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E/HF Theory And Practice (CIEHF Competence 2) Episodes

Understands theoretical and practice bases for analysis of human interactions.
Understands the theoretical and practice bases for (re)design of human interfaces (physical and
mental).
Understands the theoretical and practice bases for data collection and analysis relating to E/HF.
Nov. 25, 2024

Human Factors in Government - An interview with Sarah Sharples

Sarah Sharples, the Chief Scientific Officer for the Dept. of Transport and Past President of the CIEHF shares her thoughts on how Human Factors can engage with Government Policy development and how she champions HF within Government, both directly and indirectly.

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Nov. 9, 2024

Space Wales - An Interview with Rosie Cane

Rosie Cane, Cluster Manager for Space Wales, chats to Barry about what Space Wales is, how it works, and the opportunities for Human Factors and Ergonomics to add value to the sector.

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Sept. 15, 2024

When Podcasts Collide - Human in the Loop

Barry chats with Adam Smith and Rhian Williams-Skingley about their Human Factors Podcast Human in the Loop

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Aug. 30, 2024

Crossing the Streams - HF across domains with Filip Florek

Filip Florek joins Barry to discuss just how Human Factors tools and techniques can cross be used across domains.

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Aug. 2, 2024

Cyber Risk Management - An Interview with Bec Mckeown

Bec Mckeown shares her thoughts and experiences of how to manage Cyber Risk in organisations both large and small.

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May 21, 2024

Cyber from the Academic Perspective - An Interview with Phil Morgan

Prof. Phil Morgan from Cardiff University shares his experiences of being a researcher int he Cyber Security Domain and what is happening to get ahead.

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April 9, 2024

Cyber Human Vulnerability - An interview with Laura Bishop

Laura Bishop gives an insight into Human Vulnerability and risk as seen from the cyber perspective.

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March 17, 2024

Human Factors in Air Traffic Control

Dr Nuno Cebola and Fran Slater from NATS talks about the application of Human Factors in Air Traffic Control

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Feb. 10, 2024

Medical Human Factors - An interview with Fran Ives

The application of HF in the Medical domain is a slowly evolving field, Fran Ives takes us through the breadth of opportunities and discusses the challenges that practitioners face.

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July 17, 2023

Human Factors Integration - An interview with Trevor Dobbins

Human Factors Integration (HFI) is a critical activity to ensure Human Factors activities are carried out in a planned way and that the appropriate assurance evidence is gathered. Trevor Dobbins shares some of his insights of...

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April 10, 2023

Naturalistic Decision Making - An interview with Rob Hutton

Rob Hutton gives us an insight into Naturalistic Decision Making and how it takes methods out of the Lab.

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March 20, 2023

Jenny Radcliffe - The People Hacker

Jenny Radcliffe gives insights into the domain of Social Engineering and Penetration Testing.

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Feb. 20, 2023

Workplace assessments for Audio and Visually impaired staff - An Inte…

Dan Williams shares his expertise in the need and value of conducting appropriate workplace assessments for audio and visually impaired staff.

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Jan. 30, 2023

Reflections on Human Factors applications - An interview with Steven …

Steven Shorrock gives us an overview of his career, with candid reflections on significant influences on his career. He reflects on how HF has evolved through his career and gives his thoughts on where it should go in the fut...

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Nov. 14, 2022

Rail Investigations - An interview with Becky Charles

Becky Charles is an investigator with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and in this interview she gives us insights into what the role is and how Human Factors is a key component of the overall team.

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Oct. 9, 2022

Proactive Learning - An interview with Dr Marcin Nazaruk

Current approaches to defining and understanding safety risk can be seen to rely heavily on incidents occurring or near misses being reported. Dr Marcin Nazaruk talks with Barry about a new approach he is driving called Proactive Learning, or in layman's terms, how we learn from normal work.

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Sept. 26, 2022

The Dirty Dozen - An interview with Michael Bates and Gordon Dupont

Michael Bates interviews Gordon Dupont about the creation of the "Dirty Dozen" the 12 main reasons behind why human error occurs.

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Aug. 29, 2022

Applying Human Factors on the ground - An interview with Suzy Broadbe…

Suzy Broadbent is a Fellow of the CIEHF with twenty years experience working in Human Factors across defence, rail and now healthcare domains. She gave the Institute Lecture at EHF2022. This discussion looks back at her career and then dives into how...

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Aug. 1, 2022

Human Factors in Iarnród Éireann - An interview with Nora Balfe

Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, has its own share of Human Factors Challenges, and the person with the challenge of ensuring HF is kept up to standard is Nora Balfe. In this episode, Nora gives us an insight into the breadth and depth of her role and s...

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July 18, 2022

RAF Safety and Just Culture

Over the past decade or so, the Royal Air Force has been going through a cultural evolution. In this episode, Ian and Avril give us an insight into how the implementation of Human Factors and the attitudes to safety has evolved and the positive impact ...

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July 4, 2022

HF in Rail - An interview with David Golightly

David Golightly is a lecturer at Newcastle University and works in the field of cognitive ergonomics, understanding the factors that make technology and systems fit for the intended user's needs and cognitive abilities.

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June 20, 2022

The Surgical approach to Human Factors - An interview with Peter Bren…

Professor Peter Brennan is a NHS Consultant Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck cancer. Barry talks with him to see how he is driving Human Factors approaches from his perspective. To date, Peter has published over 700 publications including more than 80 on Human Factors and pati…

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Feb. 21, 2022

Human Factors in Agriculture - An interview with Jill Poots

A domain that has always held an attraction is Agriculture, and even more so with the development of technology that is being utilised to enable fewer people on a farm to do a lot more. From GPS enabled tractors to the use of IOT technology to ensure the soil and water have exactly what is needed a…

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Feb. 7, 2022

Working from home - getting serious about furniture - An Interview wi…

Working from home has been a necessity throughout the pandemic, but now the idea of Hybrid Working is the "new normal". As we move from necessity to normal, we should also be moving from the dining room chair to something that is going to properly sup...

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