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Health and Safety Updates
Mandatory Training
All staff must complete the mandatory Health and Safety e-learning modules currently available on Learn Upon. There are two modules, Health and Safety Essentials and Fire Awareness.
New Training Course Booking System
From this month, all our Health & Safety training courses will now be bookable via Learn Upon and no longer accessible via Sussex Direct. To access our in-person courses, please log onto your Learn Upon account, click on Live Learning on the left hand side, select the course you want to attend and click on register. Unfortunately PGR students do not currently have access to the Learn Upon system and in this instance they should contact the Health & Safety team at healthsafety@sussex.ac.uk to request a place on one of our courses.
These courses are updated on a regular basis so please check your Learn Upon account on a regular basis and look out for communications via the Health & Safety Viva Engage page and webpages.
Airbourne Diseases
The University of Sussex is offering free Flu vaccinations this autumn. The program reimburse staff on the cost of 2 packs of Covid-19 LFT’s has ended as of the September 2024.
Health and Safety FAQs
We have created a document listing the most frequently asked questions that come into the Health & Safety inbox. If you have a health and safety query please check here as you may find the answer.
Viva Engage
To hear all the latest news and updates from the Health and Safety team, visit out Viva Engage page here.
Health and Safety Documents and Support
Contact
- Health and Safety Team – email healthsafety@sussex.ac.uk
- Business Continuity Incidents – email incidents@sussex.ac.uk
About Health and Safety at Sussex
This is a central health and safety resource for the University to support the varied aspects of our work including research and teaching.
The Health and Safety team’s vision is to continually improve safety compliance and promote health and safety at the University of Sussex as a safe and healthy place to work, study, visit and enjoy.
The Health and Safety team values are to:
- promote a proportionate response to risk
- offer ‘reasonably practicable’ and pragmatic solutions to queries, issues, incidents and concerns
- collaborate and consult with others and to consider the diverse needs of staff, students and others
Full details of the service the Health and Safety team provides is available here.
These webpages are updated by the Health and Safety team at the University of Sussex.
Katie Bennett, Head of Health and Safety