The Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee

The University has established, a Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee who will, where appropriate, act on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and will champion health and safety issues within the Institution. 

The Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee has authority, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor for implementing the health and safety policies of the University, developing good practice and for monitoring related operational issues. The Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee reports to The Executive, through its Chairperson.  

The Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee's Terms of Reference include:  

  1. To be responsible, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, for overseeing the implementation of the Health and Safety Policies of the University.  
  2. To monitor any operational issues relating to health and safety.  
  3. To report to The Executive and to provide a report to the Council.
  4. To seek to promote health and safety across the Institution.  

The Vice-Chancellor receives agenda, papers and Minutes of the Health, Safety & Emergency Management Committee.

Membership

CHAIR: Michael Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer

Gareth W. Jones, Head of Health & Safety

Emma Riches, Health & Safety Officer

Rob Samuel, Students' Union

Jean White, Independent Council Member

Gwenan Hine, University Secretary

Paul Spencer, Pro Vice-Chancellor [Research]

Huw Roberts, College Manager, College of Medicine and Health

Prysor Williams, Biological Safety Manager, College of Science and Engineering

Paul Mullins, Professor in Psychology

Rachel Parry, Deputy College Manager, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Lars Wiegand, Director of Digital and Estates Infrastructure

Tracy Hibbert, Chief People Officer, Human Resources

Laurence Williams OBE, Professor of Nuclear Policy & Regulation, NFI

John Jackson, Head of Governance & Risk

Richard Bennett, Director of Campus Services