The Ergonomics in Health and Community Care programme is designed to provide a broad ergonomics education to suit the requirements of health professionals, including physiotherapists, patient-handling advisors and occupational therapists. Teaching will focus on the promotion of healthy and safe working, across public and domestic environments. Our Ergonomics in Health and Community Care programme examines how best to ensure a good fit between people, the things they do, the objects they use, and the environments in which they work, travel and play in. You will apply theoretical principles, data and methods to ensure that design is optimised for human wellbeing and overall system performance. Ergonomics in Health and Community Care is professionally recognised by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF). As the CIEHF is affiliated with the International Ergonomics Association, you will be exposed to a range of valuable employment opportunities worldwide. You will benefit from teaching provided by world leading academics (for example, Professor George Havenith, Professor Sue Hignett and Professor Andrew Morris), industry experts and specialists in each area, to ensure that you are trained to the highest professional standard. Previous guest speakers for this programme include industry experts from Humanscale, EDF Energy, Rolls Royce, AMEC, as well as specialists in health and safety, aviation safety, environmental health, health practitioners and experienced lecturers from other Universities. As well as a full-time MSc qualification, this programme is also offered as a Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate. The Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre facilities (e.g. environmental test suite, light and vision labs) enable you to the study of the interaction of people with their physical environment. This is located in a specially built facility close to the main School building. The programmes have strong links with outside organisations. As part of the Ergonomics in Health and Community Care programme you will also be encouraged to undertake your main project in the field, providing realistic experiences and learning. The programme content has a strong practitioner bias where what you are learning provides vocational training towards a career as an ergonomist or human factors expert. Successful completion of these programmes will enable you to become a professional ergonomics or a human factors practitioner. The nature of the Ergonomics in Health and Community Care programmes also opens up possibilities in other scientific and research careers. As part of your programme, you will be encouraged to undertake your main project in industry, which will enable you to gain more work-related experiences in a related area.