Certified Short Courses
The certification provides a quality assessment mark for post-qualification courses designed for clinically trained nutritional therapists
The Nutritional Therapy Education Commission (NTEC) provides certification for nutrition courses
NTEC Certified post-qualification training does not imply that learners will be trained as Nutritional Therapists, qualified to work in a therapeutic capacity with clients, or eligible for registration as Nutritional Therapists. Furthermore, NTEC’s role will be to quality assure that post-qualification courses are achieving their intended outcomes.
Certified Short Courses
Provide a quality assessment mark for courses designed for clinically trained nutritional therapists from NTEC accredited courses and other nutrition professionals
Systems Approach to Cancer® Programme for Nutrition Professionals, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
Course - Systems Approach to Cancer - Level 1
Certification awarded for a period of two years (to December 2025)
Nutritional Therapy for Eating Disorders: Advanced Practitioner Programme, The Eating Clinic
Website: www.theeatingclinic.com/ntedapp
Course - Nutritional therapy for eating disorders: Advanced practitioner programme (NTED)
Certification awarded for a period of two years (to September 2026)
Cancer: Nutritional support before, during and after treatment and beyond, the Institute for Optimum Nutrition
Course - Cancer: Nutritional support before, during and after treatment and beyond by Carol Granger
Next three-day course for nutrition practitioners starting 16 September 2025. Certification awarded for a period of two years (to September 2026)
Nutrition in Culinary Practice, Leiths School of Food and Wine
Website: www.leiths.com
Course - Nutrition in Culinary Practice
Certification awarded for a period of two years (to December 2025)
Sports Nutrition Diploma, Trifocus
Course - Diploma in Sports Nutrition
Certification awarded for a period of two years (to May 2026)
Apply for NTEC Certified Post-Qualification Training
A panel of experienced NTEC assessors will assess applications, which can be submitted using the Application Form.
Applications for NTEC certification for post-qualification training is open to:
- Courses meeting the standard of learning and assessment appropriate for qualified nutrition professionals.
- Courses with experiential learning and/or development of practical skills and knowledge, as relevant to Nutritional Therapists and degree-qualified nutrition practitioners, with or without assessment.
Fees are based on the depth of content and duration of the course. For more information on costs, please get in touch with the NTEC administrator.
All courses will have an education level, this means simply a level of difficulty which indicates the complexity of the knowledge and skills associated with the course.
Application form submission check list:
- NTEC submission sheet
- Course handbook or student instruction material (or access to online instruction materials)
- Module / course descriptors
- Teaching materials examples (or an online login to these materials)
- Assessment instructions and marking grid / criteria for all assessments
- Cancellation policy
Please make sure all requested documents are included to avoid any delay in processing your application. See below for additional information about content requirements for a successful application.
All courses successfully achieving NTEC Certification for post-qualification training will be automatically awarded BANT CPD without the need to formally apply to BANT.
Academic Levels explained
Other useful sources include The Quality Assurance Agency.
QAA Framework for Higher Education. See Table 1 for levels and 4.15 and 4.17 for descriptor.
In the UK there are eight levels and Qualified NT practitioners are recognised to have reached a validated (University or other Ofqual recognised validating body for example Qualifi) level of 6 or 7 by completing an NTEC accredited course and other nutrition professionals will have an equivalent level 6 or 7 Nutrition Qualification.
Level 6 qualifications for example include graduate certificates, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees with honours and level 7 includes master’s degrees and postgraduate diplomas. The Regulated Qualifications Framework sets criteria for levels and an individual, corporate body or a commercial company cannot set a level.
NTEC recognises courses that are good for those who have achieved level 6 or higher in their professional qualification, and, if you would like to know more about the skills associated with that level then the following link will be helpful.
Learning Outcomes Explained
Reasonable adjustments should be in place for students with specific needs appropriate to the nature of the course and the length of the course.
All courses submitted to NTEC should have a clear learning outcome(s). These will broadly describe what the course is about and its overall purpose.
NTEC recognises that many courses will be submitted from outside the world of formal education and so will not be expecting multiple learning outcomes, but we do ask for a clear, broad description of what the course is about and how that will benefit practitioners.
The intended learning outcomes for the course describes what the student should be able to do by the end of the course and could include, for example, areas such as knowledge, understanding, application, synthesis and evaluation.
For an example here and as stated above NTEC recognises that some short courses maybe outside formal education. In the same way, if the course is modular, each module should have a set of appropriate learning outcomes which will be narrower, more specific and link to the assessment and marking criteria.
Assessment Processes Explained
Assessment tasks must be aligned to the learning outcomes and provide adequate opportunity for students to demonstrate that they have achieved the learning outcomes which may include assessment of experiential learning for nutrition professionals related to course content.
Experiential learning is simply a way of learning by activity, this might be, for example, be sharing real case studies and discussing them with an experienced tutor, either individually or in a group. The key point is that there is learning by actively engaging in real experiences and then reflecting on those to gain a deeper understanding of the subject. Essentially learning by doing and connecting theory to practice.
Formal assessment can take many forms, and the course provider is actively encouraged to design their own assessment of the learning.
Assessment/marking criteria suggest what the learners are expected to do to demonstrate they have achieved the relevant learning outcomes for the module/course. They should be clear, explicit and transparent in a marking scheme/grid/rubric. See an example here from the University of York. Many more can be found online.
If the learning is experiential, then the guidelines that those teaching the course will use to assess this, should also be provided. This can include an evaluation of the student's practical experience, for example, through evidence-based portfolios/reports which may include analysis, reflections, discussion etc. See here for an example, and you will find more online.
Moderation or second marking, where relevant, should be evidenced, as well as processes for resubmission and remarking. In the event of a failure a suitable range of assessments should be available for students with specific difficulties and reasonable adjustments should be made.
All teaching materials should be referenced, so, a clear list of references should be provided as supporting documentation for any course(s).
We are not expecting you to reference each document submitted or to fully reference each slide, module or the course, but we will want to see one list of references that support all the material being taught.
Course Feedback
NTEC would like to receive feedback from those that have completed your course. When the course has been approved for certification and been completed by a cohort, we will supply you with a link that your graduates can complete.
The feedback will be anonymous and the results will feed into a google sheet that we will be happy to share with you. An example of how this works is available on request.
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