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Nov 10, 2026
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment

How to build high-impact curriculum partnerships

Graduate recruiters face an increasingly dynamic hiring landscape. While automated tools have sent application volumes soaring, early talent teams are actively seeking deeper, more authentic ways to identify work-ready talent. Tracey Hill at the University of Sheffield offers best practice advice on building effective curriculum partnerships.

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Know-how
Nov 04, 2026
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Technology

Forvis Mazars: How employers can build AI-ready talent

The impact of AI on entry-level jobs was one of the defining themes of this year’s ISE Student Recruitment Conference. Erin McKelvey and Robbie White of Forvis Mazars explore the implications, how AI is fundamentally changing the future of early careers and how employers can prepare talent.

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ISE Research
Nov 04, 2026
Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology

How mass applications are changing early careers recruitment

In the second of a four-part series covering key themes from our Student Recruitment Report 2026, Claire Tyler considers how employers are managing record levels of applications while rethinking how they recruit and select talent.

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Know-how
Oct 27, 2026
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

Who are you really competing with for graduates?

Ahead of his opening keynote at the ISE Early Talent Intelligence Summit, Toby Culshaw, author of Talent Intelligence and co-founder of the Talent Intelligence Collective, asks how well early careers teams really know their competition.

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Case Study
Oct 20, 2026
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

How Severn Trent is building the workforce of the future

Building the workforce of the future starts with aligning strategy with business needs, explains Kellie Emery at Severn Trent.

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ISE Research
Oct 19, 2026
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

What the ‘stabilised’ graduate market really looks like

ISE’s Claire Tyler examines what this year's hiring figures reveal about the state of the early careers market. This is the first of a four-part series that explores key themes from our Student Recruitment Report 2026.

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Know-how
Oct 15, 2026
Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology

Finding authentic talent in an AI powered recruitment market

In response to member demand, ISE hosted a virtual open forum where employers shared concerns and solutions for finding authentic talent amid a flood of applications.

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Article
Oct 14, 2026
Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology

Graduate jobs stabilise, but AI use disrupts recruitment

ISE’s Student Recruitment Report 2026 shows that graduate jobs have stabilised, but AI misconduct and record applications are disrupting recruitment.

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Case Study
Oct 06, 2026
Strategy, Work Experience – Schools

BDO blends virtual & in-person work experience for impact

In a competitive talent market work experience is an important way of broadening access to careers and engaging future talent early. Jane Baker explains how BDO has developed their strategy both in-person and virtually.

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Know-how
Oct 05, 2026
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment

What skills are important for the new hiring season?

As employers prepare for the new recruitment cycle, the skills conversation is changing. An ISE webinar explored what employers are looking for and how young people can develop and demonstrate them.

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Case Study
Sep 29, 2026
Apprentice Development

How UEL delivers industry-centric apprenticeships

Apprenticeships at the University of East London (UEL) are a deliberate and strategic diversification. Daljinder Kaur Hopal, Associate Director of Employer Partnerships and Apprenticeships, explain their approach.

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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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