The AECC University College and the University College of Osteopathy are proposing to merge. The University College of Osteopathy has been training osteopaths for more than one hundred years and the AECC University College has been training chiropractors for more than fifty.

People often ask what the difference is between an osteopath and a chiropractor. Since working in the north of England, our response has often been to say that they are analogous with rugby league and rugby union. In many ways they are similar, they use their hands, they have a shared history, but they have been opposing traditions. We welcome cooperation between the professions.