The cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme could increase the risk of children, teachers and support staff being exposed to asbestos, TUC union officials have warned.

A new report by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) looks at the barriers to incorporating OSH into university education, as well as providing examples of imaginative ways in which these challenges can be overcome.

Secondary-school students in Ireland will have the option to study health and safety as part of the national curriculum, using a range of educational resources provided by the government regulator.

Teachers in Scotland are being warned not to intervene in school-ground fights between pupils after a local authority ruled out paying compensation to a teacher who was injured while trying to break up a struggle.

The Government is consulting on new guidance designed to reduce red tape surrounding school trips.

A building firm failed to warn its employees that asbestos was present during renovations at a school in Warwickshire.

Fed up of flipcharts? Sick of slides? Training doesn’t have to be tedious, as a trio of creative and engaging new methods investigated by Tina Weadick and Vic Motune demonstrates.

Anglia Ruskin University has been awarded the highest possible accolade from RoSPA after entering for the charity’s Quality Safety Audit Award (QSA).

New guidance for placement officers responsible for third-level students embarking on work experience has been released by the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association.