Association of Colleges

AoC National Health & Safety Conference 2009  took place on 18 June.
 
Conference Venue 

The conference was held at the Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire, a contemporary hotel located in the heart of the Midlands.

Colleagues who attended this, and previous events, will agree that the National H&S Conference is the key event in the College H&S calendar. We are all aware that Health & Safety must be managed as efficiently as other functions. Drivers for this include the moral duty towards people and the move towards a culture of “blame and claim”. As Colleges strive to keep pace with demands such as keeping staff and learners healthy, reducing compensation payouts and satisfying inspection requirements, they need practical tools to help them do this efficiently.

All plenary and workshop presentations had a common theme of exploring the main health, safety and security issues of today and the implications these have on the College sector.

The Conference aims were that delegates should be able to:

• Discuss and explore the College Health and Safety role
• Review last year’s Health and Safety issues
• Learn from key stakeholders within the College Health and Safety sector
• Participate in a selection of interactive workshops and discuss key topics
• Share knowledge and best-practice with other delegates, making new contacts to help solve workplace issues

The full programme can be viewed here:
  Nat Conf 2009 Programme

 Some early delegate feedback:

 "Thanks for another exceptional Conference last week"

"I Found the conference very interesting and worthwhile"

 

 

Champion Award being presented by Martin Jones (of sponsors JTL) and David Gartside (Board member, Health & Safety Executive) to Tim Robbins of Cornwall College.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champion Award being presented by Martin Jones (of sponsors JTL) and David Gartside (Board member, Health & Safety Executive) to Richard Thomas of Gloucestershire College