Oakman Hignett et al 2020 Tertiary education in Ergonomics and Human Factors Quo Vadis.pdf (881.8 kB)
Tertiary education in ergonomics and human factors: quo vadis?
journal contribution
posted on 2019-12-05, 09:50 authored by Jodi Oakman, Sue Hignett, Matthew Davis, Gemma Read, Michelle Aslanides, Bouhafs Mebarki, Stephen LeggIn 2019, the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) discipline turned 70; to celebrate, an international
group of academics and educators have reflected on the status of HFE tertiary education across the
globe. This paper draws on presentations and discussions from the 20th Triennial International
Ergonomics Association (IEA) conference and considers the implications for HFE education
programmes. Past, current, and future challenges are outlined and discussed with examples from
different countries and programmes. This paper builds on a 2012 strategy (Dul et al., 2012), to
strengthen the demand, and application, of the HFE discipline and profession. It provides a
considered set of reflections, noting the range of structural issues and financial pressures within the
tertiary education system that create challenges for the viability of specialist programmes such as
HFE. A need exists for the broader profession to collaborate and share innovations in HFE
programme development, to ensure sustainable HFE education programs.
History
School
- Design
Published in
ErgonomicsVolume
63Issue
3Pages
243 - 252Publisher
Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics on 12 Dec 2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2019.1701095.Acceptance date
2019-11-29Publication date
2019-12-12Copyright date
2019ISSN
0014-0139eISSN
1366-5847Publisher version
Language
- en