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Dental Schools Council

@ukdentalschools

The Dental Schools Council is the representative body for dental schools across the UK and Ireland.

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🗓️Keep an eye out for the DSC Summer School applications to open on the 6th of January! If you're interested in dentistry but don't know where to start, check out what medical schools are offering on our Studying Healthcare website: bit.ly/4iHnre2

🗓️Keep an eye out for the DSC Summer School applications to open on the 6th of January! 

If you're interested in dentistry but don't know where to start, check out what medical schools are offering on our Studying Healthcare website: bit.ly/4iHnre2
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Year 11 & 12 students in England! Applications to our free dental summer schools supported by NHS England are now open! Get tailored application advice and build your understanding of dentistry! Deadline 9 Feb, apply here: shorturl.at/IYtnn criteria apply.

Year 11 & 12 students in England! Applications to our free dental summer schools supported by
<a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a> are now open! Get tailored application advice and build your understanding of dentistry!   

Deadline 9 Feb, apply here: shorturl.at/IYtnn criteria apply.
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Reminder to Yr 11 & 12 students in England to apply for our free dental summer schools supported by NHS England! 🗓️The deadline is Sunday 9 February 2025. Find a school offering a course near you and apply here: bit.ly/4gH50EQ

Reminder to Yr 11 &amp; 12 students in England to apply for our free dental summer schools supported by
<a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a>!  

🗓️The deadline is Sunday 9 February 2025.

Find a school offering a course near you and apply here: bit.ly/4gH50EQ
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Reminder to Yr 11 & 12 students in England to apply for our free dental summer schools supported by NHS England. 🗓️The deadline is 9 February 2025! Apply here: bit.ly/4gH50EQ

Reminder to Yr 11 &amp; 12 students in England to apply for our free dental summer schools supported by
<a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a>.

🗓️The deadline is 9 February 2025! Apply here: bit.ly/4gH50EQ
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Putting the mouth back in the body - Radio 4 at 3.30pm today, or you can catch up online afterwards bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Abstract and Parallel Session submissions are now open for #DEMEC25! We want to hear about what matters to you in dental & medical education. Submit now! demec.org.uk/submit-paralle… demec.org.uk/submit-abstract

Abstract and Parallel Session submissions are now open for #DEMEC25! We want to hear about what matters to you in dental &amp; medical education. Submit now!
demec.org.uk/submit-paralle…
demec.org.uk/submit-abstract
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I’m on Radio 4 NOW learning about how the bacteria in our mouths affect our overall health. There are links between our mouths and diabetes and Alzheimer’s 🤯 I’ve not skipped flossing since recording this… With Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, Zoe Brookes & Iain chapple bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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DSC recently gave evidence in the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry on Fixing NHS Dentistry. The report warns that there is no future for NHS dentistry without action from Government to go further in supporting the dental workforce. Read the report: bit.ly/429conT

DSC recently gave evidence in the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry on Fixing NHS Dentistry. The report warns that there is no future for NHS dentistry without action from Government to go further in supporting the dental workforce. 

Read the report: bit.ly/429conT
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The DSC has published its findings of the 2024 Dental Clinical Academic Survey. It reveals that the number of female dental clinical academics has more than doubled over the last decade, with women now accounting for 48.7% of the workforce. shorturl.at/Jw07b

The DSC has published its findings of the 2024 Dental Clinical Academic Survey. It reveals that the number of female dental clinical academics has more than doubled over the last decade, with women now accounting for 48.7% of the workforce. shorturl.at/Jw07b
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MSC Director of Policy Clare Owen spoke about widening participation in medicine on the BMJ Sharp Scratch podcast. Listen to the full episode here: shorturl.at/nTYY1

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🎉 We’ve just launched @studyinghealthcare on Instagram, TikTok & YouTube! Run by Medical Schools Council and Dental Schools Council, we’ll be offering guidance, tips and more on applying to medical or dental school in the UK. Follow us @studyinghealthcare

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Abstract and Parallel Session submissions are now open for #DEMEC25! We want to hear about what matters to you in medical education. Submit now! demec.org.uk/submit-paralle… demec.org.uk/submit-abstract

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The BBC featured dental students from University of Bristol in their Morning LIVE show last week. It highlighted the key role students play in delivering patient treatments as part of their training. Patients described the care as "really good" and "caring". shorturl.at/cuCAY

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🗓️Join our Preparing for Dentistry Applications Webinar on 2 June! We’ll cover personal statements, interviews, MMIs, UCAT, a Q&A and more. Register here: shorturl.at/RYgPx

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We can’t expand dental school places without fixing the retention issue. Expansion must happen alongside measures to make NHS careers more attractive. We need contract reform, better incentives, and clearer career paths to keep dentists in the NHS. 📄 tinyurl.com/yc5bbfrb

We can’t expand dental school places without fixing the retention issue. Expansion must happen alongside measures to make NHS careers more attractive.
We need contract reform, better incentives, and clearer career paths to keep dentists in the NHS.
📄 tinyurl.com/yc5bbfrb
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Without more training places, we will not have enough dentists to meet NHS demand. Applications are high. Dental schools are ready to take on more students. Now we need government commitment to make it happen. #FixDentistry 📄 tinyurl.com/yc5bbfrb

Without more training places, we will not have enough dentists to meet NHS demand.  Applications are high. Dental schools are ready to take on more students. 

Now we need government commitment to make it happen. #FixDentistry

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Like Dental Schools Council dentist retention was an issue we highlighted in our Nuffield Trust state of NHS dentist reports nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/bold-… nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/are-n…

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The Careers & Enterprise Company published its ‘Examining the skills gap: Inspiring young people to take up careers in health and social care’ report today. The report is a collaboration between 13 NHS employers to find local long-term solutions to key skills gaps in their organisations. MSC and