The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the world's leading professional body for people responsible for safety and health in the workplace, is inviting researchers to submit proposals (written in English) for high quality research that will support providing an evidence base for effective occupational safety and health (OSH) policy and practice. IOSH will consider any proposal that supports the certain theme/s and are keen to receive bids from researchers that intend to engage OSH practitioners (and/or other working professionals) as part of their field work.
The themes are: Health and wellbeing, Organisational change and OSH performance, Occupational Health and safety performance reporting and Sustainability and OSH as a material issue, Learning and Training Methodologies and OSH.
Researchers who have a proven track record in high quality research can apply for funding. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 15 March 2016.
More information and the applying form on the IOSH website.

EuroApprenticeship is a network of more than 250 competent bodies, intermediate organisations and Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers, which organise “in company learning mobility” or provide expertise, information, help and support to learning mobility projects for the benefit of SMEs, Skilled Crafts Companies, of apprentices and young people in work-based learning and training systems.
It provides information, tools, contacts and exchange of experiences to find partners, support and adapted solutions for organising transnational mobility. The Network will provide added value by supporting and guiding those organisations without any experience to get into mobility and integrating them in the EuroApprenticeship “club”, so that they can find partners and develop mobility on a wider scale.
www.euroapprenticeship.eu

The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) was partner in a Lifelong Learning Project “Making the EU AsBestos Clean (ABClean) to create an e-learning course offer together with training providers and institutes for occupational medicine. In many Member States, asbestos related training requirements are often limited to workers in companies specialized in asbestos removal. This leaves out many workers who are at risk of exposure to asbestos, who receive no training on asbestos awareness at all.
For this reason, ABClean distinguishes between two types of workers when it comes to asbestos. The first group consists of workers in companies that are specialized in asbestos removal, who receive the appropriate training to perform this task and the second group consists of workers in other professions who are not specialized in asbestos removal, but who may encounter asbestos containing products in the course of e.g. maintenance, demolition or renovation. While some Member States have legislation in place to train this second group of workers on asbestos awareness, other Member States do not. In order to help address this discrepancy, the e-learning course is being offered together with training providers and institutes for occupational medicine.
The ABClean e-learning course is available in Polish, Lithuanian, Spanish and English. For more information see project website and project newsletter. For information on how to sign up for the course please contact Stephen Schindler (sschindler@efbh.be).

We are glad to welcome a new member to our network: The Health and Safety Department of the University of Brighton (UK). The department provides all staff and students with advice and guidance on safety so as to support living, working and learning in a safe and sustainable environment. It supports the delivery of the university’s Health and Safety Policy and associated Strategic Plan and is dedicated to providing an outstanding partnership based service which ensures the continuous improvement of the Health and Safety Management System.
The department is responsible for the delivery of a range of services including; advice, training, auditing, accident investigation, fire safety services, occupational health services. The department is dedicated to promoting the health and safety of students, staff, contractors, visitors and others in the University and creating a safe environment for all through guidance, coordination, monitoring and dissemination of information.
More information on the department website.