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Welcome to Newcastle and the Food & Human Nutrition Degree

Professor Chris Seal

Degree Programme Director

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Plan for the day…….

• Welcome and introduction to the University and course

• Life as an FHN student

• Lunch then campus and lab tour (meet staff and students)

• Careers

• Question and answer session

• Finish at approximately 3.00

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City campus university

6,500 students

Over 220 degrees

Teaching quality - excellent

Research-led teaching

The University

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City campus

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Investing in the Future

£200 million new building programme due for completion 2010.

Investment in upgrading existing teaching & learning resources

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University Structure

Medical SciencesHumanities and Social Sciences

Science, Agriculture and Engineering

AFRD Agriculture, Food & Rural Development

CMSClinical Medical

Sciences

FHNFood & Human Nutrition

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Lectures, seminars….

Teaching Methods

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Teaching Methods

Lectures Laboratory practicals

Seminars &

tutorials

Directed reading & learning

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Blackboard VLE

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What does FHN Offer?

• Excellence in teaching

• Excellence in research

– International quality with funding from UK and International sources (Food Standards Agency, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, WCRF etc.)

• Research-led teaching

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• Placement year is integral (compulsory) part of degree programme

• Optional Modules in marketing, management, social policy and languages (at all stages)

• Breadth of degree programme offers opportunities ‘from cells to populations’

What does FHN Offer?

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Stage 1 – foundation in basic sciences introduction to nutrition

Stage 2 – nutrition and food science as key subjects

Placement Year

Stage 3 – specialist nutrition topics, research project

Structure of degree

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Structure of academic year

SEMESTER 1

Induction Week

11 weeks teaching & learning

Christmas holiday

1 week teaching, 2 week assessment period

SEMESTER 2

12 weeks teaching & learning [including Easter holiday]

3 week assessment period

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Modules

Code

Nutrition Principles ACE2036 10 credits

Name Value

10 credits 100 hours student learning

Study 120 credits each year

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Methods of Assessment

Formal end of module examination

[1.5 - 2 hours for 10 credit module]

Continuous Assessment

Essays

Laboratory practical reports

Computer assisted assessment

Oral/poster presentations

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Semester 1

• Introduction to Microbiology (10 credits)

• Introduction to Information Technology (10 credits)

• Introduction to Nutrition (20 credits)

• Introductory Biochemistry for Biologists (20 credits)

• Introduction to Genetics (10 credits)`

Compulsory modulesStage 1

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Semester 2

Physiology (20 credits)

• Introduction to nutrition

Introductory Biochemistry for Biologists

Statistical Methods (10 credits)

Compulsory modulesStage 1

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Stage 1: Optional Modules

Semester 1 French, German or Spanish

British agriculture

Introduction to management

Agri-business economics

Sensation and perceptionSemester 2

Introduction to marketing

Developmental psychology

Development of social psychology

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Semester 1 Nutrition Principles

Introduction to Human Nutrition

Quantitative Techniques

Molecular Genetics and Mammalian Biochemistry

Food Science

Compulsory modulesStage 2

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Semester 2

Experimental human nutrition

Introduction to immunology

Experimental food science

Food microbiology

Food processing technology

Compulsory modulesStage 2

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Semester 1 Consumer culture

Microbial diversity and its applications

French, German or Spanish [all levels]Semester 2 Medicinal plants

Retail marketing

Socio-economic change and social policy

French, German or Spanish [all levels]

Stage 2: Optional Modules

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The Placement Year

• Integral and compulsory

• Lasts a minimum of 31 weeks [although most placements last full year]

• Must be ‘relevant’ to degree programme

• Worldwide

• Eligible for Licentiateship of City & Guilds Institute of London

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Placement Year

Product Development

Research and development

Technical

Retail

Marketing

Research

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Flamingo (Stevenage)

MRC Nutrition Unit

(Cambridge)

ASDA (Leeds)

Moy Park (Grantham)

Food Standards Agency (London)

Human Nutrition Research (Newcastle)

Placement Year

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Other placements include:

• Marks & Spencer

• United Biscuits

• Nestlé UK

• innocent

• Samworth Brothers

• Kerry Foods

• …………………………..and many, many more

• ……including overseas

Placement Year

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Placement Year

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Placement Year

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Semester 1

Human Nutrition

Nutrition and Disease

Biotechnology in the Food Industry

Sports and Exercise nutrition

Honours Research Project

Compulsory modulesStage 3

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Semester 2 Human Nutrition and Health

Plants as Food

Food and Human Nutrition

Honours Research Project

Compulsory modulesStage 3

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Semester 1 Food marketing

Consumer culture

French, German or Spanish [all levels]

Semester 2 Animal product quality and marketing

European Food Policy

Social impact of biology

French, German or Spanish [all levels]

Stage 3: Optional Modules

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Honours Projects

Linking modern research techniques with topical subjects

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• Enable students to get a real feel for research

• Enable students to be both self-reliant and to work as a member of a team

• Develop a number of skills in addition to laboratory based skills:– reading the literature planning experiments

– criticising data writing protocols

– presenting data spreadsheets, statistics

Honours Projects

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• 30 credit module [20 in Semester 1, 10 in Semester 2]

• 300 hours of ‘effort’

• Project topic is selected from a list provided by potential supervisors

• Supervision by academic staff or research staff from academic’s research group

• Assessed by final dissertation and poster presentation

Honours Projects

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• Measuring the food environment of 16-18 year olds in Newcastle: combating the obesogenic environment

• Portion size assessment using a novel computerised tool

• Comparison of solutions of sweetener, sugar and caffeine on food intake and sleep duration in mice

• Antioxidant and total phenolic contents of organic and conventionally grown cereals

• Investigation of medicinal plant extracts in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

• Perceptions of food choice and the ‘food consumption environment’

Honours Projects

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Skills Development

Communications

Computing and IT

Problem solving

Personnel and time management

Team working

Career development

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Finance

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Tuition fee for 2008 will be £3,225

Payment can be deferred until after graduation by taking ‘fee loan’ alongside your student loan

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• Government Scholarships

• University Bursaries

– Means tested on yearly household income

• Faculty Excellence Scholarships Scheme

– Awarded on basis of academic performance

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For further enquiries please contact:

Professor Chris SealSchool of Agriculture Food and Rural DevelopmentAgriculture BuildingNewcastle UniversityNE1 7RU

Tel: 0191 222 7650Email: chris.seal@ncl.ac.uk

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Questions?