Institute for Optimum Nutrition

What if your interest in nutrition could become something more?

A new career. A deeper understanding of health. A way to support others. Or simply the confidence to finally take your passion for nutrition further.

Whatever your goal, we have a course to help you take that next step.

At ION, you’ll explore the science behind nutrition, health and lifestyle while developing knowledge and practical skills you can take into your future.

Whatever brought you to nutrition, this could be your moment to do something with it.

⏰ But time is running out.

📅 Applications close 13 August

🎓 Courses start 31 August

You’ve thought about it. Now take the next step.

👉 Apply today.

Our new prospectus is out now, and it's the easiest way to understand what personalised nutrition actually means, and where it could take you.

Inside you'll find every course path, from complete beginner to registered nutritional therapist, plus a full breakdown of the BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy, Cert HE Personalised Diet and Health, BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy Top-up, Return to Practice, short courses and our new Postgraduate Diploma in Personalised Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine* subject to validation. Our courses are validated by the University of Portsmouth.

Applications for our August intake close 13 August, with courses starting 31 August, so now's the time to have a look!

Download your free copy at https://www.ion.ac.uk/prospectus?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=promo&utm_campaign=2026-7+PROSPECTUS&utm_id=+2026-7+prospectus

⏰ The clock's ticking – our August intake deadline is almost here!

Applications close on 13 August for:

🎓 BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy – our undergraduate degree, built on our long-standing and well-respected diploma course. This is the full pathway to becoming a qualified Nutritional Therapy practitioner.

🎓 Cert HE Personalised Diet and Health – takes you through the principles of personalised, functional nutrition, whether you want to apply it in your own life or as a first step into the profession.

🎓 BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy Top-up – a fast-track pathway to a full degree using recognised prior learning, exclusive to practitioners who've already studied a functional or systems approach.

🎓 Return to Practice – designed for qualified Nutritional Therapists and BANT non-practising members looking to return to clinical practice.

Our courses are validated by the University of Portsmouth, so you can start (or continue) your journey with total confidence in the qualification you'll come away with.

Our friendly course advisors are here to help:
📞 +44 (0) 20 8614 7815
📧 [email protected]
🌐 ion.ac.uk/speak-to-an-advisor

If you are a student or alumni, refer a friend and get £150* when they join us!

👉 Swipe to see everything you need to know, then head to this link to apply: https://www.ion.ac.uk/our-courses?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=promo&utm_campaign=August+Intake+Deadline&utm_id=August+Intake+deadline+Promo

*Subject to eligibility criteria being met.

Live from our Open Event in Richmond! Brilliant turnout, brilliant conversations, inspiring talks from our graduates and lots of questions to be answered by our ION team. Thank you to everyone who is joining us today.

Doctor's Data Bursary deadline is fast approaching – 3 August! ⏰

Just days left to apply for the Doctor's Data Bursary, worth £3,000 towards our Cert HE Personalised Diet & Health.

This bursary is proudly supported by Doctor's Data, global leaders in functional and integrative laboratory testing for over 50 years.

To be eligible, you'll need to:
✔️ Have an unconditional offer to study the Cert HE Personalised Diet & Health
✔️ Be a UK resident with no immigration restrictions on length of stay
✔️ Have a household income below £43,000
✔️ Follow ION's code of conduct and academic policies

📅 Bursary applications close 3 August
📅 Course applications close 13 August, with classes starting 31 August

Don't miss your chance to start your journey into personalised nutrition, with a little extra support along the way.

Find out more about our partner at doctorsdata.com and their bursary: https://www.ion.ac.uk/bursaries?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=promo&utm_campaign=Doctor%27s+Data+Bursary+Deadline&utm_id=Doctor%27s+Data+bursary

Want to know more before you apply? Come along to our open event this Saturday in Richmond, or book a call with one of our course advisors.

🔥 Are you a practitioner who wants to understand inflammation stage by stage?

This CPD Course is for you. It opens with a focused revision of inflammation as a staged immunological process, from innate activation through to adaptive recruitment, amplification and resolution, with a close look at the clinical levers available at each stage.

You'll then move into the principles of immunomodulation: what it means to work upstream rather than suppress, and why targeting multiple points of the cascade offers a real clinical advantage.

By the end, you'll be able to:

🧬 Describe the four-stage inflammatory process and identify the clinical levers at each stage, moving beyond the binary of suppress or leave alone
🎯 Apply a systematic framework for selecting immunomodulatory nutraceuticals and botanicals based on each client's inflammatory landscape, not diagnosis alone
⚡ Explain the relationship between oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species, redox balance and immune dysregulation, including the role of post-translational protein modification in triggering autoimmunity
🧭 Design antioxidant support strategies that prioritise dietary and endogenous systems, layering targeted supplementation on top while avoiding the pitfalls of excessive antioxidant provision

💻 Live online | 📅 9 and 23 September 2026
👉 Book now! https://www.ion.ac.uk/cpd-live-online-event/regulate-dont-suppress?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=paid+ad&utm_campaign=Promo&utm_id=CPD+Regulate

We are looking for 2 Research Supervisors to join our team in September 2026! 🎓

Support ION undergraduate students through their final research project, from shaping a research question to the finished dissertation. You'll guide students on methods, ethics, and deadlines, give feedback on drafts and first-mark dissertations.

The details:
📍 Remote, self-employed contract
💷 £24.23 per hour of supervision (marking paid separately)
👥 3–8 students per semester, typically around 4
⏱️ Roughly 61 hours per semester for 4 students

What we're looking for:
MSc or PhD in a nutrition-related field (or a PhD in a related field like medicine or biostatistics), plus previous experience supervising research projects.

Applications close midday 10th August 2026.

Full job description and how to apply on ion.bamboohr.com/careers