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What do I receive as a student member of
the British Dietetic Association?
You can sign up to receive the following BDA benefits:
- Discounted membership – students pay just £30 per year!
- On-line access to our official magazine Dietetics Today, with all the latest news, reviews and updates on the dietetic profession.
- All the best jobs in our on-line job section Career Choices.
- On-line access to the BDA’s highly acclaimed Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Membership of our NHS-approved trade union, who are on hand to answer all your employment concerns or to represent you in your workplace.
- Free advice from our specialist trade union solicitors on a wide variety of legal issues.
- A 25% discount on key publications such as the Manual of Dietetic Practice and Clinical Paediatric Dietetics.
- Access to the members’ only section of the BDA website, professional guidelines and other on-line publications.
- Professional advice and support from the BDA office.
- Access to courses run by our Centre for Education and Development.
- Opportunity to join one or more of the BDA’s 19 specialist groups, or one of our 9 regional branches.
- Professional indemnity insurance of up to £3 million.
- Access to national events such as our annual conference.
Why not join one (or more) of our groups and branches listed below?
Groups
- Community Nutrition Group.
- Dietitians in HIV and Aids Group.
- Diabetes Management and Education Group.
- Sports Dietitians UK.
- Dietitians Working in Obesity Management Group.
- Food Allergy and Intolerance Group.
- Food Counts.
- Freelance Dietitians Group.
- Gastroenterology Group.
- UK Heart Health and Thoracic Group.
- Mental Health Group.
- Multicultural Nutrition Group.
- National Dietetic Management Group.
- Nutrition Advisory Group for Elderly People.
- Oncology Group.
- Paediatric Group.
- Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group.
- Renal Nutrition Group.
Branches
- Central England.
- East of Scotland.
- Glasgow and West of Scotland.
- London.
- North East.
- North West & North Wales.
- Northern Ireland.
- South Wales.
- Wessex.
- West of England.
- West Midlands.
- Glasgow and West of Scotland.
- Yorkshire.
To find out more about becoming a student member of the BDA, call the membership department on 0121 200 8067.




