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The People The Business - The Setting Meet The People - Learn The Story
The People The Business - The Setting Meet The People - Learn The Story
The People The Business - The Setting Meet The People - Learn The Story
Oct 2019
One of most popular
universities in Country A. Jan 2020 Student Survey revealed
Ratio of applicants for each very high measures of
available student space 5:1 student satisfaction
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⇒ Traditional subjects i.e. HISTORY are still taught EACH FACULTY HAS BOTH
but DO NOT have a HIGH PROFILE FUNCTIONS
RESEARCH TEACHING
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PU is a non-
for-profit
organization
ACADEMIC YEAR RUNS
FROM OCTOBER- TO JULY
BOARD of TRUSTEES
REPRESENTATIVES of the
COMMUNITY, EMPLOYEES,
BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
CLARIFICATION
BOARD of TRUSTEES
SEPT 2021|
Catastrophic Accident in a Nearby
Chemical Plant
Severely affecting the nearby area.
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Received a large amount of
GOVERNMENT FUNDING to RESEARCH MEDICINES
for REDUCING the impact of exposure to
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS on PEOPLE and ANIMALS
FACULTY OF IT
Received FUNDING from the founder of one of the world’s largest
SOFTWARE COMPANIES to RESEARCH the use of AI in DETECTING
CONTAMINATION
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BPlan included a
NEW BUILDING for the
FACULTY of MUSIC
Installation of
Renewable Energy BPlan included an
Sources on the IMPROVED PAY
PU campus STRUCTURE for Lecturers
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ADRIANA ADRIANA
PU needed Further
made 10% of moved 20% of
to find ways operating
Teaching and staff to part-
to REDUCE costs savings
support staff time
OUTFLOWS were made
REDUNDANT employment
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HOWEVER
(3) Anxiety among the teaching staff remained
(4) Anxiety for some research staff (not involved in front line research)
remained too.
(5) Cash flow worsened
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ETHICAL ISSUES
DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES
REMAINED FOR
ADRIANA SUSTAINABILITY
ISSUES
Adriana needs to sort lines 86- 100
Patricia Hughes
TAKES PU TO COURT Jim Summerfield
claiming unfair dismissal head of History Faculty
after complaining to the
university newspaper Adriana discussed with faculty and found:
about the management -Low morare
Patricia Hughes of the faculty -Anger on how Patricia was dismissed
former History Lecturer -Fear about further redundancies
- Some Sexist and Racist attitudes
-Adrianna is surprised by Jim’s attitude. She knows him flourished DESPITE PU’s equality policies
since the establishment of the faculty. being in place
- Jim had a reputation of one of the best historians and - Jim became more controlling expecting
managers the faculty had department’s members to do as they are
-Faculty rumours claimed that Jim’s personal problems told and rarely consulting anyone
had caused his behaviour to change
Allegations in Social Media lines 100- 117
Di Jones
recently appointed as a trustee of PU
- The MN IT Company funds some of Pu’s ITresearch.
- Her appointment raises controversy since political activists have discovered
that Di descends from a family that used slaves on their sugar plantation back in
the 19th century. THEY ask for her being removed from her role as a PU trustee.
Di Jones
Director of a MN IT Company| PU Trustee
-Has invited a guest speaker who has been accused in the past of
having antisemitic views in one of his books.
- The society argues that freedom of speech should be held
- Other groups (including students and lecturers) though argue
that PU should no be a platform for intolerant views
PU’s Student Politics Society
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Adriana
-Wants to MAINTAIN the MOMENTUM of CHANGE to ENSURE that PU continues to
improve its SUSTAINABILITY as it returns to more normal operations.
-Thinks that ecological issues are NOT the only issues suitable for sustainability policies.
- PU has an opportunity to continue its sustainability programmes by rebuilding the
damaged part of the PU campus.
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Even in hard times, PU should not
stand still. She wishes she could see
what the future would bring- The
decisions then would be so easy.
PU | The Way Ahead
PU’s Future| Remains Uncertain - Some PU FACULTIES
Adriana: Adriana thinks that in the SHORT TERM would have to be
- Is waiting to see if STUDENT 1. PU needs to revise its Employment reviewed
- Research suggests that
NUMBERS increase again Contracts to try to restore morale to
the # of Students studying
- Knows that the accounts (financial) the teaching staff following HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL
are a cause of CONCERN redundancies. LANGUAGES has
- The successes of some of the 2. The IT training programmes need to DECREASED in the last
Research Projects suggest FURTHER continue and be expanded as new few years. This trend will
GROWTH and INVESTMENT in those ways of working are introduced. continue. This decline PU
PU areas (Research Function) 3. PU cannot continue as it did in the faces reflects falling
- PU would like to GROW its TEACHING past student interest for those
(a) Many PU facilities remained subjects in schools.
PROVISION (Teaching Function) - Some trustees have
underused outside term time.
(b) Lecturers often travelling around suggested NO longer
- PU’s LONG TERM PLAN INCLUDES the world to attend conferences OFFERING these subjects
and using the subsequent
(A) Refurbishing teaching facilities that (c) PU relying too much on the
savings to EXPAND further
were damaged by the accident HIGHER FEES paid by
provisions to the
(B) Open a CAMPUS in COUNTRY B INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
FACULTIES of MEDICINE
and IT
This was the Story line by line| Now we need to come up with
possible IB P1 style questions and answer them. Let’s work
towards having an effective revision.
Enjoy the ride!