health and safety
Engineers, scientists, armed forces personnel and industry come together for the 52nd HRV Conference and Workshop
We recently hosted the 52nd UK Conference and Workshop on Human Response to Vibration at the Sudbury House Hotel in Faringdon, just a few miles down the road from our base at Shrivenham. The conference ...
Outsourcing safety – what’s in a model?
This is the third blog of my series sharing my work on a IOSH funded research project investigating the safety management of contractors. Over the last few months we have been wrestling with the questions, “Who is ...
Ensuring ‘Straw Men’ survive: creating a relevant and rigorous safety research project
“It’s great to be back!” was the concluding comment in an email following a recent meeting of the Advisory Group for our IOSH funded research project investigating the safety management of contractors. Designing a research ...
Managing contractor health and safety – but don’t forget the pastries!
I’m hugely excited about the next two years. Together with two colleagues (Prof Denyer and Dr Doherty) I have secured research funding from The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to investigate how client ...