The Interim Professional Body for Nutrition, UK Voluntary Register & Professional Development Unit has moved to permanent offices in Central London.
Our address is:
Professional Affairs,
The Nutrition Society’s Interim Professional Body for Nutrition,
28 Portland Place,
LONDON ,
W1B 1DE.
Our telephone number is : 020 7291 8378.
Please note that, with regret, we cannot deal with queries about studying nutrition or careers in nutrition over the telephone unless previously arranged due to the amount of these queries we receive. Please refer to the Study & Careers section of the website for information, and if these pages do not answer your question use the professional@nutsoc.org.uk email address.
Our fax number is : 020 7631 4688.
Email addresses are still:
PLEASE NOTE - Course Accreditation UPDATE - August 2009
While the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN) is being reorganised, it will not accept new applications for course accreditation.
A further update on the situation will be available in October 2009.
A Reminder For All Registrants
Everyone must be fully aware of and abide by the Code of Ethics and Statement of Professional Conduct especially the Key Responsibilities of Registrants.
In particular the Society reminds all registrants about the fundamental principles which the profession considers to be “paramount” on page 6, paragraph 9 (a) subclauses 5-8:
5. Registrants must ensure that their knowledge, skills and performance are of a high quality, up to date, and relevant to their field of practice.
6. “High quality” knowledge here means externally verifiable evidence from peer reviewed journals, meta-analysis or systematic reviews or consensus reports from national or international expert committees, such as the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and the World Health Organisation, respectively.
7. In the absence of such evidence, work at the cutting edge of innovation in creative new knowledge, services, or developing health improvement, should be based upon established precept and a biologically plausible mechanisms.
8. Practicing nutritionists should be able to show that they work according to prevailing consensus among peers in their field. Consensus could include standards set locally or by specialist or special interest groups.
The Society also reminds all registrants about its guidance about advertising on page 6, paragraph 9 sub-clause (c):
Registrants who are involved in the promotion or advertising of any product or service must ensure that their scientific knowledge and professional skills and experience are used in an accurate and professionally responsible manner. They must not make or support unjustifiable statements relating to particular proprietary products or use a single brand name as the sole description of a product when giving advice or making recommendations to clients.
HAVE YOU RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM A BSc (Hons) OR MSc COURSE IN NUTRITION??
YES? Then you may be eligible for professional registration with the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN)!!
For more information click here
Final Standards of Proficiency
In February 2008, the Professional Affairs Committee approved the standards of proficiency which you can now download and view by clicking here.
The Interim Professional Body for Nutrition are keen to know what you, Society members and aspiring and current registrants, think of the standards which will be used when the new professional body confirms the arrangements for their introduction, provisionally 2010, for entry onto our register – from this time all applicants will need to show that they can meet these standards.
Please send any comments or feedback you have to professional@nutsoc.org.uk. We are especially keen to hear from animal nutritionists with their views of the standards and we are interested to hear all thoughts on the implications of the standards for developing skills and professional training.
PROFESSIONAL NUTRITION
The Nutrition Society vigorously promotes professional nutrition and high standards of professionalism in nutrition. The Society holds voluntary registers and is working towards the protection of the title ‘nutritionist’ in order to protect the public and promote high standards. You can find out more about how we promote professional nutrition in each of these key areas:
• Promoting high standards of professional education through our Course Accreditation scheme [click here] to find about the benefits of this scheme.
• Promoting high standards of professional practice through our Code of Ethics and Statement of Professional Conduct [click here] and our Policy on Professions in the Nutritional Sciences [click here].
• Promoting professional careers for professional nutritionists [click here to find information about how to Become A Nutritionist].
• Public protection thorough our schemes for professional registration. To find out more about how we govern the register click here.
• Promoting nutrition as a profession
In January 2007, for the first time ever, members of the Professional Affairs family who work in the committees that run the register, course accreditation, and undertake development work in working groups got together to discuss Building the Modern Nutrition Profession. Is this your vision for the nutrition profession? Share you views via the bulletin board or contact professional@nutsoc.org.uk. Watch this space for more details.
• SPORTS AND EXERCISE NUTRITION REGISTER (SENr) is a joint venture of the Society with the British Dietetics Association (BDA), and the British Association for Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES), with project funding from UK Sport. At present the register caters for experienced specialists who promote sports performance. To find out more go to www.senr.org.uk or email info@senr.org.uk
