FB2NPP: Nutrition Policy and Professional Conduct

Module code: FB2NPP

Module provider: Food and Nutritional Sciences; School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

Credits: 20

Level: Level 2 (Intermediate)

When you'll be taught: Semester 2

Module convenor: Dr Orla Kennedy, email: o.b.kennedy@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s): IN THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE FB2NEP OR TAKE FB2NS OR TAKE FB2NRP (Compulsory)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

In this module you will begin to develop the professional skills that as a UKVRN Registered Associate Nutritionist you will need to demonstrate to achieve your registration and progress to Registered Nutritionist Status. We will explore who the various actors are in the food, nutrition and health ecosystems, the role they play in local, national and global nutrition policy, regulation/legislation and practice and wider food systems e.g Government And Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s), health systems, World Health Organisation (WHO) Sustainable development goals, industry.

The module is designed around the Association for Nutrition’s Core competency Professional Conduct and Practice. We will explore how as a professional you can demonstrate ethical and professional practice, including working within your own (potential) scope of practice and that of other practitioners. You will learn to apply appropriate communication skills throughout all areas of your practice, underpinned by an evidenced based nutrition/science approach and in line with official guidance in relation to nutrition and health claims, where relevant. You will gain the tools to undertake continuing professional development and reflective practice.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Appreciate how to work within the standards of ethics, conduct and performance of the Association of Nutrition.
2. Critically evaluate current scientific evidence to underpin your practice and activities.
3. Locate and access official guidance on the regulation of nutrition and health claims and understand how these apply in practice to labelling, communications/marketing and nutrition professionals.
4. Develop communication skills for different audiences using a number of different channels.

Module content

Indicative module content includes:

• Who’s who in nutrition?
• Evidenced based nutrition and critical evaluation of the scientific evidence
• Global nutrition and Sustainable development goals
• From science, to policy to practice- the case for folic acid fortification
• Nutrition and health Claims
• Association for Nutrition- standards, ethics, performance and core competencies
• Professional portfolio development
• Ensuring equity, equality, diversity and inclusive nutrition
• Nutrition Communication in industry, media and social media

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module consists of a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops self-directed learning, evaluating and creating collateral for different audiences and channels, and portfolio development.

Study hours

At least 35 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

For AfN accredited programmes, students need to achieve 40% in each assessment.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Weekly formative assessment activities, to put into practice skills developed in course

Assessment 1 - workshop Week 10 summative feedback workshop Week 11

Assessment 2 - workshop Week 8 and summative feedback workshop Week 12

Reassessment

Additional costs