Organisation of the College

The College, as its name implies, has international recognition, and students from all over the world travel to England to come to this renowned centre of Oriental medicine. Over the past 28 years, many students have graduated from ICOM (UK) as well as from those Colleges elsewhere that Dr. van Buren was involved with, to go on to provide much-needed healthcare to many sick and injured people all over the world. Some have gone on also to become prominent leaders in the field of Oriental medicine in their own right.

Board of Governors

The College, being a Registered Charity, and therefore a non-profit making organisation, has a Board of Governors. The majority of the members of the board are people drawn from different professional backgrounds other than Oriental medicine. This is in order to provide the College with the best possible advice concerning matters of policy and general strategic decision making.

Members of the Board of Governors are:

• Mr. Michael Hannah (retired) (Chair)
• Mrs. Nina Hannah (retired)
• Mr. R Hughes (Senior Lecturer and Acupuncture Practitioner)
• Mrs. Eileen McLaren (retired)
• Mr. David Jinks (Chartered Surveyor)
• Mr. Kevin Donnelly (Business Consultant)
• Ms. Judy Bowen Jones (Acupuncture Practitioner)

The Senior Management team, responsible for the day to day running of the College, are directly accountable to the Board.

Management Team

The Management Team is responsible for the day to day running of the college, course and clinic, as well as strategic institutional planning. The membership of the Senior Management Team is constituted as follows:

• Joint Programme Leader / General Manager: Penny Kharroubi
• Joint Programme Leader / Director of Clinic: Craig Minto

Academic Course Board

The role of the Academic Course Board is to initiate, develop and review educational policy, the learning and teaching, course design and any other course related issues. The Academic Course Board consists of:

• All Members of the Management Team
• Module Leaders & All teaching staff
• Student representative
• Librarian
• Student Administrator

The Faculty

To ensure the highest standard of academic teaching, the College is fortunate to have a large group of highly qualified and professional individuals who are enthusiastic to impart their knowledge.

All our lecturers are specialists in their own fields; the College is fortunate in having experienced members of staff practising a variety of professions, including osteopathy and bodywork/massage. Also, at different times in the academic year, eminent guest lecturers visit the College to share their specialist knowledge and insight into their particular subjects.