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Bad medicine. Barts sinks further into the endarkenment.

Published February 16, 2009 | By David Colquhoun

... heard, in January 2011, that Barts has a new Dean of Education, and no longer teaches about alternative ...

Posted in Academia, antiscience, badscience, Barts, Barts and the London, CAM, Chris Fowler, College of Natural Nutrition, Foundation for Integrated Health, Geoffrey Petts, Mark Carroll, naturopathy, nutribollocks, nutrition, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince's Foundation, Quality assessment, St Bartholomew's, supplements, Universities, vice-chancellors, vitalism | Tagged Academia, Anti-science, Barts, Barts and the London, CAM, Geoffrey Petts, homeopathy, Mark Carroll, naturopathy, nutritional therapy, Prince of Wales, Prince's Foundation, quackery, Universities

Is Queen Mary University of London trying to commit scientific suicide?

Published June 29, 2012 | By David Colquhoun

... Richard Horton, in the Lancet, did so in Bullying at Barts. There followed quickly letters from Stuart McDonald and Nick Wright, who ... one of the people with whom I corresponded in support of Barts’ students who, very reasonably, objected to having course work ...

Posted in Academia, assessment, HR bollocks, Human resources, management bollocks, managerialism, metrics, publishing, Queen Mary, Simon Gaskell, Universities | Tagged Academia, assessment, citations, David Bignell, impact factor, metrics, Quality assessment, Queen Mary, Queen Mary University of London, Simon Gaskell, Tom Macdonald, Universities

Not much Freedom of Information at University of Wales, University of Kingston, Robert Gordon University or Napier University

Published October 20, 2009 | By David Colquhoun

... medicine. Barts sinks further into the endarkenment. https://www.dcscience.net/?p=1143 ...

Posted in Academia, acupuncture, antiscience, business, CAM, Central Lancashire, Chinese medicine, Edinburgh Napier University, Education, evidence, Freedom of Information Act, herbal medicine, herbalism, homeopathy, Malcolm McVicar, management bollocks, managerialism, Marc Clement, Michael Pittilo, Northern College of Acupuncture, Public relations, Quality assessment, Robert Gordon's university, Traditional Chinese medicine, Universities, University of Central Lancashire, University of Kingston, University of Salford, University of Westminster, Westminster university | Tagged Academia, acupuncture, alternative medicine, badscience, CAM, Central Lancashire, Edinburgh Napier University, evidence, Geoffrey Petts, herbal medicine, herbalism, homeopathy, Michael Pittilo, Napier university, regulation, TCM, Traditional Chinese medicine, Universities, University of Kingston, University of Wales, vice-chancellors, Westminster university

Prince of Wales Foundation for magic medicine: spin on the meaning of ‘integrated’.

Published May 17, 2009 | By David Colquhoun

... doctors. Professor Chris Fowler, Dean for Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry I first came across Dr ... for his teaching of alternative medicine to students at Barts and the London Medical School on the web site of the Prince’s ...

Posted in Academia, acupuncture, ayurveda, badscience, cancer, Cancer act, chiropractic, chiropractor, Chris Fowler, Cyril Chantler, Dangerous advice, David Peters, Department of Health, Fair trading, Karol Sikora, Mark Carroll, Michael Dixon, Michael Marmot, naturopathy, Politicians, PR, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince's Foundation, Royal London Homeopathic, Skills for Health, Traditional Chinese medicine, Universities, Westminster university, Yale | Tagged Academia, acupuncture, Add new tag, alternative medicine, badscience, Barts and the London, CAM, cancer, chiropractic, Cyril Chantler, Department of Health, Fair trading, homeopathy, HRH, Karol Sikora, Michael Dixon, Michael Marmot, nutritional therapy, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince's Foundation, quackery, Universities, Westminster university

St Bartholomew’s teaches antiscience, but students revolt

Published December 9, 2008 | By David Colquhoun

... published last March, “Teaching integrated health at Barts and the London“. This consists of an interview with two members of staff from what is now known as the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD).. Dr Mark ...

Posted in Academia, acupuncture, assessment, ayurveda, badscience, Barts, Barts and the London, CAM, Chris Fowler, Greenwich Natural Health, homeopathy, hot stone, HRH, Mark Carroll, nutrition, nutritional therapy, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince's Foundation, reflexology, St Bartholomew's, supplements, Universities, Warrier | Tagged ayurveda, ayurvedic, Barts, Barts and the London, Boots, Chris Fowler, Greenwich Natural Health, homeopathy, hot stone, Manipal, Mark Carroll, nutrition, nutritional therapy, St Bartholomew's, Warrier