Student visits and work placements are a key part of the learning experience offered by studying at the University. Ensuring students will not be placed at significant risk to their health and safety whilst participating in visits and placements is a responsibility of the University and the faculty as well as for any hosting organisation.
Faculties should ensure that visits and placements are risk assessed before the visit or placement, so any potentially significant risks are identified and recorded, and additional information can be requested as required from the hosting organisation to clarify controls and arrangements for health and safety.
The risk assessment must consider any particular needs the student may have, and how these will be managed on the visit or placement in respect of any health and safety risks that may be present.
The faculty should be assured that the student visit or placement is safe to proceed, and that the hosting organisation will provide the student(s) with information, training and supervision as required to ensure their health and safety.
There is also a homepage that lists the range of Health and Safety risks identified as relevant to the University's activities and facilities, together with information on the University's policies and arrangements on how these risks are to be managed and controlled.
