Pharmacy schools

‘Our daughter would still be alive’: Campaign launched over MPharm suicide after wrong exam results

The mother of a pharmacy student who died by suicide after her university wrongly told her that she had failed her second year is campaigning for universities to have a statutory duty of care to prevent more student deaths.

Pharmacists risk being ‘sidelined’ by pharmacy techs, Streeting told

A pharmacy group has warned that pharmacists have been “inadvertently undermined” and are at risk of being “sidelined” by recent government policies aimed at “upskilling pharmacy technicians”.

Aston University upgrades with new £3.3m pharmacy labs

Aston University has revealed its new £3.3m pharmacy training laboratory.

Locate a Locum launches £5k final-year MPharm scholarship fund

The locum booking platform has announced a new scheme offering five final-year MPharm students £1,000 “to support their education” and the opportunity to become “brand ambassadors”. 

PSNI fails to hire new chief executive amid concerns

Northern Ireland’s pharmacy regulator has been “unable” to hire a new chief executive, it has revealed.

League table: Which pharmacy schools aced the June 2024 registration exam?

Find out where your alma mater ranked in the June 2024 GPhC registration assessment…

Concerns over lack of pharmacy academics to teach influx of students

The Pharmacy Schools Council have called for academic pharmacy to be “more attractive” so it can deal with an increase of 1500 pharmacy students by 2031.

Pharmacy Schools Council names new chair for 'time of flux'

The University of Nottingham’s Professor Barrie Kellam has been elected as chair of the Pharmacy Schools Council (PhSC), it has announced.

UPDATED: June registration exam pass rate drops to 75%

The pharmacy regulators have revealed that a quarter of candidates did not pass this summers’ registration exam. 

‘Incredible waste of talent’: PDA slams GPhC for ‘failing’ black students

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has said that the regulator has “failed” black students in its response to a GPhC pharmacy education consultation.