Course summary
Learn to establish and maintain effective health and safety practices. You’ll keep up to date with the latest issues, risks and practices in the field on this accredited course. 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
- 100% of MSc Health & Safety graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*
- 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
Modules
Core Modules:
- Ergonomics
- Health & Safety Practice
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Applied Research Methods*
- Professional Practice & Development
- Occupational Health & Wellbeing
- Sensible Risk Management
- Research 7 Practice Development
Entry requirements
Applicants should either have at least a 2nd Class Honours degree or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment. Applicants who have completed an IOSH accredited PGDip Health & Safety will be considered for advanced entry and will only need to complete a further 60 level 7 credit points. All applications should be supported by a reference, either academic or professional. Applicants whose 1st language is not English require IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Please see www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk for fee information.
Provider information
Leeds Beckett University
City Campus
Leeds
LS1 3HE