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I'm sure this will have been asked before but I'm now looking to engage in conducting my PhD/Doctorate in Health and Safety. I'm looking to do this as a Distance Learner and and looking at best value for money. I came across a Course being run by the European University Cyprus and from a cost feasibility perspective seems ok. The University seems to be recognised by the GMC, however, I'm wondering as to the credibilty and whether a PhD gained from a eurpoean university would be recognised by the UK? How could I go about checking this as I've come to a dead end as the University appears to be a genuine one that is endorsed by the Cypriot Govenerment Educational Authority. The details are as follows; PhD in Occupational Safety and Health - European University Cyprus (euc.ac.cy)
Any help in confirming the legiticimy of this would be helpful? Many thanks.
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Universities as a general rule can offer what ever qualifications they want. Whether anybody recognises them is another matter. Certain degree courses are registered with professional bodies, so if you want to be a proper industrial chemist you really need a degree that is registered with the Royal Society of Chemistry or a law degree that is registered with the legal training regulator if you want to become a solicitor or a barrister. PhDs are different in that you don’t do a course as such. Instead you present a dissertation on a particular subject. The university supports you and you take part in tutorials and seminars etc. at most unis you are also expected to help out with the teaching. That gives a chance to practice your presentation skills. Once you have completed your dissertation it is presented to a panel of 3( or more) academics who will ask you hard questions about your work and what it means. In Europe the tradition is that this is carried out in public and in some places the audience can join in the question and answer session! In British Unis this is done privately. At the end of this the uni publishes you dissertation and you can call yourself a doctor. This being said I have never seen a job which requires a PhD in H&S safety, and you could argue that the IOSH Fellowship is more widely recognised in the profession. A PhD does not mean that you are necessarily an expert in every aspect of H&S just that you are an expert in a particular aspect of the massive thing that is H&S.
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Hi Colin I suppose the Q is what you might want to do with this PhD? If you wanted it as the academic part of the criteria for whatever grade of membership in IOSH or some other body, you would probably need to liaise with the relevant Membership Department. However, due to the narrow nature of such a qualication (as AK has pointed to) I doubt that this would be accepted as equivalent to the various options that are more usually used by OSH practitioners during their development. So, in broad terms, you are looking at alignment with Levels on the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and, of course, there is no reason why a university in Cyprus could not come up with something that meets such a standard.
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Hi Colin,
I hold a bachlor's degree in Law- Criminology licence diploma. I have obtained that after 4 years full time study in an european country. This has given me 240 ECTS (The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), 1 ECTS is comparable to 30 h study.
My bachlor's degree corresponds to LVL 6 RQF (Regulated Qualifications Framework - National qualifications frameworks in the United Kingdom)
As an example GCSE grades D-G is equivalent to LVL 1 RQF for a better comparation.
So if you would like to go for that PhD you would want to make sure they will offer you ECTS and how many.
Everything is related to European Qualifications Framework EQF as Peter Gotch stated above.
A PhD in Cyprus would be valid in UK I belive so.
Take a look at Nebosh Diploma that might be easier to get and in UK they are looking for people with that type of degree.
Regards
Edited by user 28 September 2022 15:03:15(UTC)
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Right, but a NEBOSH Diploma isn't a degree, and in no way whatsoever compares with a PhD. The purpose of undertaking a PhD is normally that you wish to pursue some form of research into a discipline, rather than just to practise it.
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