Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

Infobox University
name = Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
motto = Ad Salutem Per Spinam Manibus
established = 1965


caption = Anglo-European College of Chiropractic Crest
vision =
type = Public
staff =
campus = Suburban
principal = Kenneth Vall
vice_chancellor =
students = 500+
undergrad =
postgrad =
endowment =
affiliations =
city = Bournemouth
state = Dorset
country = England
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affiliations = Bournemouth University
website = http://www.aecc.ac.uk
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The Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) is a chiropractic college and clinic based in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

Opened in 1965, the AECC is the oldest and largest chiropractic college in Europe, home to 500-plus undergraduate students cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/college/course_information/reputation.asp |title=AECC|accessdate=2008=7=16] . It also houses the biggest chiropractic clinic in Europe and is the UK’s largest out-patient clinic, with over 60,000 treatments given at the AECC every year cite web |url= http://www.aecc.ac.uk/clinic/index.asp|title=AECC2|accessdate=2008=7=16] . The clinic is expanding, with a new £3.5m state-of-the-art chiropractic training facility to open in December 2008 cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/news/articles/new_clinic.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] . The AECC is an associate college of Bournemouth University.

College

The college campus is set in a former 19th century convent, located between the Boscombe and Pokesdown areas of Bournemouth. The college is divided into three buildings – the main college building, which is grade II listed, the clinic and the assembly/sports hall. The main college building houses the faculty offices, laboratories, technique rooms, two lecture theatres and the college administration cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/college/index.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] .. The Vilhelm Krause library occupies the former convent chapel, which still contains much of its original stained glass. Arranged over two floors, the library stocks around 12,000 books, 160 periodicals and variety of multimedia resources cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/college/facilities/library.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] . It also holds one of the most extensive collections of [x-rays] in the UK.

In November 2005, the AECC adopted new mission and vision statements cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/college/mission_statement/index.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] to be achieved by the 2010/11 academic year.

Clinic

The clinic opened on the college campus in the early 1980’s and has since developed a high quality reputation both in the UK and worldwide cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/clinic/index.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] . It contains modern diagnostic and chiropractic treatment facilities and has 30 treatment rooms and two x-ray units. Up to 5,000 new patients will be seen by the clinic every year with over 60,000 patient treatments administered every year cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/clinic/index.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] .

New Clinic

The clinic is expanding, with a new £3.5m state-of-the-art chiropractic training facility to open in December 2008 cite web |url=http://www.aecc.ac.uk/clinic/index.asp|title=AECC3|accessdate=2008=7=16] . A fundraising campaign is currently running to generate £500k to successfully complete the project on budget. Clinic patients are examined and treated by student interns (final year college students), faculty staff (Lecturers and Tutors from the college) or associates (fully qualified Chiropractic practitioners based at the clinic). The new clinic will contain up to date diagnostic and chiropractic treatment facilities and an exercise area as well as incorporating 35 treatment rooms.

An official opening ceremony will be held on April 3, 2009 to run alongside the British Chiropractic Association/Anglo-European College of Chiropractic Annual Conference.

Princess of Wales’ visit to the AECC

Diana, Princess of Wales visited the AECC on July 11, 1991 in her role as the college’s patron cite web |url= http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/09/17/09.html|title=Diana|accessdate=2008=7=16] . The Princess came to accept a fellowship from the college, the first ever awarded in the AECC’s history. Upon receiving her fellowship, Diana commented “I am thrilled to receive this, and not that skeleton I saw earlier.”

AC Milan link

In March 2007, AECC staff visited the Serie A football club AC Milan and subsequently built a professional link with the world renowned team cite web |url= http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=401274&sectioncode=26
title=Milan|accessdate=2008=4=3] . The college’s formal agreement with the club has enabled research collaboration with AC Milan’s treatment and assessment centre, MilanLab. In April 2008, AECC principal Kenneth Vall told the Times Higher Education "MilanLab are using the most innovative training methods and chiropractic is a central method of treatment. That is why we (the AECC) want to work with them (AC Milan)."

[http://www.aecc.ac.uk AECC Website]

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