{"id":5834,"date":"2024-07-31T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:02:54","slug":"aecc-university-college-becomes-health-sciences-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/aecc-university-college-becomes-health-sciences-university\/","title":{"rendered":"AECC University College becomes Health Sciences University"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1365px;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>On 26 July 2024, it was announced that AECC University College has changed its name to Health Sciences University (HSU). This follows a lengthy period of consultation and receipt of relevant approvals.<\/p>\n<p>Within the announcement it was stated that:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This new name reflects our broadened scope, depth and level of ambition. We currently offer around 30 accredited health sciences courses and apprenticeships across 10 distinct professions and a growing portfolio of accredited CPD and master classes to the registered and unregistered health and care workforce. In addition, we have developed a large suite of clinical services and have a growing multi-professional research environment and expertise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There will be further diversification of our portfolio following the merger with the University College of Osteopathy from August 2024, and subsequently the launch of a new Health Business School and a range of health professions apprenticeships.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With that clear focus, we have decided to adopt a new name and a new identity which signals our future ambitions.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A copy of the full announcement can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecc.ac.uk\/aecc-university-college-becomes-health-sciences-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>31\/07\/2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5838,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}