Emversity, Cambridge join hands to boost nursing employability

MUMBAI: Emversity has joined forces with Cambridge University Press and Assessment to give India’s aspiring nurses a decisive edge in the job market. The collaboration brings the Cambridge English for Healthcare Professionals programme to Emversity’s skilling centres and partner universities, offering structured and internationally benchmarked communication training for nursing learners across the country.

The move comes at a crucial time. India has only 17.2 nurses for every 10,000 people, contributing to a staggering 5.8-million shortage in the healthcare workforce. While capacity remains a major concern, employers repeatedly point to communication as one of the biggest barriers to employability. The Cambridge programme is designed to fill exactly this gap.

Built around the CEFR framework from A1 to B1, the training equips learners with practical English skills needed on the job. This includes clear communication with patients, documentation, teamwork, and precision during emergencies. It also supports learners preparing for assessments such as the occupational English test, making it relevant for both domestic and international pathways.

Emversity founder and CEO Vivek Sinha, said the world’s demand for skilled healthcare talent continues to climb, and India is well placed to help bridge the shortage. He added that Emversity aims to equip over one lakh nursing professionals with workplace communication competencies by 2030, calling the Cambridge collaboration a vital step towards that goal.

Emversity chief technology officer Manish Kumar, noted that hospitals consistently highlight three missing skill sets among healthcare graduates: communication, computing and critical thinking. The partnership directly addresses the first, giving learners confidence and clarity across clinical environments.

From the Cambridge side, regional director for English in South Asia, TK Arunachalam, emphasised that the programme blends learning and assessment in a healthcare context, ensuring learners are trained and tested to global standards.

For India’s healthcare ecosystem, the partnership adds rigour where it is most needed. By embedding global communication skills within allied health skilling, Emversity and Cambridge are strengthening the country’s talent pipeline while supporting learners who aspire to build careers at home or abroad.