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For medical schools & institutions

Partner with us for your students' UK readiness

One relationship, three ways to give your students a UK-calibre early-career advantage — structured observership, the Acumen Ascent portfolio programme, and expert clinical-consultation feedback. All under a single Memorandum of Understanding with your institution.

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Three ways to partner

Commission what your cohort needs

Flagship

UK Primary Care Observership

Four-week NHS placements for your Year 5/6 students under a Memorandum of Understanding, with ECTS positioning and documented outputs.

The MOU framework →
Free to your students

Acumen Ascent — portfolio programme

The clinical-portfolio curriculum, free to every student — signpost it from your own VLE to strengthen your cohort's specialty-readiness.

See Ascent →
Cohort events

Clinical Consultation days

Expert consultation-skills feedback days with UK clinical-management refreshers — free for New Vision University students, and commissionable for partner cohorts.

The 22 August day →
Why partner with us

UK clinical-academic credibility, properly governed

FHEQ L6
Senior-undergraduate register, per the QAA Medicine benchmark
5–6 ECTS
Indicative observership load — your university is the sole awarding authority
MOU
Transparent fees, named coordinators, an outputs framework
NHS-real
Practising GP teaching surgeries, not a simulation

Discussions are led personally by Prof Rajesh Varma with the Essex Medical Society academic lead, and the MOU template adapts to your institution's governance framework. We welcome conversations with medical schools across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the wider international community.

Open a partnership conversation

Tell us your cohort size and what you'd like to commission; you'll receive a personal response from the Director.

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