UCEA Annual Health, Safety and Wellbeing Conference - July 2024

Navigating workplace health and wellbeing on Tuesday 9 July is UCEA’s annual health, safety and wellbeing conference which brings together senior colleagues from across HEIs who have a shared interest in workforce health, safety & wellbeing issues.

The event will be chaired by Professor Stuart Palmer, Chair of Council, Brunel University London and Deputy Chair of the UCEA Board.

Who should attend?

The conference is aimed at senior HR professionals with a responsibility for workforce health, safety and wellbeing, their senior health and safety colleagues, plus others who have a responsibility for workforce health, safety and wellbeing, including Occupational Health strategic leads.
 

Confirmed sessions and speakers

Workplace health and wellbeing in the HE Sector and links to the employee experience in HEIs
Roshan Israni, Deputy Chief Executive, UCEA

The HE landscape: Update from the Universities Safety and Health Association
Scott Trim, Chair of the Universities Safety and Health Association (USHA)

Neurodiversity and wellbeing in the workplace
Professor Almuth McDowall, Professor of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck University of London, co-director of the Centre for Neurodiversity Research at Work

Navigating the intersection: Harmonising health, safety and wellbeing across different functions
An opportunity to share insights and experiences with peers from across the sector

Translating vision into reality – work as done compared to work as imagined in the boardroom
Paul Verrico, Partner and Global Head of Environment, Health and Safety Group at Eversheds Sutherland 

What does a commitment to workplace wellbeing look like in practice?
Helen Brewis, Head of Colleague Wellbeing, University of Manchester

Supporting male employees’ health and wellbeing 
Peter Connelly, Director of Sport, Aston University

A fully timed programme can be found below:
 UCEA Health safety and wellbeing conference 2024 - Timed Programme

Additional details and booking

The conference will take place in person in central London on Tuesday 9 July and will run between 10.30 am (10 am registration and networking) and 3.30 pm.  

The ‘early-bird’ attendee fee for UCEA members of £425 per place is now available until 12 noon on Friday 14 June. The attendee fee for UCEA members after 14 June is £449 per place. When you book you have the option of paying for a place by credit/debit card or to be invoiced.
If you work at an HEI or other body not in UCEA membership, please contact events@ucea.ac.uk for more information. 


UCEA members can book places via the tickettailor booking form


If you have any queries regarding your interest in attending, please contact events@ucea.ac.uk

For information about UCEA’s full programme of seminars, conferences and workshops visit the UCEA website at www.ucea.ac.uk/events

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