Human Nutrition - Dietetics & Food Science

See what graduates from last year’s Dietetics & Food Science courses at Glasgow Caledonian University went on to do after graduation. The chart below shows how many graduates were employed, in further study & unemployed six months after graduation (the category ‘Others’ includes graduates who were either not available for employment, were taking time out, were starting a job the following month, or were doing something else).

Destinations of Food Bioscience & Nutrition with Dietetics graduates from DLHE survey 2009/10

Employed: 15
Further study: 0
Unemployed: 1
Others: 1
Total 1st degree returns: 17

88% of graduates from our Dietetics & Food Science courses last year who responded to our survey were in employment 6 months after graduation – employers and job titles included the following:

Leicester NHS Trust: Detician
NHS Ayrshire & Arran: Dietician
NHS Cumbria: Dietician
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde: Dietician
Scarbrough NHS Trust: Dietician

Guide to researching graduate vacancies:

• Please refer to our suite of leaflets which will assist you in your search for a graduate job, further study or placement. The leaflets also cover topics including Writing a CV, interview techniques and the application process which you may also find useful. All these leaflets are available from the Careers & Employability Centre, M015 George Moore Building, or can be downloaded from our website. 
• Also look at the listings of graduate jobs in the vacancy section of our site. On average we receive over 30 new vacancies daily and we usually have over 500 graduate jobs, placements and part-time jobs advertised at any one time - be sure to check our website regularly.
• Register with the Careers Service and we will email you jobs matching your specified requirements as soon as they are advertised.

For further information on your degree:

• Options in Food Science (Graduate Prospects)
• Occupational Profiles – Food Technologist (Graduate Prospects)
• Agcas Sector Briefings - Food & Drink

Professional Bodies:

• British Dietetic Association
• Health Professionals Council
• Institue of Food Science & Technology
• Institue of Food Technologists

Publications/websites:

• British Dietetic Association Vacancy listings - vacancies throuout the UK
• Careers in Food & Drink - news, training & jobs
• Food Production Daily - news and information
• Food Recruitment.co.uk - a specialist website for careers in food
• Food Standards Agency - news & research information from the UK government
• The Grocer - news, training and jobs in the UK
• Just Food - global business information for the industry
• NHS Careers - comprehensive advice for working within the NHS
• Scottish Food & Drink - news, business information and articles relevant to the Scottish food & drink industry

Specialist Recruitment Agencies in Human Nutrition:
List being researched

Please email us with other useful sites and we may add them to this list