The College is working hard to support academic activity. Some examples of work underway include:
- The College Estates Board has been established with representatives from each School, students, Estates and the NHS to bring together requests for building works and recommend priorities to be approved by College Board.
- The College HR Business Partner Kim Newcombe is reviewing the HR support structure in the College and we have recently advertised a number of posts to provide additional capacity. A similar review of finance support will follow.
- In relation to the Institute of Medical and Dental Education, two operational groups – the ‘Educational Planning Group’ and the ‘Management Planning Group’ have been established. These groups will work with key stakeholders from across the 3 Schools to evaluate a number of options in the areas of inter-professionalism, educational scholarship, graduate studies, continued professional development, and the management of these aspects. These groups will make recommendations to the Institute Development Group. Based on the recommendations from the operational groups, a business case will be prepared and presented to the University Executive Board in January 2014.