Occupational Health and Safety

Health and safety in the workplace is a really interesting subject and depending on the career you decide to focus on, there could be a lot of fascinating research to review! Take a look at some of our suggestions below:

Example occupational health and safety dissertation topic 1:

Prison inmates and health and safety: A forgotten learning opportunity.

Those prisoners who are ‘trusted’ may, either upon the wings they inhabit, or in areas open to the public, become cleaners or kitchen assistants. For both duties, health and safety training must be given and basic skills attained. Having attained such skills, prisoners are rewarded with NQT certificates. This dissertation looks at the attainment of these awards within prison and asks whether, in preparing prisoners for reintegration into society, all prisoners should, as part of their rehabilitation, be required to undertake health and safety training. This is a dissertation that combines the theory and practice of health and safety with wider issues of employability and aspects of criminology and would, accordingly, be particularly well suited to a student undertaking joint honours.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Crow, N. (1995). ‘System kitchens: improving catering quality and value for money in HM Prison Service’. Facilities, vol. 13(12), pp. 21-25.
• Giles, M., Tram Le, A., Allan, M., Lees, C., Larsen, A-C. and Bennett, L. (2004). To train or not to train: The role of education and training in prison to work transitions. Adelaide, Aust: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
• Liggins, M. (2004). The prison curriculum in England: A review for the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Unit. London: Learning and Skills Development Agency.