Health and Safety Objectives
Objectives for Health and Safety are set by the University Health and Safety Executive Committee in order to help drive continuous improvement over time. It is anticipated that these objectives will change over time, as the OHSMS matures, but as at present, they are as shown below. Progress against these objectives can be viewed at departmental level via the 'Safety Committees' dashboard within the Insights+ part of the Assure system.
Objectives 2025-26
For the academic year 2025-26 the health and safety objectives are to:
- Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Proactive Monitoring (audits and inspections) are overdue at any given point in time.
- Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Reactive Monitoring (incidents, near misses, ill-health, etc.) are overdue at any given point in time.
- Ensure that 95% of Risk Assessments, identified as being required through risk mapping, are in place by January 2026
- Ensure that 95% of staff have completed the three mandatory H&S Training courses (H&S Induction, Fire Safety and DSE) at least once by February 2026.
Previous Year's Objectives 2024-25
For the academic year 2024-25 the health and safety objectives are to:
- Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Proactive Monitoring (audits and inspections) are overdue at any given point in time.
- Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Reactive Monitoring (incidents, near misses, ill-health, etc.) are overdue at any given point in time.
- Ensure that 95% of Risk Assessments, identified as being required through risk mapping in in higher hazard spaces, are in place by January 2025
- Ensure that 95% of mandatory H&S Training courses (H&S Induction, Fire Safety and DSE) are completed by staff by January 2025*.
*This is subject to the courses in question being successfully migrated into the Assure system.