Sunset Clause for ANutr Portfolio Pathway
A sunset clause to the ANutr portfolio pathway for UK graduates was agreed to be introduced from January 2021 by the AfN Registration Committee and Council.
The removal of the ANutr portfolio pathway for UK graduates brings the AfN in line with other regulatory bodies, with ANutr entry only available following successful completion of an accredited degree programme or via a portfolio assessment for international applicants (& UK graduates who have successfully requested mitigating circumstances for late submission via the direct entry pathway, for example due to illness).
To ensure current students/graduates on non-accredited degrees are not be unfairly disadvantaged, and to provide time for non-accredited programmes to submit accreditation applications, a 5-year sunset period was agreed. Therefore the ANutr Portfolio pathway will close on 31st December 2025. An ANutr International (& mitigating circumstances) Application pathway will remain open from 1st January 2026.
From 1st January 2026, the following application pathways will be available for UKVRN registration:
- ANutr Direct Entry Application: Available to graduates from AfN Accredited Degrees for up to 3 years from completing their accredited degree.
- ANutr International Portfolio Application: Available to those who completed their nutrition degrees with a non-UK university
- Transfer Application: Available to those with current ANutr registration wishing to transfer to RNutr status
- RNutr Portfolio and EEBN Applications: Available to those who in addition to meeting the degree-level nutrition competencies for ANutr registration also have sufficient post-graduate professional experience to demonstrate the additional RNutr competencies within one or two specialist areas of practice (Animal, Food, Healthcare-Medical, Nutrition Science, Public Health, Sports)
