Contact: Marc Barnbaum 07 4923 2724 or m.barnbaum@cqu.edu.au
On behalf of Academy of University OHS Education & Research [AUOHSER]
Communiqué – The Sydney Declaration
Currently, 5% of Australian GDP is consumed annually by the cost of workplace incidents,
injuries, disease and fatalities nationwide.
In this context, the emerging Academy of University OHS Education and Research met in Sydney this
month (April) to contribute to the ALTC project Safe Guarding Australians.
At the forum 15 of the 17 universities that currently deliver OHS tertiary programs across Australia were
represented.
During the forum, key issues identified included the need to:
articulate the core body of OHS knowledge for accreditation of courses,
enhance the role and profile of OHS university education & research,
enhance the quality and sustainability of OHS education, and
increase the number of OHS research higher degree scholarships.
The Academy is strongly committed to taking action on these matters and calls on the community,
industry and OHS regulators to work with us.
ENDS
For further information contact:
A/Professor Yvonne Toft Mobile: 0488 544 776 or y.toft@cqu.edu.au
or
Professor Mike Capra Mobile: 0421 744 337
Debra Moodie-Bain Mobile: 0412 441 896
Pam Pryor Mobile: 0411 193 370
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