Program Overview

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Research-led curriculum

We have a research-led focus to our teaching, ensuring everything you learn is up-to-date and relevant to commercial, public health and research-orientated careers. We were awarded the

Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2017 for Further and Higher Education

, in recognition of our research excellence in the field of food and nutrition.

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Facilities

You’ll benefit from hands-on learning in our £12.5 million

Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory

, where TV screens are used to show you how to conduct experiments and follow scientific protocols.

The Laboratory is fitted with the latest industry equipment, that you’ll use to conduct a full range of experiments with. You’ll complete your first practical in your first two weeks.

The time you spend in our facilities will give you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with nutrition methodology and develop the practical laboratory experience that’s essential in a research career and valued by a wide range of employers.

In your final year, depending on your research project, you may also get to use our dissertation laboratory.

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Teaching staff

You’ll be taught by

lecturers

who are active researchers or clinicians within their respective fields. These may include:

Dr Jonathan Brown

, an expert on polyphenols in health and disease

Dr Adam Collins

, a nutritionist with over 20 years’ experience and expertise in obesity, weight loss, body composition and sports nutrition

Dr Barbara Engel

, a dietitian with over 20 years’ experience and expertise in renal disease

Dr Kourosh Ahmadi

, an expert in precision nutrition

Dr Sarah Bath

, a public health nutrition specialist

Professor Bruce Griffin

, a biomedical scientist with expertise in nutritional metabolism

Professor Sue Lanham-New

, an award-winning researcher with expertise in vitamin D deficiency

Professor Denise Robertson

, an expert in nutritional physiology.

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Professional recognition

BSc (Hons) - Association for Nutrition (AfN)

Accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) for the purpose of eligibility for Direct Entry Registration at Associate Level with the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN).

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Careers and graduate prospects

We offer

careers information, advice and guidance

to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University.

This course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition, which means that on successful completion of your studies, you’ll have the academic requirements needed to apply for direct entry into the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists, to work as an associate nutritionist (ANutr). Once you’ve gained three years of post-degree professional experience, you’ll be eligible to apply for registered nutritionist status (RNutr). ANutr and RNutr nutritionists are the only evidence-based nutritionists recognised by Public Health England and the Department of Health.

97% of our biosciences and medicine graduates go on to employment or further study.* Typical roles include:

Nutritionists

Process technologists

Product developers.

Our alumni can be found in public health, hospital trusts and industrial research laboratories across the UK, with recent graduates working for:

Adelie Foods Ltd

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Nestlé

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The NHS is one of the largest employers of dietitians and nutritionists in the UK and is home to a diverse range of specialist roles in hospitals, practice surgeries, people’s homes and the wider community. Visit the

NHS careers website

for further information.

Some of our graduates go on to create their own nutrition roles within social media and education, working with small and medium-sized enterprises, and start-up companies. Many students also use this course to apply for further study, including postgraduate research.

*Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA