Sweet potato toast

Functional nutritional therapist Catherine Jeans gives us some inspiration for breakfast or lunch with this simple sweet potato toast recipe.
Five minutes with Charlotte Grand

ION graduate Charlotte Grand tells us the story behind The Fertility Kitchen, a resource for supporting women wanting to optimise their fertility, and about her new book.
Fertility: how to get pregnant with functional nutrition

How can dietary and lifestyle guidance support prospective parents on their journey to pregnancy? We spoke to nutritional therapist Julia Young.
Exam Stress: how nutrition can help

How to manage exam stress through understanding what it does to the body – by Catherine Jeans.

BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy

At ION, we understand the need for flexibility. Our undergraduate course is a part-time, modular course, offered in both campus and distance learning modes. The degree can be completed over a four and a half to eight-year period, allowing you to study alongside your professional or personal commitments.
BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy

The undergraduate degree will equip you with a comprehensive understanding of food, nutraceuticals, the use and interpretation of testing, and lifestyle modification. There are four key themes running through the degree: nutrition science; behaviour change and reflection; research; and practice.
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BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy

This course has been specifically designed to take you to being a fully qualified Nutritional Therapist, and, following the latest requirements of BANT, will give you a degree level qualification.
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BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy

Applications are assessed against academic and non-academic selection criteria. Qualification documents or evidence of recognised prior learning (RPL) must be provided as evidence of meeting academic criteria.
BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy

BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy C0503PTD £5,250
Long Covid: A nutritional therapy approach (extracted from Optimum Nutrition, Spring 2021)

With symptoms dubbed ‘long Covid’, many people have found themselves experiencing post-viral fatigue (PVF) following Covid-19 infection, including those who seemingly had a mild bout of the virus
Easy courgette fritters

Whether you’ve got a glut of homegrown courgettes or are simply trying to eat more seasonally, try these easy courgette fritters; perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Key facts

Award
Certificate

Duration
7-9 months

Study time
10-17 hours per week and weekend lectures

Course code
ED200PTD (online learning), rNTSAC

Entry dates
October: ED201PTD
January: ED202PTD
May: ED203PTD

Tuition fees
£2,900 per course

Key facts

Course codes
C0502FTD (full-time)
C0502PTD (part-time)

Award
Graduate Diploma

Credits
120

Duration
1 year full-time
2 years part-time

Study time
20 hours per week full-time
10 hours per week part-time

Entry month
February

Tuition fees*
£7,875 full-time
£3,940 part-time

* For 2022/23 academic year. Fees for subsequent years may increase in line with inflation

Key facts

Course codes
C0503PTD (online)

Award
BSc (Hons)

Credits
360

Pathways
Clinical training pathway

Duration
4.5 years part-time

Study time
15-20 hours per week plus time to attend/watch lectures

Entry month
September and February

Tuition fees
£5,250 per year, years 1-4
£2,625 year 4

* For 2022/23 academic year. Fees for subsequent years may increase in line with inflation

Key facts

Course codes
C0503PTD (online)

Award
BSc (Hons)

Credits
120

Pathways
Qualified nutritional therapist

Duration
1.5 years part-time

Study time
15-20 hours per week plus time to attend/watch lectures

Entry dates
February

Tuition fees*
£5,250 per year, years 1-4
£2,6625 year 5

* For 2022/23 academic year. Fees for subsequent years may increase in line with inflation