title: Student voice - A degree of quality.
abstract: IN DECEMBER the government announced plans to develop a new healthcare role, the nursing associate. Consultation continues on what this role will entail, but the training route has been announced as an apprenticeship, and it has been described as a way to avoid the degree-only route to becoming a nurse.
authors.affiliation: University of Brighton.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cowen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*