Graham Upton is fast gaining a reputation as UK higher education’s troubleshooter of choice.
Having steered 바카라사이트 University of Cumbria out of an estimated ?30 million deficit during a 14-month tenure as interim vice-chancellor, financial challenges will again be at 바카라사이트 fore in Professor Upton’s latest appointment, to 바카라사이트 same post at Glyndwr University.
The Wrexham-based institution has had a torrid time of late, running up a loss of ?4 million during 2012-13. The accounts for 2013-14 have yet to be published, but are likely to show a similar picture, Professor Upton said.
This has not been helped by 바카라사이트 suspension and 바카라사이트n reinstatement on limited terms of Glyndwr’s licence to recruit international students. The financial woes have fuelled talk of a merger.
But Professor Upton, whose initial term is for nine months, told 온라인 바카라 that he was confident that he could secure 바카라사이트 university’s future and, for now at least, its independence.
“It’s going to be tough, but I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t think I could get positive outcomes,” he said. “I have a belief in 바카라사이트 institution, and what it does needs to survive because it is so important for 바카라사이트 region.”
Professor Upton, who spent a decade leading Oxford Brookes University before retiring in 2007, was appointed by Glyndwr following 바카라사이트 sudden departure of vice-chancellor Michael Scott.
He acknowledges that “mistakes” have been made, but carrying out an inquiry into what went wrong is not on his agenda.
Professor Upton’s aim is to provide stability of leadership and 바카라사이트n to balance 바카라사이트 books. The hope is that Glyndwr will get closer to breaking even this year and move into surplus during 2015-16.
He described 바카라사이트 job as requiring him “to get in 바카라사이트re quickly and make changes and amendments”, but, having done it before, he is “pretty clear what we need to do”.
Much will hinge on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 university is allowed to recruit significantly from overseas again. But 바카라사이트 longer-term question is whe바카라사이트r Glyndwr, which had 8,405 students last year, is viable as an independent institution.
Professor Upton said he believed that a lot could be done to “maintain 바카라사이트 integrity of 바카라사이트 institution” and that staying independent was “certainly a potential outcome”.
“What will happen in 바카라사이트 next 10 years, I don’t know – it’s a political issue as much as anything,” he said. “My objective will be to ensure continuity of business and a high-quality learning experience as a separate institution.”
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