Looking to keep your career options open in occupational health, safety, and environmental management? This convenient online, two-year part-time MSc/MRES is for you.
In collaboration with NEBOSH, we offer a unique course where you tackle authentic workplace issues, anchoring your dissertation to your professional experience. Your core modules include advanced health, safety, and environmental risk management, as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR) in health, safety, and environmental management.
Choose either a structured MSc or research-focused MRes, whatever works for you.
About this course
Are you ready to take the next step in your career in occupational health, safety and environmental management? This part-time distance learning programme offers opportunities through two distinct pathways: MSc and MRes.
As an MSc student, you’ll complete taught modules during the first year and the initial semester of the second year, ending with a six-month research dissertation. On the other hand, as an MRes student, your emphasis will be on research methodology modules, paving the way for a 12-month, 120-credit research project centred around workplace-related topics in your field.
With our core modules, you’ll flex your skills in research methods, literature review, and research project design. MSc students will explore fundamental subjects such as advanced health, safety and environmental risk management and CSR in health, safety and environmental management.
You’ll also have the flexibility to select additional modules in areas such as disaster management, safety assessment, flood risk, and mental health at work.
Previous students have come from diverse organisations, including BAE Systems, the oil and gas industry, emergency services, NHS, and renewable energy sectors.
NEBOSH MSc/MRes Occupational Health and Safety Management
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Module options
For a full Masters degree, you'll study 180 credits over the duration of your course. Some programmes offer a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) qualification or a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) qualification. For a PGDip, you'll study 120 credits, and for a PGCert, you'll study 60 credits. The modules listed below cover both the MSc and MRes pathways for this programme. Our academics will help guide your choice of modules depending on whether you wish to graduate with an MSc or MRes degree.
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Research Methods (NEBOSH Programmes)
This module looks at various methods used to collect and analyse data in research projects. You'll explore the uses, advantages and disadvantages of the methods and choose the most appropriate for your main research project.
compulsory
20 credits
Literature Review
Topics include the purpose of reviewing the literature in research, practicalities of carrying out a literature review and writing a literature review in a suitable format.
compulsory
20 credits
Advanced Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Management
During this module, you'll explore topics such as the content, structure, scope and implementation of ISO 31000:2009 and BS 31100:2011 and the role and importance of leadership in health, safety and environmental management.
compulsory
20 credits
Corporate Social Responsibility in Health, Safety and Environmental Management
Explore a range of topics including: the principles of social responsibility: accountability, transparency, ethical behaviour, financial probity, respect for stakeholder interests, and respect for the rule of law. Employment and employment relationships, and customer and supplier relationships will also be examined.
compulsory
20 credits
Designing Research Projects
Examine what's required in writing a research proposal. You'll explore how a research problem is formulated, constructing relevant hypotheses, evaluating alternative research methods for suitability and how to create a suitable research design.
core
20 credits
MRes Research Project
You'll carry out a 6-month research project on an agreed topic based at your workplace and write a research dissertation to a professional standard.
core
120 credits
Advanced Disaster and Emergency Management and Continuity Management
Develop an understanding of the potential impact of a disaster on an organisation and methods of managing disasters and emergencies. You'll study historical development, definitions and institutions; law, guidance and sources of information; major incident investigation and public inquiries; and management of disasters and emergencies.
optional
20 credits
Safety Case Production and Assessment
Topics studied on this module include the purpose of the safety case, safety analysis techniques, safety case production and safety case structure.vvvvvvv
optional
20 credits
Mental Health at Work
Examine the characteristics and consequences of common types of mental ill-health within the workplace and their effects on an individual’s health and behaviour. You'll also cover employer obligations under health and safety and disability discrimination law / conventions, and the size of the mental health ‘problem’ within the working population.
optional
20 credits
Our academics
Our staff are at the forefront of research with connections to policymakers and industries that can drive real change.
They’re out studying the latest solutions to climate change and other environmental challenges, and they bring this knowledge to you through research-led teaching.
Steve Pace
Specialist Course Director
Entry Requirements
What do I need?
When it comes to applying for this Postgraduate Taught degree, you'll need an Undergraduate degree (or equivalent). For this course, you'll need a 2:2 from a relevant bachelor's degree.
The programme is designed for graduates who have a studied a subject that is relevant to this course.
If you’re an undergraduate student at Hull, you’re guaranteed a fast-track route to this postgraduate degree, as long as you meet the entry requirements.
In order to ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved.
Typical offer
2:2 in a relevant subject area
Fees & Funding
How much is it?
Scholarships
We offer a number of awards, bursaries and scholarships for eligible students. They're awarded for a variety of reasons including academic achievement and/or to help those eon lower incomes.
Scholarships and bursaries are separate to student loans. And the best bit is, you don't pay a penny back.
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We offer a range of scholarships and awards to students at the university to help with their financial load.
To view all of our scholarships and determine whether you're eligible, please visit our Scholarships and Awards page.
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Future prospects
On completing this course you’ll have the knowledge and skills to provide professional strategic advice and lead and promote health, safety, and environmental performance in your workplace.
Because we're known for offering one-of-a-kind NEBOSH courses, both the university and our graduates have a great reputation among professionals in the Humber and Yorkshire region.
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Make your application online now, and our admissions team will get back to you as soon as possible to make you an offer.
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All modules presented on this course page are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.