How long is the MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management?

The MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management runs one year full-time or two years part-time, on-campus, online or by distance learning, with a supervised dissertation or sponsor project in the closing months.

How is the MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management delivered?

The MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management is delivered through weekly seminars, risk studios, research methods training and supervised safety programmes. All three delivery modes share the same seminar structure.

Is this MA recognised across UK hospitality risk practice?

Yes. The MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management is a UK Level 7 research-informed Master's degree benchmarked to Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior-practice guidance.

What are the entry requirements?

A UK Bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above (or international equivalent), IELTS 6.5 overall for non-native English speakers, references and a 500-word research proposal. Portfolio-route entry is available for senior safety and risk practitioners.

What does the MA cost and is funding available?

Fees, instalment plans and international payment schedules for the MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management are confirmed at enrolment. LSCAHM admissions reviews scholarship eligibility with each applicant.

MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MA in Hospitality Safety and Risk Management is a UK Level 7 research-informed postgraduate degree aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and Chartered Management Institute senior-practice themes. It runs one year full-time or two years part-time and prepares senior safety and risk leaders to design and defend safety and risk programmes across hospitality portfolios.

By graduation, students defend a substantial dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project that argues a hospitality safety or risk decision from first principles and models its impact on people, guests, brand and long-term returns.

Key Features

Level 7 research-informed syllabus benchmarked to Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior guidance.
Applied studios covering portfolio-level safety management, risk registers and incident review.
Dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project supervised by senior safety and risk practitioners.
Research methods training tailored to safety, risk and hospitality operations analysis.
Sponsor briefs available from London hotel groups, restaurant portfolios and event businesses.
Named programme tutor across all three delivery modes.
Access to Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality research networks.

What You Will Learn

Design portfolio-level hospitality safety and risk programmes.
Build risk registers, control frameworks and audit cycles.
Research hospitality safety and risk trends using mixed methods.
Structure incident review, root-cause analysis and lessons-learned programmes.
Lead HACCP, fire, allergen and safeguarding reviews across venues.
Model safety and risk investment against people, brand and financial outcomes.
Present safety and risk business cases to boards, owners and insurers.
Coach senior safety and risk teams through transformation projects.

Who This Course Is For

Senior hospitality safety and risk leaders moving into portfolio-level roles.
Hotel group risk directors and restaurant portfolio safety leads.
Graduates of hospitality Bachelor's programmes progressing into research-informed risk practice.
Working professionals studying part-time or on distance mode while leading safety programmes.
International applicants building UK senior-track safety and risk credentials.

Career Pathways

Hospitality Sustainability Lead
Group Operations Manager (risk-led)
Hospitality Business Consultant
Hospitality Programme Manager
Regional Hospitality Manager
Hospitality Strategy Analyst
Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
Guest Experience Director (safety-led)

The LSCAHM careers service partners with London hotel groups, restaurant portfolios, event businesses and hospitality risk consultancies to open sponsor briefs and senior safety and risk strategy interviews for postgraduate students.

Entry Requirements

A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant discipline.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior hospitality safety or risk experience are considered on portfolio.
One academic and one professional reference.
A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement outlining your intended safety and risk focus.

Why Study at LSCAHM

The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, so safety and risk is taught alongside operational, brand and guest experience context.

Central London places hotel groups, the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes support senior practitioners.

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