The College organises clinical study visits to well established hospitals in China for practitioners of acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. These trips provide graduates with a valuable opportunity to find out more about the way Chinese medicine is currently practised in its country of origin. More…
The popularity and value of our programme of continuing professional development (CPD) events is well established. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine practitioners from this and other colleges come to Reading to develop their knowledge and meet their peers.
This website is updated regularly, so places should be available for the events listed below (unless they are listed as fully booked). To book a place click 'register' and fill in the online application form. If you have any queries please email Silvia Hovancova or call her on 0118 950 8880.
When acupuncture training courses become booked, we try to arrange supplementary dates in response to demand. If a course is full we will let you know, and automatically put your name on the waiting list, contacting you if a place becomes available again or a new date is arranged.
Event price shown is for full rates. Student rates will show in basket once selected.
Please note that your place is only confirmed once we receive payment .
When courses become booked, we try to arrange supplementary dates in response to demand. If a course is full use the link below to automatically put your name on the waiting list, we will contact you when a place becomes available again or a new date is arranged.
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Energetic emotion testing: looking for less, seeing more |
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Supporting people with cancer |
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| Thu 2 Sept 2010 | Practical ways to use Chinese medicine to help cancer patients with Steve Gascoigne. Read more... Places:
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Contemporary pulse diagnosis |
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| Wed 8 - Sun 12 Sept & Wed 3 - Sat 6 Nov 2010 | A nine-day hands-on course on the fundamentals of the Shen-Hammer system with Scott Tower. Read more... Places:
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Advanced tongue diagnosis |
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| Fri 10 Sept 2010 | Gain greater confidence in evaluating the different tongue signs with Barbara Kirschbaum. Read more... Eligibility: 3rd years and above/ graduates |
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Building a healthy business: strategies for success |
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| Thu 16 Sept 2010 | Developing effective business and marketing strategies with Katherine Berry. Read more... Eligibility: 3rd years and above/ graduates |
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Healing the eyes with acupuncture |
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| Thu 23 - Fri 24 Sept 2010 | There is more to it than Taichong Liv 3! Find out more with Julian Scott. Read more... |
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You the therapist: qi dynamics in the therapeutic encounter |
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| Thu 14 Oct 2010 | Explore how to protect your energy during and after treatment with Michael Pringle. Read more... |
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Getting the point: Liver and Gall bladder location and functions |
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| Thu 21 Oct 2010 | An in-depth look at these points with Danny Blyth and Michael Ng. Read more... |
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Trigger points |
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| Tue 2 - Wed 3 Nov 2011 | An introduction to the use of muscle trigger points in the management of acute and chronic pain with Jennie Longbottom. Read more... |
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How do Chinese masters become masters? |
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| Thu 11 Nov 2010 | Learn how insights from the past and present can help us develop our clinical skills with Charlie Buck. Read more... |
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Needling Skills |
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| Fri 12 Nov 2010 | An opportunity to attend a one-day refresher session and re-inspire your needling technique with Charlie Buck. Read more... |
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Common midwifery complications in acupuncture practice |
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| Thu 9 Dec 2010 | Learn how you can use your skills as an acupuncturist to support and empower women during pregnancy and childbirth with Sharon Yelland. Read more... |
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Shen: emotional disorders and our clinical practice |
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| Sat 22 Jan 2011 | Develop your understanding of the psychic aspects of health disorders with Elisa Rossi Read more... |
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Paediatric tuina |
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| Sun 23 - Mon 24 Jan 2011 | Learn how to treat children using tui na and other techniques with Elisa Rossi. Read more... |
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Getting better at getting the CF |
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| Fri 4 Feb 2011 | An opportunity to attend a one-day 'oral tradition' seminar with Angela Hicks and John Hicks Read more... |
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Diseases in the over 40s - advanced differentiations |
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| Wed 9 - Thu 10 Feb 2011 | Focus on how to alleviate conditions occuring in later life with Radha Thambirajah Read more... |
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The art of feeling qi |
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| Mon 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2011 | Develop your awareness of qi in yourself and your patients with Bill Ryan Read more... |
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The art of projecting qi |
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| Thur 3 Mar 2011 | Learn how to push and pull your qi with clarity and precision with Bill Ryan Read more... |
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The art of using qi to sense qi in others |
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| Fri 4 Mar 2011 | Develop the ability to listen to and evaluate other people's qi with Bill Ryan Read more... |
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2 Sept 2010
Supporting people with cancer
8 - 12 Sept & 3 - 6 Nov 2010
Contemporary pulse diagnosis
10 Sept 2010
Advanced tongue diagnosis
16 Sept 2010
Building a healthy business: strategies for success
23-24 Sept 2010
Healing the eyes with acupuncture
14 Oct 2010
You the therapist: qi dynamics in the therapeutic encounter
21 Oct 2010
Getting the point: Liver and Gall bladder
2 - 3 Nov 2010
Trigger points
11 Nov 2010
How do Chinese masters become masters?
12 Nov 2010
Needling skills
9 Dec 2010
Common midwifery complications
22 Jan 2011
Shen: emotional disorders and our clinical practice
23 - 24 Jan 2011
Paediatric tui na
4 Feb 2011
Getting better at getting the CF
9 - 10 Feb 2011
Diseases in the over 40s
28 Feb - 1 Mar 2011
The art of feeling qi
3 Mar 2011
The art of projecting qi
4 Mar 2011
The art of using qi to sense qi in others
BSc (Hons) Acupuncture courses offered in collaboration with Kingston University. Our students have access to StudySpace Kingston University's online learning resource.
Our acupuncture courses are accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (BAAB)