Nutrition Futures 2024
12, Sep 2024 (All day event)
Link to the event and registration: Nutrition Futures 2024 | The Nutrition Society
This two-day event is for animal and human nutrition students and graduates, and will provide them with the opportunity to:
- Meet other students.
- Make new friends and contacts.
- Present your own research findings in a friendly and supportive environment.
- Get professional feedback on your own CV.
- Ask those burning questions of our inspirational careers panel.
- Improve your job-hunting strategy.
- Learn how to stand out from the crowd.
Day One
09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome and Introduction Professor Mary Ward, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ulster University (Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health) & President of the Nutrition Society
09:45 Key Talk One: How The Nutrition Society can Serve Students Allison Barham, Membership Manager, The Nutrition Society
10:15 Speed Networking
10:45 Refreshment Break
11:05 Original Communications Session & Summer Studentship Research Programme Winners Presentations
12:45 Lunch & Headshots
13:45 Workshop 1: Optimising Social Media in Nutrition Georgia Tyler, ANutr, Senior Marketing Manager / Head of Social at ZOE
14:45 International Perspectives on Nutrition Careers: Combining Academic and Nutrition Dr. Leta Pilic, Senior lecturer at St Mary's University Twickenham & founder of Optimyse Nutrition LTD
15:45 Refreshment Break
16:00 Workshop Two: CV Clinic Sue Moseley, Careers Consultant Team Leader, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, King’s College London & Jan Orlebar, Careers Consultant, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, King’s College London
17:00 Close of Day
19:00 Evening Student Social - Location TBC
Day Two
08:30 Morning Session Join the Student Section for a morning walk around Kings Cross, grabbing coffee or breakfast on the go, fuelling up for an exciting day ahead
09:00 Welcome Back Eva-Leanne Thomas, Chair of the Student Section & PhD Student at Queen’s University Belfast
09:10 Key Talk Two: Understanding and navigating accreditation, registration and transfer, and CPD Dr. Glenys Jones RNutr, Deputy Chief Executive, Association for Nutrition
10:30 Refreshment Break
10:45 Original Communications Session & Summer Studentship Research Programme Winners Presentations
12:00 Workshop Three: Interviewing in the World of Nutrition, Sue Moseley, Careers Consultant Team Leader, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, King’s College London & Jan Orlebar, Careers Consultant, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, King’s College London
13:00 Lunch & Headshots
13:45 Careers Panel Q&A
- Animal - Eva Lewis, Head of Food Innovation at Humanativ
- Sports - Alice Oliver, UKSI and Reading Football Club
- Industry - Dr. Holly Neill, Science Officer at Yakult UK & Ireland
- Academia - Professor Mary Ward, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ulster University, (Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health)
- Public Health & policy - Natalie Hickman, RNutr, Private Secretary to the Chief Medical Officer, DHSC
- Non-profit - Dr. Glenys Jones RNutr, Deputy Chief Executive, Association for Nutrition
15:15 Close of Conference
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