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#1 Posted : 17 April 2008 10:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By Richard_Sams Hi, I wonder if anyone can help an individual who has been asked to produce a business case for their employer to fund an MSc in Environment, Health & Safety. Can anyone point me in the direction of a recent article comparing the figures of the percentages of people holding the various levels of health and safety qualifications? Also, has anyone come across any literature, articles etc discussing or outlining the benefits from an employer’s perspective of training/recruiting individuals qualified to MSc level and/or employers perceptions of MSc qualifications as opposed to BSc, Diploma etc Thank you in advance Richard
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#2 Posted : 17 April 2008 10:16:00(UTC)
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Posted By Kieran J Duignan Richard A root difficulty with your question is that the validity of a case based on statistics of questionable reliability is unavoidably weak. Donald Schon at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - a pacemaker in professional education in the English-speaking world - wrote 'The Reflective Practitioner' and 'Educating the Reflective Practitioner' to enable 'The individual' to work out a persuasive case for the kind of investment you refer to. The approach Schon uses enables 'The individual' to argue his/her case on the needs of the specific employer, and on how the MSc can make workinglife easier and more productive for each of the directors whom he/she needs to persuade.
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#3 Posted : 17 April 2008 12:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Raymond Rapp Richard As Kieran has alluded, I doubt if there is anything objective that would hold up under scrutiny. Alternatively, you may wish to use anecdotal evidence, such as jobs requiring degree qualified persons, chartered membership (does not always apply to a degree) etc. Not forgetting the learning and research skills acquired by doing the cognate degree and of course the post-nominals - very important! Ray
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#4 Posted : 18 April 2008 10:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By Tabs And the there is the relevance of the MSc subject. If you set you MSc case study on a particular problem faced by your employer, you can justify outlay against improvement. Your disertation may provide research into root causes of issues faced in your workplace - or that of an important client perhaps... Speak to the establishment you are looking to join, they may have done this a hundred times before.
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