MSc Health & Safety
Leeds, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 17,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for international students | for UK students: GBP 9,900 per year
Key Summary
As part of this course, you’ll:
- Understand health and safety as an integral part of any organisation
- Learn how to establish and maintain a safe working environment for everyone
- Develop your knowledge of how different organisations use varying levels of safety procedures and understand how to assess their impact on a company.
- Investigate organisations in their entirety and gain a broad knowledge of other departments such as marketing, sales and human resources.
- Explore how departments across a business are affected by health and safety procedures and processes.
- Enhance your understanding of the technical and human aspects of health and safety and the causes of problems, whether machine malfunctions or human misjudgements.
Alternative study routes
You could study this course or PG Dip Health & Safety to achieve an accredited Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) award. If you have already completed an IOSH-accredited postgraduate diploma, you could convert your qualification into a master’s degree by studying two additional research modules part-time over one year.
Learn from experts
IOSH (the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health), the world's leading Professional Body for Health and Safety Practitioners, accredited this course. This means you’ll learn directly from prominent health and safety experts. Your learning will be current and include the latest health and safety issues, risks and practices.
Why study at Health and Safety Leeds Beckett University
- Professionally accredited - by IOSH (the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health), the world's leading Professional Body for Health and Safety Practitioners.
- Specialist facilities
- Part-time option – fit your studies around existing commitments
- Real-life projects – put your learning into practice
Duration
- Full-Time: 1 Year
- Part-Time: 2 Years
There are ways you may be able to fund your course. Sometimes it is possible to get sponsorship from a government body in your country. There are many different options, so have a look through the links carefully to see if they apply to you.
- International Scholarships
- Chevening Scholarships
- US / Canada Direct Loans
Teaching & Learning
Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through several modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.
Core modules
What you'll learn
Ergonomics
Examine how the working relationship between operator, machine, and environment can be adapted for efficiency and safety, understanding the design features and environmental stressors that can occur.
Health & Safety Practice
Study the requirements that are placed upon organisations to ensure legal compliance to enable the management of health and safety risks, and critically relate good practice to the legal requirements so that compliance can be achieved.
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Critically examine the concept of risk as the product of probability and consequences. Develop knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the analytical techniques and the data requirements for quantification.
Applied Research Methods
Gain the theoretical foundation and practical skills required to complete small-scale research or a practice development project. Learn how to write a research proposal, conduct research, and analyse relevant data.
Professional Practice & Development
Learn how to apply your knowledge and skills to other work settings or environments.
Occupational Health & Wellbeing
Focus on the health aspects that may occur if good workplaces and practices are not developed, looking at both physical and mental health and concepts of wellbeing.
Sensible Risk Management
Develop the knowledge of the common types of hazards, and the risk assessment process and skills in the completion of different types of risk assessment for the identified hazards.
Research & Practice Development
Your opportunity to undertake a small-scale piece of research and/or development that underpins your learning.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Synthesize and respond to the complexity of legal/ethical issues within their risk management practice.
- Demonstrate the ability to operate effectively in complex and unpredictable situations within professional contexts.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the dynamic nature of safety management.
- Critically evaluate and synthesize theory and good practice, and demonstrate an ability to engage in research and practice development.
- Apply a critical awareness of the impact of approaches taken by other professionals in attempting to solve common professional problems.
- Demonstrate critical awareness of topical and current issues surrounding the Health and Safety Practitioner.
Following completion of this course, you'll be eligible for certified membership of IOSH. You can then begin working on your portfolio and professional development plan in order to achieve chartered safety and health practitioner status. This could help you to forge a new career in health and safety or it could enhance your current promotion prospects in the sector. You'll be able to create health and safety training programmes and put safety measures in place for a host of companies and industries at home and abroad. Job roles could include:
- Health and safety manager
- Facilities manager
- Risk manager