UCC nursing students 'strongly' advised to hold off buying 'required' iPads 

UCC students' union has flagged the issue with School of Nursing, which is currently requiring all first-year students to have access to their own personal Apple device, with costs of more than €700

The UCC School of Nursing is currently requiring all first-year students to have access to their own personal Apple device, either an iPad or an iPad mini, iOS 12 or higher, and an Apple pen.

University College Cork (UCC) is standing over its decision to require first-year nursing students to have access to an iPad as necessary for the course.

It comes as incoming nursing students were “strongly” advised by their students’ union to hold off purchasing the iPads required by the college after concerns were raised over the new course requirement.