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About BCOM
BCOM has an international reputation for academic and research excellence
BCOM Timeline
1936
- British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy (BCNO) founded by Stanley Lief
1942
- The College's initial site is destroyed by a direct hit from a bomb in the Blitz
1949
- The College moves to Craven Terrace, Bayswater
1953
- Hector Frazer donates Frazer House to the College
1954
- The first year of teaching takes place at Frazer House
1989
- Accreditation by the General Council and Register of Osteopaths (GCRO - the original private professional register)
1992
- Honours degree validated by the University of Westminster
1994
- Conversion degree validated by the University of Westminster
1996
- Lief House site opened by Glenda Jackson MP
1998
- Satellite clinic at Soho Community Hospital in London's West End opened
1999
- RQ awarded to BCOM by the new professional register, the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)
1999
- The College launches the International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research (ICAOR)
2002
- BCNO becomes the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM)
2003
- Frazer House extension completed
2005
- Sector-leading research laboratory completed at Lief House
2006
- New 3+2 Masters Pathway given approval by the University of Westminster
2008
- BCOM validates its innovative undergraduate Masters in Osteopathy degree with London Metropolitan University
2011
- BCOM celebrates its 75th Anniversary
2012
- New validation relationship formed with the University of Plymouth
2012
- BCOM Faculty members on Host Nation Medical Team at London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
2013
- BCOM awarded Recognised Qualification status "approval without conditions” from the GOsC/QAA RQ report for the second consecutive time
2016
- BCOM celebrates its 80th Anniversary
2018
- BCOM awarded Recognised Qualification (RQ) status "approval without conditions" from the GOsC/QAA report for the third consecutive time
2019
- BCOM accepted onto the Office for Students (OfS) Register of English higher education providers
2020
- BCOM adapts to the Covid-19 pandemic and moves teaching and patient consultations online
2021 -
BCOM merges with the European School of Osteopathy
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