Environmental Health MSc

This module aims to develop appropriate administrative, communication and practical skills required for successful academic and professional progress. In this module students will develop an appreciation of governance and the legal systems, including legal doctrines, using communicable diseases control as a backdrop. Students will gain a clear understanding of the methodologies utilised in establishing causation, the role of public health and increase awareness of the multiple strategies implemented to improve the health of the population in a variety of settings (community and national).

This module provides students with an overview of the theory and application of risk management in public protection as it is applied at a strategic level from a multi-disciplinary, science-led perspective. Students will be able to use frameworks to relate the functions of risk management generally and specifically to environmental health practices and the actors that perform them to understand better the decision-making process and the factors that influence the mitigation options.

This module explores the relevant legislative and non-legislative remedies available to intervene on individual and strategic levels to deliver safer and healthier housing and local environments and provides students with a basic understanding of the principles, terminology and methods underlying the construction and performance of residential buildings and the practical and cognitive skills to recognise building defects and to be able to specify suitable diagnostic treatment.

This module aims to provide a coherent body of professional knowledge to explore and critique the theoretical and practical aspects of identifying, managing and controlling food safety risks throughout the food chain. To thoroughly appraise the factors that determine food safety provision including legal requirements, management responsibilities, systems, and control options. To determine and evaluate the appropriateness of legal, and managerial approaches considering current best practice, and to investigate the influence of external factors.

It will also seek to develop a deeper understanding of the role of communication and coaching/ non-enforcement approaches applicable to food safety to support student’s roles as future practitioners.

This module is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge and skills required to assess, evaluate, and ascertain the ramifications of pollution in the three environmental compartments. The focus extends to understanding the potential or acknowledged impact on both human health and the environment. Furthermore, the module addresses methods to minimise such impacts through effective control management strategies, compliance with legislation, and proper permitting procedures. Special emphasis will be placed on exploring the interconnectedness of ecosystem services, sustainability principles, and their implications for human health and well-being.

This module aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the theory and application of risk management in the context of workplace, work environment and work equipment safety including exploration of physiological and psychological risks arising from workplace settings and the methods employed to mitigate these risks.

To provide students with the organisational and research management skills to formulate research questions, design and implement an MSc project. Where appropriate, students will undertake fieldwork to generate quantitative and/or qualitative data, whilst other projects will utilise existing datasets collected from existing studies. The project scope will focus on an area of professional Environmental Health Practice.

This practical based module is designed to develop a detailed knowledge of the composition and properties of foodstuffs and the relationship with safety, fitness, and quality within an overarching public health framework.

It will also seek to develop a deeper understanding of the role of communication approaches applicable to dealing with foodstuffs to support student’s roles as future practitioners.

This module aims to develop appropriate administrative, communication and practical skills required for successful academic and professional progress. In this module students will develop an appreciation of governance and the legal systems, including legal doctrines, using communicable diseases control as a backdrop. Students will gain a clear understanding of the methodologies utilised in establishing causation, the role of public health and increase awareness of the multiple strategies implemented to improve the health of the population in a variety of settings (community and national).

This module provides students with an overview of the theory and application of risk management in public protection as it is applied at a strategic level from a multi-disciplinary, science-led perspective. Students will be able to use frameworks to relate the functions of risk management generally and specifically to environmental health practices and the actors that perform them to understand better the decision-making process and the factors that influence the mitigation options.

This module explores the relevant legislative and non-legislative remedies available to intervene on individual and strategic levels to deliver safer and healthier housing and local environments and provides students with a basic understanding of the principles, terminology and methods underlying the construction and performance of residential buildings and the practical and cognitive skills to recognise building defects and to be able to specify suitable diagnostic treatment.

This module aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the theory and application of risk management in the context of workplace, work environment and work equipment safety including exploration of physiological and psychological risks arising from workplace settings and the methods employed to mitigate these risks.

