The objective of air safety management is to achieve and maintain an acceptable level of safety within the context of increasing air traffic, wider commercial competition and a greater focus on cost consciousness. Successful safety management involves staff at all levels in aircraft operations, aircraft design and manufacture, airports, air traffic control, ground handling and maintenance and private flying.

Air safety management is a major challenge, largely because of the rapidly changing regulatory requirements in response to current air safety trends and the forecast of future growth in the aviation industry. There is also a need for businesses to understand the financial implications of improving or not improving, safety performance.

This Programme is one of three parallel MSc Programmes in Air Transport Management, Air Safety Management and Aircraft Maintenance Management.

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching

The modules are taught as 3-day short courses. For the MSc degree, the taught component can be completed in one to three years, with the final project taking approximately six months following completion of all the taught modules. Modules are delivered by experts from across the aviation industry and are highly interactive to encourage exchanges of views and experience.
Assessment

Student assessment is made through a combination of coursework and examination

Career Prospects

Career Prospects & Student Testimonials

On graduation the student will gain a unique and highly desirable qualification from an internationally respected university, and will be ready to shoulder a significant level of responsibility for defining and implementing the employer's safety policy. Those students who have completed the course are seeing demonstrable benefits on their career paths.

What our students have to say:

"I am pleased to say that I have just been appointed the Corporate Flight Safety Manager. There is no doubt that my masters degree clinched the job."
"A special thank you for all your efforts to promote the spirit of aviation in such a professional manner. I am certainly one who has gained immense knowledge from this experience."
"I have really enjoyed meeting the other students and have found the course extremely valuable, thought provoking and interesting."
"It has given me a lot more confidence in my own abilities."
"highly effective and taught in a very humane way. Indeed, exposure to this sort of material might encourage airline people not to encourage pilots to break safety rules to meet the schedule."

Working with the Armed Forces

This course is compatible with The MoD's Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service (ELCAS) - an initiative to promote lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces.
If you are/have been a member of the Armed Forces, you could be entitled to financial support to take this course.