Our briefing on undergraduate nursing applications processed by UCAS ahead of the 24 March deadline shows a 10 per cent decrease compared to the 2017 cycle. However, they have only decreased in England and Northern Ir... Read More »

The Council of Deans of Health has welcomed the announcement by the Office for Students, the new regulator for higher education in England, of continued additional funding to support undergraduate nursing, midwifery a... Read More »

HEFCE announced on 23 March 2018 the first set of appointments to the sub-panels for the REF 2021 exercise. The Council of Deans of Health is delighted that 13 of our nominees were successful. For the criteria setting... Read More »

I was fortunate to be among the first cohort of scholars, commencing January 2015 and ‘completing’ in May 2016. I first wrote about this experience in a blog for the Council membership that will give you the backgroun... Read More »

Health educators have responded to the release of data showing fewer applications to health and social care courses for entry in 2018/19. The data published by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) sho... Read More »