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 Future Leader: Network Rail's Samantha Banfield

Tuesday 4th January 2022
Samantha Banfield, workforce safety, health and environment adviser at Network Rail, describes how she went from sociology graduate to rail industry safety adviser via a waitressing stint – and how working towards overcoming impostor syndrome has made her a better OSH professional.
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 Episode 9: Future Leaders on mental health

Wednesday 8th December 2021
This episode has been taken over by three IOSH Future Leaders: Alpa Vadher, Adam Gawne and Abdulhanan Cheema. They discuss how to be a good safety influencer, and the new standard for psychosocial risks and how it might impact mental health in the workplace.
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 Future Leader: the FA's Cassandra Barrow

Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Cassandra Barrow GradIOSH describes how the cloud of a COVID redundancy had a silver lining in the shape of an exciting new role at the FA, where she is embracing a broad range of OSH challenges while working to promote diversity and inclusion.
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 The value of being a mentor

Wednesday 3rd November 2021
A diverse career spanning the events industry – from the Olympics and Bollywood to music festivals and motorsport – is certainly an advantage for experienced mentor Richard Bate CMIOSH.
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 Interview: from teacher and translator to safety trainer

Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Personal performance
Sofiane Bentahar’s background as a teacher and a translator – and as both an IOSH student and a training provider – has proven invaluable to his OSH career.
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 The importance of CPD

Wednesday 15th September 2021
Long before COVID-19 struck, change was sweeping through work practices. OSH professionals must keep themselves up to date and ensure they have the right skill-set to be able to advise businesses.
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 How to be an effective OSH influencer at work

Wednesday 1st September 2021
Personal performance
The key to working across different cultures lies in the softer skills of the IOSH competency framework.
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 From safety champion to future leader

Wednesday 1st September 2021
IOSH Future Leader Jessica Sales explains her journey from lab quality control apprentice to QHSE manager with global commercial real estate services and investment company, CBRE. 
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 SHE Technician Apprenticeship: my experience so far

Tuesday 10th August 2021
Nineteen-year-old IOSH student member Lauren Healey on why she chose an OSH career and her aspirations to work in the education sector.
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 Interview: new IOSH CEO Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher

Monday 2nd August 2021
Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher became chief executive of IOSH on 1 August. She spoke to IOSH magazine about her plans and priorities to take IOSH forward.
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