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Top 10 most read articles of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close we look back at ISE’s most popular content of the year. Here are the articles you shouldn’t miss.

Dec 17, 2025
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development, Technology

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How employers are partners in the curriculum at UWE

Embedding employability in the curriculum is no longer optional, it’s essential for preparing graduates for a rapidly evolving labour market. Gareth Hughes, Careers & Enterprise Development Manager (College of Business & Law) at the University of the West of England, explains their ambitious approach.

Dec 15, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

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Feature

Top 10 most read articles of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close we look back at ISE’s most popular content of the year. Here are the articles you shouldn’t miss.

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development, Technology

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Feature

ISE welcomes three new Board Directors

Institute of Student Employers called an Extraordinary General Meeting(EGM) to formally appoint three new Directors to its Board.

Careers, Policy

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Feature

ISE Award winners 2025 revealed

The ISE Awards are the biggest celebration of early careers recruitment and development in the UK.

Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development, Strategy

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Feature

Here’s how recruiters are actually using AI in hiring

Recruitment professionals share real-world applications of AI tools in hiring processes, highlighting the implementation, benefits, challenges, and advice.

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Technology

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Insight Case Studies

Case Study

How employers are partners in the curriculum at UWE

Embedding employability in the curriculum is no longer optional, it’s essential for preparing graduates for a rapidly evolving labour market. Gareth Hughes, Careers & Enterprise Development Manager (College of Business & Law) at the University of the West of England, explains their ambitious approach.

Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

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Case Study

How a university’s AI tool is boosting employability

University of Huddersfield partnered with Lightcast to develop a career guidance tool using AI-driven LMI, delivering unexpected benefits for the institution and employers. Dave Stanbury, the university’s Deputy Head of Careers, and Carrie Williams from Lightcast, explain how they did it.

Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Technology

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Case Study

What’s behind Sky’s most successful early careers strategy?

Sky was crowned with the Most Successful Early Careers Strategy at this year’s ISE Awards. Early Careers Senior Consultant, Charlotte Stephenson, explains how they did it.

Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development, Strategy

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Case Study

Deloitte returns to face-to-face recruitment

The shift away from traditional milkrounds and towards a more engaging, in-person approach to student recruitment has proven highly effective for Deloitte, says Victoria Whitehill, head of talent engagement.

Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

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Opinion

ISE HE Conference: 6 key takeaways

Nearly 300 careers professionals and industry peers got together to share insight, impact and inspiration at this year’s HE Conference. ISE’s Anne-Marie Campion shares her key takeaways.

Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

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Opinion

6 considerations for hiring potential at any age

Potential has no age limit. Ben Williams at Sten10 considers the shift from ‘early career’ to ‘emerging talent’ programmes and the considerations for fair and objective assessment including a case study from Coventry Building Society.

Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Selection & Assessment

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Opinion

Making AI adoption work

Intentionality, transparency and context matter when adopting AI, explains Chris Webb, a Career Consultant at The University of Huddersfield with a specialist interest in AI.

Strategy, Technology

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Opinion

Your quick guide to 2025’s A-Level results

It’s that time of year again. A-Level results are in, and with them comes a fresh wave of data about university admissions. ISE’s Stephen Isherwood unpicks the headlines.

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Student Insight

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ISE top 10 stats of 2025 you need to know

ISE’s annual recruitment and development surveys offer insight to current and emerging trends. Claire Tyler, Head of Insights, shares our top 10 stats of the year.

Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development

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ISE Research

5 internship and placement trends to watch in 2026

ISE’s Student Recruitment Survey reveals key trends in university work experience opportunities.

Internships & Placements

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ISE Research

How are employers using AI in early careers recruitment?

ISE’s Student Recruitment Survey provides insight to the extent of AI adoption in early careers recruitment, its perceived benefits, and the challenges associated with its use in hiring.

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Technology

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ISE Research

5 trends you need to know from ISE’s Recruitment Survey 2025

Our Student Recruitment Survey 2025 is full of interesting trends and data on the evolving landscape of early careers in the UK. ISE’s Head of Insights, Claire Tyler, unpacks five top trends everyone should know.

Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment, Technology

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Research

4 U.S. signals to watch in early talent recruitment in 2026

Early career recruitment trends coming out of the United States often shape local markets around the world. Krys Ardayfio and Shawn VanDerziel at NACE share the key trends to watch.

Global, Graduate Recruitment, Technology

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Research

How do students find out about employment opportunities?

New research by Lancaster University shines a light on how students find out about jobs, providing useful insight for employer attraction campaigns.

Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Student Insight

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Research

How exposed are graduate jobs to AI & can employers respond?

What aspects of graduate jobs are most exposed to AI, and how should organisations respond? Golo Henseke, Associate Professor at UCL, explains.

Graduate Recruitment, Technology

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Research

7 evidence-based actions to hire untapped talent

Zero Gravity and Dr Claire Tyler, ISE Head of Insights and Senior Research Fellow at UCL, share where underrepresented talent falls out in the recruitment funnel, and what fixes can close the opportunity gap to improve social mobility.

Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment, Social Mobility

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Know-how

What employers & HE need to know about immigration reforms

The UK’s immigration system and visa regime continue to change with announcements from government on an almost weekly basis. Anne-Marie Campion, ISE’s Insights Manager, explains what members need to know.

Global, Graduate Recruitment

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Know-how

How can employers manage and adapt to mass applications?

Student recruitment is under pressure, with record applications and AI reshaping the hiring process. ISE’s Anne-Marie Campion shares insight and advice from our latest webinar.

Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology

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Know-how

6 ways technology is helping Gatsby Benchmark implementation

Innovative digital models are helping educators and employers better operationalise the Gatsby Benchmarks, explain Safa Irfan and Dhruva Banerjee at ProjectSet UK.

Work Experience – Schools

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Know-how

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.

Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

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Article

What you need to know about post-16 skills reforms

In this article Anne-Marie Campion unpacks the recently published White Paper on post 16 Education and Skills and current proposal for apprenticeship reform.

Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Careers, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion...

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