Universities

Only pharmacists have signed up to postgraduate pharmacogenomics course

Exclusive: The course, run by Bangor University, had 16 participants in its first year, all of whom were pharmacists.…

‘Several’ universities planning new MPharm courses, says Pharmacy Schools Council

The pharmacy body welcomed the NHS's 'Long-term workforce plan', but warned that capacity and funding will be important challenges.…

Ethnicity awarding gap for UK pharmacy graduates narrowed during COVID-19 pandemic

Exclusive: Data analysis suggests a 4-percentage-point drop in the difference between the proportions of white and ethnic minority MPharm graduates awarded an upper-class degree.…

University of Leicester launches first distance-learning independent prescriber course

The university aims to train 250 pharmacists each year through its distance-learning course, which it says was developed following “employer demand”.…

No pharmacists apply for fully funded place on genomic medicine course

Exclusive: There have been no applications for funded places on the genomic medicine postgraduate course at Swansea University since the funding was allocated in 2019.…

UK pharmacy school admissions increased by 14% in 2021

A total of 4,400 MPharm places were offered in 2021, just a few months after pharmacists were added to the Home Office's shortage occupation list.…

Pale and stale: decolonising the pharmacy degree

In this episode, we take a closer look at what can be done to make the MPharm curriculum and the wider healthcare sciences more inclusive.…

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MPharm student intake increases by more than 10% for second year running

Exclusive: Data show that 4,148 new students began their first year of an MPharm degree in 2020–2021, compared with 3,743 in 2019–2020.…

The COVID-19 campus: MPharm studying during the pandemic

We look at how students and staff at pharmacy schools have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

MPharm awarding gap: the BAME student experience at university (audio)

In the first of two podcasts exploring the MPharm degree awarding gap, four students describe what it feels like going to university to study pharmacy as an ethnic minority, and we summarise our evidence that suggests they may not be alone in their experiences.…