Course unit details:
Health & Safety online course

Course unit fact file
Unit code BIOL12000
Credit rating 0
Unit level Level 1
Teaching period(s) Full year
Offered by School of Biological Sciences
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

The purpose of the course is to:

 

  • Provide you with appropriate information on the health & safety policies and procedures in place
  • Encourage good practice and set a high standard of health and safety at all times
  • Ensure you are aware and understand health & safety procedures and information
  • Enable you to take care of your health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions

 

All Sections of the course are compulsory and will be assessed by online assessment at the end of the course.

Aims

To:

  • provide students with appropriate information on the health & safety policies and procedures in place
  • encourage good practice and set a high standard of health and safety at all times

 

Learning outcomes

To:

  • ensure students are aware and understand health & safety procedures and information
  • enable stuents to take care of their health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their actions

 

Syllabus

  • University expectations
  • Bio Safety
  • Lab Safety
  • Local Arrangements - FLS
  • Your Safety

Assessment methods

Online assessment 100% (pass mark is 100%).

Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2027 will be £10,050 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £38,000 per annum.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Tuition fees are considerably lower for your placement year. Please see the fees page for full details.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

Students participating in placements outside the UK may be able to apply for funding from the UK's Turing scheme depending on eligibility. Priority will be given to students from low income households.

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