Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course for 1st year students

The course provides:

1. insight into health, environment, and safety; basic HSE knowledge, safety in the laboratory and in the field, as well as training in first aid and fire safety;
2. insight into physical and mental health, support services for students, and financial planning; and
3. an understanding of how life experiences influence in general and on interpersonal relationships.

The course consists of three modules:

Module 1: HSE, Fire Safety, and First Aid

• essential knowledge about health, safety, and environment (HSE) to ensure one’s own and others’ safety throughout the study period
• understanding of the HSE concept, the goals of HSE work, and safe conduct in the laboratory and in the field
• theoretical and practical basic training in first aid and fire safety
• practice in responding correctly in situations involving fire or accidents

Module 2: Physical and Mental Health and Student Finances

• insight into how to take care of one’s physical and mental health, and knowledge of the support services available to students
• introduction to financial planning and the rights and entitlements students have

Module 3: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships

• insight into how life experiences influence physical and mental health, and knowledge of the services available to students
• Insight into aggression, violence, and abuse, and which support services are available for students.
• how to build good interpersonal relationships

Module 1: HSE, Fire Safety, and First Aid (Start of Studies)

• Safety lecture
• Fire safety and first aid — theory and practical exercises
• Digital multiple‑choice test

Module 2: Physical and Mental Health, and Student Finances (Autumn Semester)

• Compulsory Lectures: Physical and mental health, and student finances
• Digital multiple‑choice test

Module 3: Life Experiences and Interpersonal Relationships (Spring Semester)

• Compulsory Lectures: Lived experience and interpersonal relationships
• Digital multiple‑choice test