Health & Safety
About Health and Safety
The UCEA Board has established a Health and Safety Committee to act as a forum for the cross-fertilisation of ideas across all the different professional groups which have an interest in health and safety management, principles and practices within higher education. Employer-led and informed by experience across the sector, the Health and Safety Committee provides advice, guidance and examples of good practice on all matters related to health and safety in higher education.
The Health and Safety Group supports higher education institutions by:
- Providing guidance, often in collaboration with bodies such as the University Safety and Health Association, on issues ranging from managing stress at work and placements and fieldtrips, to the safe use of lasers in universities.
- Providing updates on existing guidance.
- Arranging seminars on a range of health and safety-related themes.
- Providing direct advice.
- Acting as a focus and contact point on health and safety issues.
Leading Health and Safety at Work is a joint publication from UCEA and the Universities Safety and Health Association (USHA) and provides a list of leadership actions for heads of universities and HE colleges and members of their governing bodies.
Health and Safety events
The subject of the latest UCEA Health and Safety seminar is The ‘Fit Note’ – the impact for HEIs and it will take place on Thursday 15 June 2010 in central London. Follow this link for more details.
UCEA Health and Safety Guidance for Student Placements
UCEA has developed this new guidance on the health and safety aspects of student placements in association with USHA (Universities Safety and Health Association) and HEOPS (Higher Education Occupational Physicians/Practitioners).
UCEA Health and Safety Guidance for the placement of HE students - 2009 edition
UCEA Health and Safety Report 2009
The Report is now availble to download in pdf format below
UCEA Health and Safety Report 2009
Previous Annual Reports
UCEA Health and Safety Report 2008
UCEA Health and Safety Annual Report 2007
Health and Safety Annual Report 2006
UCEA Health and Safety Report 2005
UCEA Health and Safety Guidelines for Working Overseas