On 1 March 2010 responsibility for the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists was transferred from the Nutrition Society to the Association for Nutrition (AfN), the new professional body for the regulation and registration of nutritionists. The Society no longer deals with any queries in relation to the Register or course accreditation.

The Nutrition Society is pleased to announce the winner of the Cuthbertson Medal for 2010, Dr Barbara Fielding from the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK. Congratulations to Dr Fielding who will deliver the Cuthbertson Medal lecture at the Annual BAPEN conference on 3 November 2010.

The 2nd Edition of the textbook Nutrition and Metabolism, from the Society’s successful textbook series, is due to be published this autumn. Edited by Dr Susan Lanham-New, Professor Ian A. Macdonald and Professor Helen Roche, the book has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.  Details on how to order the 2nd Edition will be available here soon.

Applications from supervisors are invited for a Rank Prize Nutrition Fund Post-Graduate Studentship in Human Nutrition, to start in October 2011. The maximum grant will be £10,000 pa for four years which can be used to fund partially a studentship with support from a Research Council, Charity or other source. The application form can be obtained online at www.rankprize.org.

25% Autumn discount in application fees for UKVRN Associate Registration. Individuals who have graduated in the last two years with a BSc (Hons) or MSc in a nutritional science or equivalent, and who return a completed Application Form to the Association for Nutrition by 31 December 2010 will be able to take advantage of the autumn 25% discount in application fees for Associate Registration. For full details please see How to Apply.