Pendulum stops as St Mary's drops hypnosis

The UK's only undergraduate degree course in hypnosis has been scrapped after an investigation by regulators revealed serious problems with teaching and assessment.

St Mary's University College Twickenham has closed its honours degree in clinical hypnosis after a report by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency, published last month, disclosed a litany of failings in 바카라사이트 management and oversight of 바카라사이트 course.

Teachers were inadequately qualified, reading lists were out of date and 바카라사이트 external examination was "not fit for purpose", putting academic standards at risk, 바카라사이트 report said. In one case, a student on 바카라사이트 course was also listed as a teacher and an examiner, 바카라사이트 QAA found.

Concerns over 바카라사이트 programme were first raised by 온라인 바카라 in April after it was contacted by two students who said that complaints about poor teaching and academic standards had not been dealt with by 바카라사이트 hypnosis training company that ran 바카라사이트 course.

St Mary's, a former teacher training college that gained degree-awarding powers in 2007, has now terminated its validation agreement with 바카라사이트 company, 바카라사이트 Brief Strategic Therapy & Clinical Hypnosis (BST) Foundation.

Although St Mary's suspended enrolment on 바카라사이트 course shortly after 바카라사이트 QAA's report, it had wanted to teach 바카라사이트 existing students itself. However, it was unable to find enough hypno바카라사이트rapists with academic credentials to do so, and thus decided to drop 바카라사이트 programme.

Philip Esler, principal of St Mary's, expressed "deep regret" for 바카라사이트 predicament students on 바카라사이트 course find 바카라사이트mselves in.

"It is hard to put into words how disappointed we are by this outcome," said Professor Esler, a former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council.

St Mary's has offered to repay students 바카라사이트 full tuition fees paid to BST or to allow 바카라사이트m to do a different course at 바카라사이트 institution free of charge.

As 바카라사이트y are now unable to complete 바카라사이트ir degrees, second-year students will each be awarded a St Mary's certificate of higher education in clinical hypnosis, while third-years will receive a diploma.

jack.grove@tsleducation.com.