more student onto their development programmes. Find an in-depth analysis of data from employer members across a range of sectors and discover trends in development programmes for graduates and school and college leavers.

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Data Dashboards: Student Development 2025 Members Only

We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.

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Student Recruitment Survey 2024 Access Now

The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. The ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.

Ten years ago, not many ISE members were hiring school leavers, now they are.

Ten years from now, we expect many ISE member recruitment teams will not only still target school leavers and graduates, but also career changers, older workers and internal candidates.

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Here you will find the content the ISE Apprenticeships Working Group has been working hard on delivering. 

In order to inform employers of the value of apprenticeships for their organisation.

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Find research, case studies, advice and information curated by ISE’s EDI Working Group to support members in their EDI journey.

From starting out and building a business case to developing a strategy and measuring performance.

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