Health, safety and environment as the basis for innovative education on sustainability

Abstract

A new approach to the teaching and learning of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course had been developed for undergraduate students from multi-disciplinary background to be well-versed with HSE components and current affairs related to green issues, climate change and also societal issues related to civilization, history and politics, process safety, green energy and waste management. This gave a wider perspective for students to relate back to the specific discipline in their respective degree programs. The major value-added elements were in enhancing group dynamics skills in a multi-disciplinary and heterogeneous setting. At individual level, the critical and analytical thinking, creative problem solving and writing skills were sharpened.