Insights

Know-how

Apr 01, 2025

Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Selection & Assessment

Embracing neurodiversity in hiring

Neurodiversity, encompassing autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and more, offers unique strengths to the workplace. Yet, traditional hiring methods often create barriers. Test Partnership explores challenges and solutions.

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Case Study

Apr 03, 2025

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Development, Internships & Placements

Simulated training is giving talent a fairer start at RBC

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is using simulation-based training to prepare diverse early career candidates for competitive internships. Anna Buckley from AmplifyME explains how.

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Opinion

Feb 27, 2025

Apprentice Development, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Development

Developing breakthrough mindsets are key to graduate success

Supporting students to breakthrough the barriers to their current limitations has a powerful effect on their success at work, explains Jon Down at Grit.

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Know-how

Feb 27, 2025

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

5 ways to attract, encourage and engage disabled students

With universal fashion on the high street and disabled TV stars winning top competitions like Strictly, the time is now to create an inclusive and accessible workplace, says Alice Hargreaves a disabled and neurodivergent entrepreneur and founder of SIC.

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Case Study

Feb 18, 2025

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Internships & Placements, Social Mobility

Virtual work experience aids underrepresented students

Virtual work experience is helping underrepresented students develop skills through the cost-of-living crisis, explains Dominique Mansley at the University of Liverpool.

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Know-how

Jan 22, 2025

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Student Insight, Technology

AI can empower young people struggling to get into work

New research highlights the vital role technology plays in shaping employment opportunities.

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Know-how

Jan 17, 2025

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

How to best attract diverse apprentices in 2025

A recent report demonstrates a rising demand for apprenticeships. Scott Killen at Edinburgh Napier University shares insight to help shape attraction strategies in 2025.

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Research

Nov 27, 2024

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Mobility, Student Insight

What support do commuter students need to transition to work

Research by career consultants at the University of Bradford explores how costs and location are inhibiting commuter students’ transition to professional work after leaving university.

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Know-how

Nov 21, 2024

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Technology

How to stop AI destroying your EDI goals

AI has as much potential to destroy as it does enhance EDI goals. Eli Onboarding, Arctic Shores and HR Biscuit offer advice.

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Opinion

Nov 13, 2024

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Mobility

6 takeaways from ISE’s EDI Conference 2024

ISE’s EDI Conference explored how employers can change cultures and practices to improve outcomes for diverse students and employees. Jayne Cullen, freelance consultant and co-chair of ISE’s social mobility sub-committee, shares her top takeaways.

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Know-how

Nov 07, 2024

Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Selection & Assessment