University of York - Department of Computer Science

University of York - Department of Computer Science

Our excellence in teaching and research, plus our strong industrial links, make us one of the UK's leading Computer Science departments.

Study

Our teaching helps to prepare all our graduates for the workplace at all levels. We do this through close collaboration with the industry to ensure that we keep up with emerging trends in such a dynamic sector. Our principled approach also allows our graduates to adapt quickly.

We provide teaching at all levels:

• Undergraduate - first degrees
• Postgraduate - Master's degrees, both taught and research
• Professional Development and Training - for those already working who wish to update or refresh their skills

System Safety Engineering Short Courses

We offer professionals working in the field of System Safety the opportunity to attend a number of our postgraduate modules as individual short courses.

The aim is to allow individuals to renew, refresh and extend their understanding within specific fields, particularly the discipline of system safety engineering.

A principled approach

System safety engineering (SSE) can be viewed as a process of systematically analysing systems to evaluate risks, with the aim of influencing design in order to reduce risks, i.e. to produce safer products.

Our short courses provide a comprehensive grounding in the principles of system safety engineering. These principles are put into context using real-world examples from our extensive collaboration with industry in the UK and worldwide.

Our courses are well respected by systems safety engineering professionals. We have provided training for delegates from many different domains including military, automotive and railway, civil aerospace, nuclear, marine, energy and medical industries.

Our courses in system safety engineering are accredited by both the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the BCS (the Chartered Institute for IT) and can count towards the educational component for chartering. These professional bodies also partially accredit our MSc in Safety Critical Systems Engineering.

Our CPD modules meet the IET Position Statement on Safety-Critical Systems.