MSc

Nutrition in Practice

Teaching & Learning

Distance learning

We understand that full-time study does not suit everyone. That’s why we offer courses which give you the opportunity to decide where, when and how you can get involved in learning. Studying a distance learning course offers the convenience and flexibility to make education work for you. Whether you’d like to fit your studies around childcare, develop your skills while working or, quite simply, want to learn from the comfort of your own home, we can help you gain a qualification at a time and pace that suits your lifestyle.

Like our students on campus, you’ll have the same excellent teaching and learning resources, however you’ll find these online instead of a lecture theatre. Not only are all the modules taught online, but you’ll also have access to an online community and more than 140,000 books and journals in our online library.

Technical requirements for distance learning study are detailed in the full guide. Visit our distance learning website for more information.

Overall workload

Each module on our distance learning courses is individually designed to maximise your learning so study requirements will vary. If you choose to study this course by distance learning, as a general guideline, you’ll need to allocate around 10 hours per week to complete each module. You’ll also need a further five hours for additional reading and assignments. However, this may vary depending on the module. Teaching and learning will be delivered using a range of interactive resources. This typically includes audio and video content, group discussions, reflective exercises, quizzes, online reading and much more. All these resources are delivered through our Virtual Learning Environment and can be accessed at a time and place that suits you.

What you'll learn

A population and lifespan based approach to the nutritional needs of individuals and communities, and contemporary issues influencing these.
Study the food systems currently operating across the food chain in agriculture, processing, distribution, retailing and food service. We will increase your awareness of the properties and behaviour of food, and how various systems are managed and operated.
Examine lifestyle conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity and analyse the health, psychosocial, cultural and socioeconomic determinants associated with prevalence.
Explore the theory and principles of human nutrition. You'll focus on integration of nutritional science, clinical science, and food science. Alongside theory, you will develop skills to critically evaluate and integrate current research.
Examine the role of nutrition in the aetiology and trends of nutrition-related diseases. You'll look at the strengths and weaknesses of nutritional epidemiological methods, design concepts and application of appropriate statistical methods.
An opportunity to undertake a small scale piece of research and / or development that supports your health-related practice within nutrition.
Develop both theoretical and practical skills that you will use in your dissertation module.
Develop specific knowledge, skills and competencies directly related to the role of a Public Health Nutritionist in practice such as health inequalities, commissioning, wider public health agenda, project management and planning, collaborative working and reflection on your own CPD.
A population and lifespan based approach to the nutritional needs of individuals and communities, and contemporary issues influencing these.
Study the food systems currently operating across the food chain in agriculture, processing, distribution, retailing and food service. We will increase your awareness of the properties and behaviour of food, and how various systems are managed and operated.
Examine lifestyle conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity and analyse the health, psychosocial, cultural and socioeconomic determinants associated with prevalence.
Explore the theory and principles of human nutrition. You'll focus on integration of nutritional science, clinical science, and food science. Alongside theory, you will develop skills to critically evaluate and integrate current research.
Examine the role of nutrition in the aetiology and trends of nutrition-related diseases. You'll look at the strengths and weaknesses of nutritional epidemiological methods, design concepts and application of appropriate statistical methods.
An opportunity to undertake a small scale piece of research and / or development that supports your health-related practice within nutrition.
Develop both theoretical and practical skills that you will use in your dissertation module.
Develop specific knowledge, skills and competencies directly related to the role of a Public Health Nutritionist in practice such as health inequalities, commissioning, wider public health agenda, project management and planning, collaborative working and reflection on your own CPD.

What you'll learn

An optional four week work experience placement in a nutrition-related environment. Ordinarily this would take place between June and September, but the time frame can be flexible to accommodate your needs and the needs of the placement provider (excluding university teaching and assessment time).
An optional four week work experience placement in a nutrition-related environment. Ordinarily this would take place between June and September, but the time frame can be flexible to accommodate your needs and the needs of the placement provider (excluding university teaching and assessment time).