Creating a safe and supportive employee experience is UCEA’s annual conference on health, safety and wellbeing
In times of organisational change, maintaining high standards of health, safety, and workforce wellbeing becomes increasingly challenging yet crucial.
This year’s conference has the theme of Creating a safe and supportive employee experience and will cover health, safety and wellbeing strategies from launch to delivery, focussing on internal communications and ongoing monitoring of the impact and effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives. It will also look at how organisational change programmes can impact staff wellbeing.
Topics and speakers confirmed to date are as follows:
Why attend?
UCEA’s annual health, safety and wellbeing conference brings together senior colleagues from across HEIs who have a shared interest in workforce health, safety and wellbeing issues from across the following teams:
Full price for UCEA members: £375 (VAT free) per place after midnight on Monday 12 May
Non-UCEA members: please email events@ucea.ac.uk for pricing information
For any queries regarding attending, please email events@ucea.ac.uk
Terms and conditions of booking - online workshops, events and meetings
- When and where: Wednesday 11 June 2025, Central London
- Times: 10.30 am to 3.30 pm
- Register here: Book your place – UCEA’s Annual Conference on health, safety and wellbeing
- For fuller details see the timed programme
Programme
Event overview
What to expect?This year’s conference has the theme of Creating a safe and supportive employee experience and will cover health, safety and wellbeing strategies from launch to delivery, focussing on internal communications and ongoing monitoring of the impact and effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives. It will also look at how organisational change programmes can impact staff wellbeing.
Topics and speakers confirmed to date are as follows:
- UCEA's EX Five-Pillar programme of work: Resources on Health, Safety and Wellbeing - Roshan Israni, Deputy Chief Executive, UCEA
- Update from the Universities Safety and Health Association - Scott Trim, Chair of the Universities Safety and Health Association
- Embedding the new Leadership and Management of Health and Safety Standards - Jane Ball, Head of Health and Safety, The Open University
- Developing and implementing a new workplace health and safety governance framework at University of York - Dev Agarwal, Director of Workplace Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, University of York
- Communicating health and wellbeing initiatives to raise awareness, and reaching the multigenerational workforce - Roundtable discussions
- Monitoring the effectiveness of health and wellbeing initiatives - Professor Jo Yarker, Professor in Occupational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London
- The impact of Organisational Change on Health, Safety and Wellbeing, including psychological safety - Sarah Valentine, Environment, Health and Safety Team, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP.
Why attend?
- Explore strategies to manage health, safety, and wellbeing amid organisational change.
- Learn from real-world case studies and expert advice.
- Network with senior professionals
UCEA’s annual health, safety and wellbeing conference brings together senior colleagues from across HEIs who have a shared interest in workforce health, safety and wellbeing issues from across the following teams:
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Health and Safety
- Legal or compliance
- Occupational Health
- Diversity and Inclusion
Attendance fee
Early-bird price for UCEA members: £349 (VAT free) per place until midnight on Monday 12 MayFull price for UCEA members: £375 (VAT free) per place after midnight on Monday 12 May
Non-UCEA members: please email events@ucea.ac.uk for pricing information
Follow this link to book places
For any queries regarding attending, please email events@ucea.ac.uk
Terms and conditions of booking - online workshops, events and meetings
