Health and safety policy

BPP University College of Professional Studies takes all reasonably practicable measures to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all its employees, students and all others who may be affected by its activities.

In addition to compliance with current applicable legislation, the aim of the University College is to continually improve its health and safety performance and to minimise accidents and work-related ill health.

It is the duty of BPP University College of Professional Studies to ensure that health and safety matters are seen as an integral part of its operations with the aim of developing and maintaining a positive health and safety culture. To ensure effective control over workplace hazards an equal commitment will be made to achieving the highest standards for health and safety as well as for other aspects of management.

We are committed to:

• providing appropriate resources, information, instruction, training and supervision to employees and students, so that they can perform their work safely
• ensuring that adequate resources, information, training and advice are provided to enable managers and other holders of health and safety duties to fulfil their roles
• using effective means of consultation and communication on health and safety matters with employees, including safety representatives, students and others who may be affected by its activities
• systematically assessing the risks involved in its activities
• allocating resources and implementing measures to minimise the effects of unplanned events and to reduce risk to health and safety to as low a level as is reasonably practicable
• measuring health and safety performance, establishing objectives and targets, and progressing improvements via management review
• implementing programmes for continual improvement of its management of health and safety

It is the duty of all employees, students, visitors and others working in, for or on behalf of BPP University College of Professional Studies to act responsibly, and to co-operate with the University College in the implementation of this policy by:

• taking reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by what they do or do not do
• following the procedures adopted for, and using protective equipment provided for, securing safety in the workplace
• taking proper care of equipment and protective clothing provided;
• reporting accidents or incidents that have, or could have, led to injury or damage, and assisting in their investigation with the aim of introducing measures to prevent recurrence
• reporting any shortcomings in the health and safety arrangements, even when no immediate danger exists, so the University College can take remedial action if needed