Risk and Safety Management

Entry year:: 2024/25
Start date:: October
Study mode:: Part-time, Distance learning
Course duration:: 3 years
Campus:: City

Course modules

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Further guidance on modules

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.

Core modules

Bowtie Risk Management
10 credits

Emergency Response and Crisis Management
10 credits

Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study
10 credits

Hazard Identification
10 credits

Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management Systems
10 credits

Human Factors in Design and Operations
10 credits

Incident Investigation and Analysis
10 credits

Principles of Risk Management
10 credits

Project
60 credits

Research Methods in Risk and Safety Management
10 credits

Risk Reduction and ALARP
10 credits

Optional Modules

Risk Analysis
10 credits

Safety/HSE Cases
10 credits

Risk Analysis for Clean Energy
10 credits

Risk Analysis for Nuclear Safety
10 credits

Clean Energy Safety Cases
10 credits

Nuclear Safety Cases
10 credits

Career paths

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LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Fees and funding

Entry requirements

You will need:

Qualification requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

Students must meet at least one of the following criteria: • An undergraduate degree or equivalent in science, engineering, business management, or related studies, or • Be an industry professional with 5+ years industry experience, with some exposure to risk management tools and techniques, or • Be a mature student with qualifications and experience who in the opinion of the programme team will be able to successfully complete the programme, or • An appropriate combination of undergraduate degree (or academic equivalent) and industry experience at the discretion of the Programme Leader. The entry criterion for English language ability is possession of one of the following qualifications: • IELTS 6.5, or • TOEFL 560 Paper Based/220 Computer Based/ 83 Internet, or • Cambridge examination Board: Advance Certificate of English, grade C or above. Applicants who have studied and successfully achieved a UK degree, or a degree from an English speaking country, are exempt from the requirements to produce evidence of competence in English. Any applicant to the programme who does not match the above English language criteria will be given an interview (by telephone if face to face is not practical) to ascertain their knowledge, skills and experience in relation to the programme requirements. If a student who has been accepted onto the programme subsequently displays difficulty with the technical content and/or English language, support will be provided. In the first instance the module teacher, Project Manager or Programme Leader will discuss the issue with the student (in confidence) and advice would be given to the student. If the problem persists, the Project Manager and/or Programme Leader will discuss options with the student and, where a student has been placed on the programme by their employer, with the employer (with the student’s permission), and the appropriate course of action for the remainder of the programme will be agreed jointly.

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