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Smiles as the Peninsula figures rocket
21st Nov 2008
The Peninsula Dental School, the first new dental school in the UK for 40 years and established in 2006, has received news that the level of applications to its course has risen by a phenomenal 122%.
This is more than double the number of applicants in 2007 and far in excess of national trends, where applications for dentistry are up by 10%.
There is a ratio of just under six applicants for each place, putting the Peninsula Dental School on a par with much longer-established dental schools that offer a four-year graduate entry course.
The news comes hard on the heels of a unique dental research collaboration initiated by the Peninsula Dental School, involving it and dental schools at Cardiff University and the University of Bristol.
It is hoped that the collaboration will achieve an international reputation for quality and excellence in research, putting the South West and South Wales on the map for innovative and quality research, and that local dental patients will also benefit from the highest standards of care because it will be directly informed by quality science.
Professor Liz Kay, Dean of the Peninsula Dental School, commented: 'Words cannot express how delighted we are to hear that the Peninsula Dental School's popularity has risen so steeply with those wishing to make dentistry their career.
'My thanks go to my colleagues, who have constructed a first class and innovative dental course and who have marketed it so successfully to the dental sector and prospective students; to our partners in the local NHS and local government who have provided us with vital support; and last but by no means least to our current students, who have embraced the objectives of our course and who are already building an excellent reputation for themselves in the field of dentistry.”
She added: “We will be interviewing over 200 candidates for the course, and we look forward to welcoming those we select in September 2009.”
More information about the Peninsula Dental School is available by logging on at www.pms.ac.uk/dentistry.
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