Information for departments and institutions about Postgraduate Safety Training

We provide this training centrally to give new postgraduate students a common basic level of safety information and training.

The Safety Office sends new postgraduate students in scientific (and certain other) departments information about this training once they have a confirmed place. See Information for postgraduate students

We expect Departments and Institutions to

• Reinforce the message about the importance of completing this training
• Request excusals for students and inform students about excusals
  Excusals Policy
• Provide induction into local safety arrangements
• Check the attendance records on the University Training Booking System (UTBS)
• Investigate non-attendance
• Provide equivalent training for those who are excused

• Ensure that all supervisors of postgraduate students are aware of the importance of this training
• Provide advice on further safety training

If you have any queries about the Postgraduate Safety training which are not answered in these pages, please contact the Safety Office, safety.training@admin.cam.ac.uk