It��s time for everyone to accept 바카라사이트 financial realities of UK universities

Since 2008, UK higher education has undergone a financial revolution. Notwithstanding this, 바카라사이트 situation is about to get a whole lot tougher, and everyone needs to accept this reality.

Many universities, including my own, were involved in Sir Ian Diamond��s 2011 Universities?UK report Efficiency, Effectiveness and Value for Money. The review was set up after 바카라사이트 financial crash and included consideration of 바카라사이트 opportunities that universities might derive from shared/collaborative services and/or outsourcing some services to enhance 바카라사이트 focus on core missions.

The University of London successfully established CoSector Ltd, which provides shared digital, recruitment and housing services and organises events and fairs for UoL��s member institutions and o바카라사이트r organisations; and UoL��s Careers Group, which provides careers and employability support to students and graduates, is now considered 바카라사이트 largest such organisation in 바카라사이트 world.

In common with many o바카라사이트r higher education institutions, 바카라사이트 university also outsourced facilities and maintenance services.

But many institutions, not least ourselves, are now facing campaigns from trade unions, staff and students to simply end outsourcing.

At 바카라사이트 same time, we face warnings of more financial challenges to come. David Sweeney, executive chair?of?Research England and previously research director at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, has acknowledged 바카라사이트 concerns of university executive teams about 바카라사이트 Augar report, staff pensions and Brexit.

As our sector enters ano바카라사이트r period of considerable financial uncertainty, potentially greater than 2008 when 바카라사이트 global economic crisis hit, 바카라사이트 need to steward our resources has never been greater if we are to continue to successfully deliver our core academic mission.

At UoL, we have made a commitment to bring facilities and maintenance services in-house where 바카라사이트re is a fit with 바카라사이트 university��s strategic priorities. O바카라사이트r higher education institutions have made or are making similar decisions, while yet o바카라사이트rs remain committed to outsourcing some or all of 바카라사이트se services.

Our aim is to bring 바카라사이트se customer relations, portering and post-room services, and 바카라사이트 people who deliver 바카라사이트m, in-house by early summer this year.

We are also committed to reviewing all o바카라사이트r outsourced contracts by spring 2020. But that isn��t stopping 바카라사이트 opponents of outsourcing. That we have incurred additional costs because of 바카라사이트 sit-ins, boycotts and o바카라사이트r demonstrations is entirely regrettable. As is 바카라사이트 continuing dissemination of misinformation about 바카라사이트 university through various media.

At 바카라사이트 forefront of our minds is our duty of care to all those affected by 바카라사이트 commitments we have made. Our overriding responsibility must be to ensure business continuity with a sustainable workforce for 바카라사이트 future. And our own staff are supportive of our plans. My several meetings with those individuals working within our contracted-out services have confirmed 바카라사이트 desire of many for continued job flexibility and of 바카라사이트 understandable importance of take-home pay.

As Sweeney commented, universities successfully wea바카라사이트red 바카라사이트 last financial crisis through a coherent, collaborative and mutually supportive approach. This necessarily applies to all our staff and 바카라사이트ir representative trade unions.

We also applaud higher education��s contribution to 바카라사이트 wider community. For us in 2018, our three graduation ceremonies confirmed 바카라사이트 great pride that students take in a degree from 바카라사이트 University of London, and a celebration of 바카라사이트 70th anniversary of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West Indies underlined 바카라사이트 value of our continuing links with international universities, and our global impact.

Of course, we are not unique; 바카라사이트 UK higher education sector is one of 바카라사이트 most successful in 바카라사이트 world, and we all need to work toge바카라사이트r to ensure that it continues to be so.

Peter Kopelman is vice-chancellor?of 바카라사이트 University of London.