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Case Study
Mar 30, 2026
Strategy, Work Experience – Schools

Severn Trent: A strategic approach to work experience

Severn Trent left behind an ad-hoc, reactive approach for high-quality, inclusive work experience at scale – and they’re reaping the rewards. Here’s how.

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Opinion
Mar 24, 2026
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

We can’t solve long-term skills gap with short-term thinking

Solving the skills gap isn’t about hiring ready-made talent, but about how quickly they can learn what the business needs tomorrow, explains Simon Reichwald at Connectr and Chris Shirley at Form the Future.

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Case Study
Nov 17, 2025
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

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.

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Article
Nov 03, 2025
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Careers, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion...

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.

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ISE Research
Oct 15, 2025
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment...

Apprenticeships rise as graduate vacancies drop 8%

ISE’s Student Recruitment Survey 2025 launches with the latest data on the entry-level jobs market.

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Opinion
Sep 11, 2025
Strategy, Technology

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.

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Case Study
Sep 03, 2025
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

Expedia Group adds an ‘always on’ edge to seasonal hiring

ISE caught up with Hayley Bowd, ISE Board Director and Global Emerging Talent Leader at Expedia Group, to find out how they are approaching always-on hiring.

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Case Study
Aug 20, 2025
Graduate Development, Strategy

How the FNZ & Cappfinity graduate programme unlocks success

With retention up 85% and productivity soaring, the FNZ and Cappfinity award winning graduate programme proves that career acceleration isn’t a myth, it’s a measurable reality.

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Know-how
Aug 20, 2025
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

Here’s how employers are actually beating reneges

ISE members got together to share their challenges with reneges and what they’re doing to mitigate risk.

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Know-how
Jul 29, 2025
Apprentice Development, Graduate Development, Strategy

What makes an ISE award winner?

Employers share insights and advice to their award-winning early careers programmes.

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Know-how
Jul 04, 2025
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

Summer slowdown? Get ahead with ‘always-on’ recruitment

In a crowded job market where students are researching year-round, silence over summer is a missed opportunity. The smartest employers are ‘always-on’ using this time to sharpen their strategies rather than press pause. Hannah Holroyd at Stafford Long explains how.

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Feature
Jun 26, 2025
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy

ISE Award winners 2025 revealed

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

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