Nutritional Therapy for Advanced Learners

CNELM is committed to supporting students with prior learning to join our courses at an advanced stage. Typical applicants seeking exemptions from modules are:

  1. Applicants who have completed a degree course and are seeking specific module exemptions based on a prior degree award, or other courses recognised within the academic framework as degree equivalent.
  2. Nutritional therapy diploma graduates of certificated courses that are not accredited or validated by a University or other providers such as BTEC.

BSc (Hons) Nutritional Science and Dietary Educator Course

Applicants wishing to join the BSc (Hons) Nutritional Science and/or Dietary Educator Certificate at an advanced stage must have:

  • degree credits to transfer within a 5-year currency  and/or can demonstrate continued use of knowledge in the workplace  OR
  • generate a Portfolio of Evidence to demonstrate how prior certificated learning without degree credits meets the learning outcomes for the modules being claimed

MSc/PG Dip/Cert in Personalised Nutrition

Applicants wishing to join the MSc/PG Dip in Personalised Nutrition at an advanced stage must have completed, with assessment, prior CNELM postgraduate modules that were part of a Middlesex University (MU) accredited programme. Applicants that completed prior CNELM postgraduate modules must  demonstrate continued use of the knowledge. Otherwise please ask for a full copy of our Advanced Learner Entry Policy.

CNELM Personalised Nutrition Practice Diploma (PNPD)

Applicants wishing to apply for module exemptions from the PNDP must demonstrate through a Portfolio of Evidence for module or part-module exemptions.

Please note: Supervised Personalised Nutrition Consultations and Practice module must be taken in full by all students completing the PNPD.

Please Note: Students completing the BSc Hons Nutritional Science programme complete two PNPD modules as part of the BSc and are exempted from the two modules on the PNPD.

Portfolio of Evidence

Portfolios of Evidence are formally accredited by CNELM’s Collaborative Partner Accreditation Panel (CPAP) for degree modules; and at the PNPD Verification Panel for PNPD modules.

To ensure quality standards the Link Tutor from Middlesex University attends the CPAP meetings; and the External Verifier for the PNPD attends the PNPD Verification Panel Meetings. Portfolios are reviewed by External Examiners and Verifiers.

CNELM Programme Leaders review Portfolios of Evidence and work with Advanced Learner students to help them present their Portfolios. Programme Leaders present the final Portfolio to the CPAP and the PNPD Verification Panel.

Portfolio development can be a cost and time-effective way to benefit from your prior learning.  CNELM is committed to helping applicants maximise on their prior learning.

If you believe you are eligible for transfer of degree credits or in a position to generate a Portfolio of Evidence then please contact us to request a copy of our Advanced Learner Policy. We can then discuss with you and offer one-to-one guidance, as appropriate to your needs. Guidance for completing Portfolios is available following interview.

Please also review the information in our Prospectus.

Please email at info@cnelm.co.uk for a full copy of our Advanced Learner Entry Policy.


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CNELM is a collaborative partner of Middlesex University (MDX). The undergraduate and postgraduate courses we teach are validated and  quality  assured by MDX. You will receive an MDX award on successful completion and be invited to attend a graduation ceremony at their campus.

The NTEC accredits courses for nutritional therapy. The BSc (Hons) Nutritional Science and the MSc/PG Dip in Personalised Nutrition combined with CNELM’s Personalised Nutrition Practice Diploma (PNPD) are accredited by NTEC.

The CNHC is the voluntary regulator for complementary therapists including Nutritional Therapists. Following successful completion of one of our accredited routes to nutritional therapy practice you will be eligible to apply to register with CNHC as a Nutritional Therapist.

BANT is a professional body for Nutritional Therapists that have completed NTEC accredited courses, or have demonstrated having met the NTEC Core Curriculum and National Occupational Standards set by Skills for Health for nutritional therapy. Practitioner members of BANT are required to register with the CNHC.


The Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) has accredited CNELM’s Dietary Educator Certificate. On successful completion of this course you will be eligible to apply to register as a Dietary Educator with the FHT.

Students that meet verification standards for the ‘NLP Practitioner Certificate’ can apply to register with the Association for Neurolinguistic Programming ANLP.

Students registered with Qualifi that meet the outcomes of the Personalised Nutrition Practice Diploma (PNPD) Course assessed up to Level 6 will receive a Qualifi Endorsed Certificate. Qualifi is a recognised UK awarding organisation regulated in England by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).