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A new self-paced course:  Introduction to Working Safely with Microbiological Safety Cabinets is available on UTBS particularly for anyone working in laboratory environments or those managing facilities with microbiological safety cabinets (MSCs) to work safely to prevent exposure to biological hazards.. It's ideal for new users and experienced use…

In an effort to streamline access to essential safety information, the Safety Hub has introduced a newly consolidated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section. This update brings together all FAQs previously held on our website, into a single place - making it simpler than ever to locate the information you need.Whether you're looking for core safe…

We are still going through a period of change for our waste contractors and waste routes. In order to better support departments, Fiona Berry from Procurement has started a Teams Chat where Stakeholders can field questions and suggestions around the chemical and biological waste arrangements with Tradebe and Sharpsmart. If you are involved in consi…

The annual DSO Training Update took place at Faculty of Law on 25th March 2025This event provided DSOs with great networking opportunities and an exciting programme including talks on, ‘Managing Safety Training Records’, ‘How to safely manage traffic on site’ and much more.You can find the recording of this presentation along with the slide deck he…

Safety Office SurveyThe Safety Office are running a survey to review our website and further develop our new Safety Hub platform.The survey is live and running until 12th March 2025 and we welcome all University members to complete the survey with your opinions on our Safety Service.To fill out the Survey please visit: Safety Office Website Survey 

Safety Management Hub roll out updateYou’ve been making great progress with your Hazard and Risk Registers and have started sharing some interesting feedback.Over 30 departments have completed their first iteration of the register. This is fantastic progress. We’d like to thank Schools of Physical Sciences and of Technology for impressive pace with…

MRC Regulatory Support Centre to provide Human Tissue Act training this SpringMRC Regulatory Support Centre will be delivering a training session on the overview of the Human Tissue Act on Thursday 06th February 2025.This training is for those at the University who work with Human Tissue involving human participants, their tissue, cells or data und…

Peregrine Foresight heads into the final roll-out stage...Over 60 Institutions are now onboarded with Peregrine Foresight. We are heading into the final roll-out and training dates for the Lent term are now live. As always, please contact internationalsupport@admin.cam.ac.uk with all your queries about the system itself or support for the on boardi…

Employees requesting an eye sight test in relation to their work with DSE The new eye test voucher scheme has been temporarily withdrawn by the service provider responsible for delivering the scheme. This is due to technical problems which may take months to resolve. As a temporary measure, employees wishing to make a claim should use the OHF33 for…

Safety Management Hub reaches more Departments...The Schools of Biological Sciences and Clinical Medicine have now been onboarded onto the Safety Management Hub, which makes up around 37% of all departments. Their Heads of Department have signed up to the standard Safety Statement of Intent, which references to the University Health and Safety Poli…

Peregrine Foresight for Pre-Travel Risk Assessments is on the go!Over 50 Institutions are now onboarded with Peregrine Foresight. We are now heading into the second half of the roll-out and training for Institutions in cohorts 4 to 8 which is currently taking place. We'll be in touch about further training opportunities for outstanding Institutions…

Peregrine Foresight roll-out reaches halfway!We have now onboarded around half of University departments, faculties and institutes to Peregrine Foresight.  A big thank you to everyone who has given their time to attend Approvers training and work with us to set up each department for using the system. For departments in cohorts 4 to 8 who have not …

Safety Management Hub has been launched!The new Safety Management Hub has now been launched. All departments will receive dedicated Safety Office support to work and benefit from the new service. Your Head of Department and your Departmental Safety Officer will receive emails when your cohort roll out comes around.Our first cohort is progressing we…