The exposure of British construction management degree students to health and safety learning and assessment: are we fulfilling our duty of care?

The CIOB sets the standard by which the ‘chartered builder’ is qualified. Further, the CIOB details the experience required to achieve corporate membership. In January 1995, the CIOB ran a higher education project, under contract from the Department of Employment, which provided a basis for establishing a Higher Education Discipline Network for Building Management (CIOB, 1995). The project had three objectives:

(i) to identify excellence in the delivery of building management education, with a particular focus on innovative practices and vocational learning;

(ii) to improve the standard of education by bringing teaching staff together to share information and learn from the experiences of others; and

(iii) to disseminate examples of good practice through publications and seminars.