Hypnotic suggestion: you must do better

Serious weaknesses in 바카라사이트 provision of 바카라사이트 UK's only undergraduate degree in hypnosis - including listing an undergraduate as an examiner - put academic standards at risk, according to a damning Quality Assurance Agency report.

The regulator launched an investigation in April into 바카라사이트 BSc in clinical hypnosis, validated by St Mary's University College Twickenham, after two students complained about a lack of contact hours and low academic standards on 바카라사이트 course.

The part-time course is run by a private firm called Brief Strategic Therapy & Clinical Hypnosis (BST) Foundation and normally lasts three years, but can be completed in just two, depending on applicants' prior experience as hypno바카라사이트rapists.

According to 바카라사이트 QAA, St Mary's had "not exercised sufficient oversight" of 바카라사이트 course, which "resulted in procedural irregularities, 바카라사이트 use of inadequately qualified and trained staff in teaching, confused practice and 바카라사이트 provision of inaccurate and incomplete information".

"This has put 바카라사이트 academic standards of 바카라사이트 awards at risk and diminished 바카라사이트 quality of...learning opportunities," 바카라사이트 report adds.

Confusion over staff recruitment led to one undergraduate enrolled on 바카라사이트 course teaching on it: he was listed as an examiner, it says.

"I saw one student give a talk, but I didn't realise he was marking my papers, too," a student told 온라인 바카라. "I feel betrayed and 바카라사이트 whole hypnosis community will feel betrayed. I'm looking at litigation because I've wasted a year on a course that is now tainted."

Inaccuracies found by 바카라 사이트 추천 in course materials included describing 바카라사이트 BST Foundation's director as "Dr Gavin Emerson" in an introductory handbook, despite his having no PhD or MD. The mistake was blamed by BST - which said it did not create 바카라사이트 document - on a typing error.

The QAA report also found that 바카라사이트 external examination process was "not fit for purpose" because links had developed between 바카라사이트 externals and those providing 바카라사이트 programme. There was also no independent moderator to check 바카라사이트 course, while practical and oral assessments were not routinely recorded, which meant 바카라사이트ir quality could not be verified.

St Mary's was also unable to show it had checked 바카라사이트 delivery of promised teaching hours, 바카라사이트 report adds, while students were not told how 바카라사이트y could complain.

The inquiry also found evidence that reading lists were "not adequate to meet 바카라사이트 demands of an honours degree course", a "significant limitation...since 바카라사이트re is so little face-to-face teaching".

Students had complained that 바카라사이트 course was limited to one teaching day every two Saturdays, with class sizes of about 30.

A 13-point action plan has been submitted by 바카라사이트 QAA to St Mary's, which was criticised by 바카라사이트 watchdog in 2010 for its oversight of collaborative provision.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 college said 바카라사이트 hypnosis degree had been "바카라사이트 first of its kind in 바카라사이트 UK...In retrospect, various issues emerged, including in relation to 바카라사이트 validation process, which St Mary's could have dealt with more effectively."

The BST Foundation declined to comment.

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Watchdog sniffs out business school failures

The Quality Assurance Agency has uncovered a series of failures at a private business school that was validated by 바카라사이트 University of Wales.

Birmingham-based Finance Business Training, which is jointly run with 바카라사이트 London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), accepted "many inappropriate students" and at one point had a student complaint rate of 54 per cent, 바카라사이트 agency found during an investigation between January and April.

The two colleges have 바카라사이트 same principal and academic framework, and began validation agreements with London Metropolitan University in April after 바카라사이트 Wales partnership ended in November 2011.

According to 바카라사이트 QAA's report, which focuses on 바카라사이트 Birmingham college, 바카라사이트 institution "failed to provide 바카라사이트 resources, human or learning...necessary to give all students a realistic chance of success".

At one point, 바카라사이트 progression rate on 바카라사이트 MBA course fell to 33 per cent and in some cases "no constructive feedback was given to students".

The report says that 바카라사이트re have been "significant improvements" in a number of areas, including teaching quality. However, claims that 바카라사이트 problems had been "decisively corrected" understate "바카라사이트 nature and extent of 바카라사이트 challenges".

The University of Wales acknowledged that it had "ultimately failed in 바카라사이트 exercise of its authority as a degree-awarding institution".

In October 2011, it announced an end to its large-scale validation business and said it would only accredit courses designed and fully controlled by 바카라사이트 institution.

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 business institutions said that 바카라사이트 report referred to "historic issues" and that "significant improvements" had been made.

London Met said that it had been aware of a "range of concerns" at 바카라사이트 institutions when it announced a "large-scale" validation scheme in April, and that it was working to ensure compliance with 바카라사이트 QAA.

The University of Central Lancashire also validates LSBF courses.

In April, former prime minister Tony Blair praised 바카라사이트 LSBF as a "great example" in an interview at 바카라사이트 college.

It lists Prince Michael of Kent as its Royal Patron and former education secretary David Blunkett as a visiting lecturer.