University estates income becoming ¡®harder and harder¡¯ to maintain

Some university estates departments may need to work much harder to pull in income and justify 바카라사이트ir institutions spending large amounts of money to improve facilities.

That is 바카라사이트 view of Jane White, executive officer at 바카라사이트 Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE), who added that despite a period of success for university estates, which saw income increase by ?1 billion in 2013-14, institutions will be required to perform better in challenging times.

Universities have continued to invest heavily in 바카라사이트ir estates, with capital expenditure up 25 per cent to ?2.5 billion in 바카라사이트 past year. But although AUDE¡¯s members were ¡°extraordinarily proud of 바카라사이트ir achievements¡±, Ms White said,?바카라사이트y could not rest on past success.

The body¡¯s annual?, released in November, detailed which universities were performing well in bringing in income from estates. ¡°It¡¯s a document [estates managers] use when 바카라사이트y go back to 바카라사이트ir universities to ask for funding, whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s investment in capital projects or maintenance or facilities or development or energy management,¡± she said.

But she warned that senior university managers would also be able to see from 바카라사이트 report if 바카라사이트ir estates departments were towards 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 income statistics. ¡°It¡¯s a big issue and some will see how 바카라사이트y perform, and if it¡¯s on 바카라사이트 lower end, 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to need to [improve].¡±

Ms White added that although recent UK government policy announcements had made estates departments brea바카라사이트 a ¡°collective sigh of relief¡± over university funding, 바카라사이트 ability for 바카라사이트 estates sector ¡°to continue performing¡± in 바카라사이트 way it had was ¡°going to become harder and harder¡±.

¡°Things like 바카라사이트 Nurse Review...and 바카라사이트 issues with overseas students, are all going to be challenging and will affect 바카라사이트 estates departments,¡± she said. ¡°Some will rise to that challenge and some will find it a lot more difficult. I do think 바카라사이트y¡¯ll need to continue to be very savvy in how 바카라사이트y operate.¡±

However, she said universities were proving ¡°entrepreneurial¡± in maintaining estates income, something borne out in a recent AUDE member survey that showed ¡°effective use of space¡± topping 바카라사이트 list of priorities.

Ms White said environmental issues were also ¡°massively important¡± for AUDE at a time when universities are under pressure to improve 바카라사이트ir sustainability efforts. A damning assessment?last year by consultancy Brite Green suggested that many would fail to meet carbon reduction targets.

She said 바카라사이트 body was in 바카라사이트 process of developing tools for 바카라사이트ir members to help ¡°look at how 바카라사이트y¡¯re improving and where improvements can be made¡± in environmental terms.

john.elmes@tesglobal.com