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Doors open for students and trainees

Benedict Lam, editor of Tomorrow’s Pharmacist, highlights changes affecting students and preregistration trainees

Nottingham students experience working with different healthcare professionals

Over 200 third-year pharmacy students had the opportunity to work with a variety of healthcare professionals through insight placements.

Two MPharm providers within top 50 for health in world university rankings

Two UK universities that offer pharmacy courses have been ranked among the top 50 universities in the world for “clinical, pre-clinical and health” subjects

European Pharmaceutical Students Association reception 2011

On the 28th of February 2011 the EPSA Annual Reception, the 3rd EPSA event of the year, took place at the room Loyola de Palacio in the European Parliament in Brussels

GSK proposes undergraduate tuition fee reimbursement scheme to attract best talent

GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it will reimburse university tuition fees for all graduates it recruits in the UK, if Government proposals for uncapped tuition fees are approved (PJ, 19 February 2011, p187)

New sciences complex to benefit pharmacy at Sunderland

Pharmacy students at Sunderland University are to benefit from a new £8.5m sciences complex, which is opening tomorrow (16 February 2011)

Five-year integrated pharmacy education and training programme proposed

Proposals for a single five-year integrated programme of pharmacy education and training, with joint responsibility from universities and employers, have been put forward in a discussion paper by Modernising Pharmacy Careers (MPC)

Campus pharmacy aims to enhance clinical training of Herts students

Clinical training of pharmacy students at the University of Hertfordshire is set to be enhanced by the opening of a campus pharmacy managed by staff from the university’s school of pharmacy.

Durham University to launch pharmacy degree course

Durham University is preparing to launch a pharmacy degree course in 2013, PJ Online has learnt

Guild proposes expanding NHS bursary scheme to pharmacy students

Pharmacy undergraduates should be entitled to a Government-funded bursary if they agree to work in the NHS for a limited time after they complete their professional registration, according to proposals from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP)

RPS associate and student fees announced

Pharmacy students who live in Great Britain can join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for free while those living outside GB will have to pay £50, according to the latest 2011 membership fees announced this month

Pharmacy students create online videos to raise awareness of male cancers

Third-year pharmacy students at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, have developed online health promotion videos on YouTube to raise awareness of prostate cancer and promote testicular self-examination.

RPS members vote to include students and associates

Students and those with a pharmacy degree who have never been on the British pharmacy register will be eligible to join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society from March 2011 after members voted in favour of creating new categories of student and associate membership

European Pharmaceutical Students Association autumn assembly

Helsinki was the city chosen to host the 7th EPSA Autumn Assembly, and around 250 European pharmacy students gathered in one of the most northern (and cold) capitals of Europe to experience another amazing EPSA event

BPSA members double since fee scrap

Membership of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association has doubled since the introduction of free membership earlier this year

We are the future of pharmacy: please let us in

Voting on the establishment of a student member category for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society closes at noon on 9 December. Why should students be allowed in and what value will they add to the profession? Louise Hemmings, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association, explains

School of Pharmacy merger with UCL decision delayed until spring

The School of Pharmacy, University of London, decision over a possible merger with University College London has been postponed until March 2011 because of the “complex” issues involved, the school’s council has announced

How Manchester’s altruistic approach widens access to an MPharm degree

Manchester University has provided a route into higher education for students who might not normally have had such an opportunity. In this article, David Allison, from the university’s school of pharmacy, together with Julian Skyrme and Mandy Crowe, from its undergraduate recruitment office, describe how this was achieved

Why I would like to join the new Society

Anshu Bhimbat, a fourth-year pharmacy student at King’s College London, explains why she welcomes the proposal for student membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and describes the benefits and services RPS could offer 

The NHS is changing and pharmacy needs to follow

Is the NHS being ripped to pieces or being put in a position to achieve health outcomes that are among the best in the world? Political rhetoric aside, what is changing? And what does it mean for pharmacy? 

Sunderland graduate awarded pharmacy bursary

A pharmacy graduate from the University of Sunderland has been awarded national recognition for her research in the field of genetics

Impact of higher education review on pharmacy course unclear

It is too early to say what impact an independent review into higher education will have on the undergraduate pharmacy course, Anthony Smith, principal and dean of The School of Pharmacy, University of London, has told PJ Online

Oath to pharmacy for students drawn up at Huddersfield

A special oath to pharmacy has been drawn up by staff at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield and was read by 210 students working towards the MPharm degree at a ceremony on Friday 8 October 2010

Campaign against possible School of Pharmacy/UCL merger

Trade unions at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, have launched a campaign against its possible merger with University College London (UCL)

Eight-year time limit introduced for becoming a pharmacist

Applications to join the pharmacy register must be made no more than eight years after the relevant education or training began, the General Pharmaceutical Council has agreed

The 56th International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation World Congress

Over 360 pharmacy students from 45 countries gathered for this year’s International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation World Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Roohil Yusuf gives a breakdown of the programme and what participants experienced

Campaign launched to warn students about the risks of “legal highs”

A campaign that highlights the risks of taking “legal highs” has been launched

University twinning network approved by UNESCO

A global university twinning and networking programme has been launched by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Summer placement at Boots

Are you thinking about where to do your summer placement? Sanda Maung has recently completed her summer placement with Boots and gives an account of her experience and what she learnt

Medway School of Pharmacy listed among top institutions for student satisfaction

Medway School of Pharmacy has come within the top five institutions in a Higher Education Funding Council for England survey of student satisfaction. 

Go east — my University of Nottingham Malaysian Campus experience

In the fourth year of her MPharm, Inderjit Kaur Chima, a pharmacy student at the University of Nottingham, undertook a semester at the Malaysian Campus. In this article, she shares her experience and encourages other students to do the same 

 

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