This module aims to provide a coherent body of professional knowledge to explore and critique the theoretical and practical aspects of identifying, managing and controlling food safety risks throughout the food chain. To thoroughly appraise the factors that determine food safety provision including legal requirements, management responsibilities, systems, and control options. To determine and evaluate the appropriateness of legal, and managerial approaches considering current best practice, and to investigate the influence of external factors.

It will also seek to develop a deeper understanding of the role of communication and coaching/ non-enforcement approaches applicable to food safety to support student’s roles as future practitioners.

This module is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge and skills required to assess, evaluate, and ascertain the ramifications of pollution in the three environmental compartments. The focus extends to understanding the potential or acknowledged impact on both human health and the environment. Furthermore, the module addresses methods to minimise such impacts through effective control management strategies, compliance with legislation, and proper permitting procedures. Special emphasis will be placed on exploring the interconnectedness of ecosystem services, sustainability principles, and their implications for human health and well-being.

This practical based module is designed to develop a detailed knowledge of the composition and properties of foodstuffs and the relationship with safety, fitness, and quality within an overarching public health framework.

It will also seek to develop a deeper understanding of the role of communication approaches applicable to dealing with foodstuffs to support student’s roles as future practitioners.

To provide students with the organisational and research management skills to formulate research questions, design and implement an MSc project. Where appropriate, students will undertake fieldwork to generate quantitative and/or qualitative data, whilst other projects will utilise existing datasets collected from existing studies. The project scope will focus on an area of professional Environmental Health Practice.

Students gain knowledge and understanding through engagement with learning activities such as key concept sessions, seminars, workshops, laboratory and other practical sessions. These taught sessions are further augmented through a variety of directed and self-directed learning activities, e.g. projects, case study analysis, and portfolio development. These methods are designed to ensure that students learn the ability to use the knowledge gained in a way that achieves positive outcomes.

Students learn these cognitive skills through case study analysis, problem solving, risk audits, activities focussed on exploration of management, leadership and decision making in a variety of contexts. Students learn to explore issues in environmental health through laboratory-based exercises and experiments and practicals. The importance of real-life examples help student to learn how careful analysis can lead to appropriate action. Group seminars and workshops allow students room to discuss and develop the actions necessary to deliver change.

Group sizes range from 15-30 students depending on activities. All study takes places on the Hendon campus. Full-time students study for 14-18 hours per week and are on campus 2-3 days per week and part-time students study from 6-12 hours per week and are on campus 1-2 days per week. Additional independent study hours are required for each module to advance learning.

You'll be based at our Hendon campus, north London.

Your timetable will be built around on campus sessions using our professional facilities, with online sessions for some activities where we know being virtual will add value. We’ll use technology to enhance all of your learning and give you access to online resources to use in your own time.

The table below gives you an idea of what learning looks like across a typical week. Some weeks are different due to how we schedule classes and arrange on campus sessions.

This information is likely to change slightly for 2024 entry as our plans evolve. You'll receive full information on your teaching before you start your course.

Definitions of terms

Live in-person on campus learning – This will focus on active and experiential sessions that are both:

• Led by your tutors including seminars, lab sessions and demonstrations. We'll schedule all of this for you
• Student-led by you and other students, like small group work and presentations.

Tutor set learning activities – This covers activities which will be set for you by your tutor, but which you will undertake in your own time. Examples of this include watching online materials, participating in an online discussion forum, completing a virtual laboratory or reading specific texts. You may be doing this by yourself of with your course mates depending on your course and assignments. Outside of these hours, you’ll also be expected to do further independent study where you’ll be expected to learn, prepare, revise and reflect in your own time.

As well as written and oral exams and your research project and dissertation, you will be assessed through practical food examinations, the timing of which will be determined by the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, tests, presentations, essays, work portfolios, case study analyses, data analysis, and other written assignments. For your dissertation, you'll design, conduct, evaluate and present the results of your own independent project into an area of your choosing. You will present your findings through a 10,000 to 12,000-word thesis and at a viva with your tutors.

You will receive regular feedback on your work, including your assessed coursework.