Alumni Community

Your relationship with ION doesn’t end once you graduate

As an ION graduate, you are very important to us and we would like to continue our journey with you after your studies. 

Every student who graduates from ION is invited to become a member of our Alumni Community. It is a helpful source of information for those working in, or with an interest in, nutrition and its impact on health and wellbeing.

Join the ION Alumni Community

 

Benefits

Once you are an official member of the Alumni Community, you will receive emails from us that are relevant to you and your career, including:

  • Details of internal and external CPD events
  • Job opportunities
  • Discount offers
  • Networking events
  • Opportunities to attend exhibitions and contribute to our Optimum Nutrition newsletter

We would also love to hear from you too, to find out where your education has taken you. Whether you’re involved in an exciting project, have published a new book, or have anything you want to shout about, we will endeavour to support you and showcase all of the important work that our graduates have done since gaining their qualification.   

As an ION alumni community member you may also wish to support current students and ION events:

  • Speak to prospective students about what it is like studying at ION at one of our open days/evenings.
  • Allow students to observe you in your clinic. 
  • Share your career path and experiences with new graduates at the graduation ceremony that takes place once a year.  
  • Volunteer to help at one of the public or trade events at which ION are exhibiting.   
  • Offer work experience or employment opportunities to graduates of ION and help to inspire them on their journey. 
  • Provide your expertise as a speaker or facilitator for one of ION's nutrition courses or outreach programmes. 

Support the learning of nutritional therapy

Support the future of ION and the next generation of alumni by giving a gift to the Annual Fund or support students through scholarships, bursaries, prizes, equipment, resources.

For further information on getting involved please contact us.

 

Referral scheme

Alumni and current students are important ambassadors for the Nutritional Therapy Degree and Graduate Diploma Integrative Functional Nutrition. From the rigour of the courses to the value of cohort-based learning, no one knows ION better. That’s why we’d like your help to identify the next generation of ION candidates.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to turn their passion for food, nutrition and lifestyle into a new career. By referring a colleague, friend, or family member to ION, you’ll expand your alumni network, build the reputation of the ION degree and Graduate Diploma, and stay connected to the ION community.

As a thank you for your referral, you’ll be eligible to receive £150 upon that student’s first term of registration and the below criteria being met.

To refer a student, you must either be a graduate of ION or be actively studying with ION.

Eligibility criteria for referred students

    1. The scheme only applies to new students who are referred to, and go on to study at ION.
    2. ION is not liable to make a payment in the event that a prospective student is not offered a place on the course, chooses not to accept the offer, does not start the course or is withdrawn from the course due to non-participation, or is not up to date with their tuition fee payments for their first 10 weeks of the course.
    3. Retrospective claims for students already on the relevant course do not qualify.
    4. For the Referrers to qualify for a reward - the Referred Students must successfully register and be accepted onto an ION course, complete their first semester/trimester and be up to date with their tuition fee payments.
    5. Referred Students must identify their alumni Referrer upon application to ION via our direct application form.
    6. Applicants applying via agents or those studying/or who have studied with our validating partner are not eligible.

Who is not eligible to participate?

    1. Employees of ION (including full-time, part-time and associate staff who are contracted to ION) are prohibited from participation in this Scheme, either as a Referrer or as a Referred Student.
    2. Recruitment agents with whom ION has a working relationship or existing contractual relationship.
    3. Students who enrol through an agency will not be considered as a valid referral under this scheme. By the word ‘agency’, we mean any organisation or individual agent which supports the recruitment of students to ION and receives a commission for doing so. Note: Referred Students who subsequently take up the services of a recruitment agent after being referred as part of this Scheme, would thereby invalidate a referral.

      Once your referee has made their application to ION, you will need to email [email protected], letting us know that you have referred someone. The team will send across an application form for you to complete. You will need:

        1. Your name and student number, if you are a current student with us. If you are one of our alumni, you will need to state the year your graduated and from which course.
        2. Your referee’s name, student ID and the nature of your relationship
        3. Your bank details

      If you have any questions, please email: [email protected].

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