Frequently Asked Questions

 

Q. What makes the Lakeland College special?

There are many aspects of the Lakeland College experience which come together to provide students with a unique and very special training in homeopathy. The core team collectively hold the vision and energy of the college.

The students we attract are resonating with the energy created by the core team and the existing students and we facilitate the realisation that they are actually very special and amazing people themselves. 

We provide an excellent level of individual support to students and provide the opportunity for energy work and personal development.

Our core team are dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced teachers, teaching from their strengths and passions. All teachers are experienced and busy practitioners. The core team meet on a regular basis including a three day staff residential training every year.

Q. What is the application process?

Prospective students are invited to visit us at either the London or Lakes Campus, sit in on lectures and have an informal chat with a member of the student support team. Once all their questions are answered they complete an application form and pay a non-refundable £300 deposit to secure their place on the course.  The whole Lakeland experience is a journey of personal development and nobody finishes three years without achieving significant learning and consequently we can not predict at the start of the course who is suitable, in other words, you choose us.  We have a very low drop out rate suggesting people don’t get it wrong.

Q. How long is the course?

The Lakeland College homeopathic training is a three year part-time course.  Students attend college one weekend a month, with the academic year starting in October and ending in July. Between college weekends students attend a monthly tutorial group which lasts for two hours.  Clinical training commences in year two and is 4-6 hours per month. 

Q. How much home study do you recommend?

This varies enormously from one individual to another depending on their learning style, which we help to identify.  As a general guide we suggest that students spend about two hours a week on their Learning Journals.  In year one there is guided home study in anatomy and physiology.  By year two we usually find that students are living and breathing their homeopathy and that all their reading is related to the course in one way or another.  The five written cases in year three take approximately four hours each.

Q. What support systems do you have for students?

At every college weekend a member of the core teaching team is identified as the College Guardian for the weekend, their role is to ensure the smooth running of the weekend and make sure that every student has access to whatever they need from the college.

There is a Student Supporter present at every college weekend.  Their role is to be available to support any student who is experiencing difficulty or whose external circumstances are interfering with their study.

A Learning Journal Co-ordinator is available to support students with their learning journals.  She is contactable between college weekends as well as at college weekends.

A Casework Supporter/Assessor is available to all third year students at every college weekend to give feedback and guidance on their written cases. 

Clinical placements and tutor group placements are co-ordinated by a designated member of staff who is available to students with a weekly phone in time.

All students are allocated a Personal Tutor and from second year a Clinical Tutor.

Once a month a day is set aside giving students the opportunity to phone the office for case support. 

College graduates run a mentoring scheme for students.

At the Lakeland College we are very proud at the level of individual support offered to our students, it allows us to get to know them well and it allows them to get to know us.  This is one of the main reasons for our course being three years instead of four.

Q. How do you assess students' progress?

By observation, through the Learning Journal, from the annual reports submitted by the evening tutor and clinical tutor and through regular individual feedback sessions.  Third year cases are the only formally assessed written work that we ask for.  The case writing process is fully supported.

Q. What are the fees?

London         £2500 including vat per annum

Lakes           £2250 including vat per annum 

Fees can be paid annually, quarterly or monthly.

Q. What qualification do you get at the end of the course?

At the end of three years students get a certificate of completion if their attendance at college and at tutor group is 80% or more.  If the student has attended student clinic, completed their Learning Journal and has good reports from their tutors they receive a Licentiate of the Lakeland College. (LLC)

Students who have completed their clinical training (minimum 150 hours), completed their Learning Journal, completed their five cases, and have satisfactory reports from their tutors are awarded Membership of the Lakeland College (MLCHom).

 

Most students complete MLCHom at the end of three years.

Q. Can I join the National Single Register for Homeopaths after graduation?

At the moment graduates from homeopathic colleges can register on one of several national registers.  The Lakeland College currently recommends the register of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (ARH) or the Homeopathic Medical Association (HMA).

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The government have asked the homeopathic profession to have a single register in place by 2008.  A Council consisting of all current registering bodies has been working towards this aim for the last six years (CORH) see links page. The intention is that students graduating from accredited colleges will go straight on to the new single register.

As yet the accreditation process is not in place but the Lakeland College is working very closely with the new body and it is our intention that accreditation for the College is in place as soon as possible.

There will also be an individual route on to the new register, which will be similar to the existing registering processes that all our graduates currently undertake.

During 2007 progress towards the single register has slowly ground to a halt as the existing registers have been unable to agree a viable budget. This is currently a difficult and constantly changing situation with more misinformation circulating than the real facts of the breakdown.

College director Anne Waters has been very active at national level for the last six years, and until June, represented every homeopathic college in the country at CORH. This situation is so fluid that we advise potential students to ring the office on 015394 33601 for an update. Existing students and graduates will be kept up to date via the college newsletter (which can be found in the downloads area of the website) and through the student message board. (September 1st 2007)

Q. What support systems do you have for graduates?

Graduates in both Lakes and London have formed their own graduate circle study groups that meet four times a year, at a college weekend with a speaker of their own choosing.  There is a graduate newsletter.  Graduates run a mentoring scheme for students and have full access to the college support staff. In London the college runs four Continuing Professional Development days for Lakeland College graduates and has an optional fourth year course (5 days) for graduates of Lakeland College and of other colleges who want a taste of Lakeland!