Managing Travel Risks – Professional Skills Workshop

Description

Understanding the risks involved in fieldwork in high-risk travel and how these can be managed is an essential skill for any staff member or researcher carrying out moderate to high-risk travel as part of their work/research.

What are the benefits?

This interactive session gives an awareness of the potential issues which may be encountered and equips delegates with travel safety skills to manage these situations.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding factors affecting higher risk travel
  • Accessing and interpreting sources of information on travel risk
  • Developing situational awareness skills to enhance their personal safety
  • Understanding the arrangements in place in the University to support travel safety and emergency support
  • Exploring threats which travellers could be exposed to as well as the proactive and reactive actions which can reduce these risks

Who should attend?

This one-day session is for anyone completing risk assessments for high-risk travel.

There is a separate workshop about travel risk assessment which compliments this workshop. It explores planning and travel risk assessment for higher risk travel, including University Group requirements and approval processes.

Location
Elm Bank, Ground Floor, Hazel Room (ELM-G-14)

Further details: 

How do I register?

Register for this event by selecting 1 participant under RSVP and completing the information required.

Please RSVP only ONCE using your Coventry University email address without the ‘uni.’ (example@coventry.ac.uk) and check your registered email for a confirmation email. Please be aware that the automated confirmation email can sometimes be blocked. You will receive a calendar invite prior to the event.

Booking Closing Date:

Sign up for this event will close at 10am on the last working day prior to the event.