Education and Food & Nutritional Sciences

Education and food and nutritional sciences is a combination that might appear unusual but that reflects a genuine and important connection: food education, health education and the science of nutrition are increasingly recognised as central to public wellbeing, and professionals who understand both the educational and the scientific dimensions of that connection are particularly well equipped to work in health promotion, teaching, community nutrition and food policy.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year programme combines an education strand that explores the personal, social, cultural and political forces that shape learning, in the UK and worldwide, with a food and nutritional sciences strand that develops your scientific understanding of nutrients, food composition, metabolism and public health nutrition. You will study educational theory and practice alongside biochemistry of nutrition, dietetics, food science and the social and cultural dimensions of eating and food choice. The degree includes a sandwich year, a year abroad and work placements, providing structured routes to develop professional experience and international perspective in both aspects of the programme.

The combination develops both scientific literacy, the ability to understand and interpret nutritional evidence, and the pedagogical and communicative skills needed to educate people effectively about health and food. The two strands reinforce each other: teaching and learning theory is directly applicable to health promotion and nutrition education contexts.

Graduates go on to careers in health education, school food programmes, public health nutrition, community health promotion, food industry roles focused on consumer education, teaching (with further qualification), dietetics-adjacent roles and policy. Further study in nutrition, public health, dietetics or education is also a natural route for those seeking professional qualification or specialist roles.