Master in Labour sciences

The master in Occupational Science prepares students for HR management in private and public sector companies, for managing "social secretariats" (payroll administration) and for Level 1 jobs in public administrations. There are also many opportunities in NGOs, international organisations, international trade unions. It also opens the door to positions of responsibility in private and public sector companies, as well as the voluntary sector (career guidance, job-finding, training services, etc.)

• University-level social worker

• Team leader/organiser in the non-profit sector

• Consultant, human resource / training management

• Civil service occupations

• Manager in the private sector

• Project manager

• Gender equality officer

• Trainer

• Employment counsellor

• Labour inspectors

The objective of the Master in Occupational Science is to train people specialised in the organisation and management of work. This objective requires a training that is both versatile and flexible, tailored to social realities and preparing graduates for professional careers, whether in the public or private sector. With a direct link to the working world, the MA programmes are above all characterised by their multidisciplinarity, with work being looked at from legal, sociological, psychological, economic, social and medical perspectives.

The MA involves choosing one of the following specialisations:

Specialisations on the Brussels campus:

• The organisation and administration of work (as a daytime course) is directly linked to employment problems in the fields of law, sociology, psychology and economics.

• The management of training and school-to-work transition (as an evening/weekend course) has been designed to target unemployment and greater employment mobility, where activities in the field of employability have greatly developed. The specific features of the skills involved in project design and management are obviously a major issue. Company modernisation, in particular from an organisational perspective, has put the focus on the need to provide training on strategies for managing companies.

• The specialisation Gender and inequality, in part offered as an evening/weekend course , has the objective of providing future gender equality specialists with the tools, knowledge and awareness needed to support progress in the field of gender equality and the fight against discrimination. This specialisation is closely connected to the European EGALES (Etudes Genre et Actions Liées à l'Egalité dans la Société) network, which brings together the University of Lyon 2 (the network's coordinator), the University of York (United Kingdom), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), the University Abo Akedemi (Finland), the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), the University of Bucharest (Romania) and the University of Toulouse 2 Le Mirail (France). This network offers students taking this specialisation Erasmus exchange possibilities. The Egales Master website is: http://egales.univ-lyon2.fr/fr/

On the Charleroi campus, on evenings/weekends programme :

The master offers a training in two fields :

• Management and administration in the non-commercial sector, which aims to provide a training related to the non-commercial sector. This programme targets people called on to take on positions of responsibility in public services, as well as those interested in the conception, design, development and management of service projects within non-profit organisations (associations, cooperatives, foundations, sheltered companies, NGOs, etc.).

• Social development , which is related to the current promotion of professions associated with social work. It trains designers, managers, trainers and supervisors of social projects in the public and private sectors and in NGOs. It provides graduates with a theoretical basis for analysing the major problems we are now facing: employment, working conditions, social exclusion, finding a job, local development.

The MA can be taken either as a daytime course or as a evening/weekend course depending on the chosen specialisation.

Certain specialisations are taught on the Solbosch Campus in Brussels, others in Charleroi (Caserne de Trésignies, 1, Boulevard Général Michel, 6000 Charleroi).