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College Memberships
College membership is for acupuncture and TCM colleges only. This allows one college representative to join the ARA board and allow your students and graduates to directly become full ARA registrants without the need for you to run an association. ARA act as an association for your college providing all the regulatory and professional support, legal advice and practitioner guidance
This is offered by your own customisable college page on the ARA website at no cost to the college – Examples here.
To start your application please click below.
Why This Matters for Your College
- Alignment with a nationally established regulatory authority founded in 2005
- Enhanced institutional credibility and graduate confidence
- A bespoke, co-branded online registration portal for your students
- A seamless transition from education into recognised professional practice
- Increased graduate employability through clear regulatory affiliation
- Opportunities for joint professional development initiatives and updates
- Recognition as an official ARA Partner College
- Offers graduates the support and benefits of an association without the need for your organisation to run one
In today’s environment, students are increasingly asking:
“Who regulates me and where can I get support?”
“How do I demonstrate credibility?”
“How do I differentiate myself in practice?”
By partnering with ARA, your college provides a clear answer.
Benefits for Your Students and Graduates
- Direct access to professional registration with the UK’s largest independent acupuncture stakeholder group
- A recognised standards framework and code of professional conduct
- Regulatory guidance on scope of practice, advertising, and compliance
- Support with professional positioning and credibility
- Ongoing CPD access and professional updates
- Dedicated member support during their transition into practice
- Over 20 partner discounts
- 46% off Balens insurance for practitioners
- London Boroughs Licensing Exemption for clinics in London
- Legal support from our legal advisory team with 5 specialist lawyers
- Access to over 85 customisable practitioner practice legal documents
- Access to payments from over 16 Healthcare insurance companies
- Publish their clinic on our clinic locator
- Registered and listed on our members register
Direct Benefits for Organisation
- Use our business Zoom account for free
- Access to legal documents for your organisation and websites
- Access to legal advice
- Use our policies, codes of safety and other legal frameworks
- Use our logos and name on your website
- Help with complaints and appeals
- Ratify your courses under an Ofqual certification for Level 5 or 6 – (Currently being finalised)
- Have a representative of your college
- invited to the ARA meetings and have a seat on the ARA board
- Advertise your courses on the ARA Course Shop – About to go live
- Free website and email hosting for your organisation