London Calling! Travelling from the big smoke to the small apple!
We recently caught up with student Aggie Majnik who travels from her home in London to the NCA in York for her acupuncture studies on our Four Year (part-time) BSc in Acupuncture. What made you choose the NCA for your studies? My decision was mostly because the course is...
Hand in hand – dental health and nutrition
The Functional Hygienist aka NCA graduate Caroline Smith was inspired to study on our MSc in Nutrition Science and Practice course in the next step of her dental hygiene career, here she tells us more… My passion with Functional Nutrition started with a deep desire to better support my...
Online – a different way to study Chinese Herbal Medicine
Student Bruce McCallum reflects on his first year of the MSc/PGDip Chinese Herbal Medicine course the positives and challenges he’s faced with online study…. Last October, having spent considerable time weighing the options, I started studying Chinese Herbal Medicine at the NCA. After an initial weekend at the college...
From Cosmetics to Cupping
We always love to hear how people discovered acupuncture and why they chose to study Chinese medicine, recent Acupuncture graduate Jiayan Liu shares her story and what she has been up to since graduation. My interest in Chinese medicine began when I was a little girl, as I grew...
How my life has changed: From having an interest in nutrition for personal health reasons to becoming a fully qualified practitioner – Beth Hughes, NCA graduate.
Following the birth of my second child in 2010, life took a dramatic turn. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), aged just 32, with two small children. It was a complete bolt from the blue. Little did I know at the time that it was that start of a...
Could you study for a degree with your partner? First year students Alfa and Karon Isah are married and studying together on the BSc in Acupuncture course, we found out what it’s really been like for them so far….
Karon: Alfa and I decided that we wanted to learn Acupuncture, but it took us a few years to make the commitment and choose where to study. I was excited at the possibility of learning together and eventually working together. The learning together has not, up until now, been...