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Cuts Are Unavoidable, Says VC Volunteering Project Section A new section highighting university volunteers FREE Page Page 42 58-59 Ex-Bangor student and award winning Interview With Rory Farmer lmmaker February Issue 2019 Issue No. 275 seren.bangor.ac.uk @SerenBangor Y Bangor University Students’ Union English Language Newspaper Cuts Are Unavoidable, Says VC VICE-CHANCELLOR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW “We’re not in a desperate situation. But the issues are serious,” says Vice-Chancellor FULL by FINNIAN SHARDLOW “My job is to make sure that goes e feedback gained from A ected schools are believed to ahead and it will achieve the objectives consultation will be considered before include: Law, Music & Media, Business, INTERVIEW he Interim Vice-Chancellor it will need to.” nal plans for cuts are formulated and Languages Literature & Linguistics, has con rmed that some cuts Since being appointed, Upton has implemented. History Philosophy & Social Sciences, at Bangor University can’t be extended the consultation period twice. “We are listening and looking at the Education & Human Development, INSIDE Tavoided. In this time, a student protest against comments that are coming through. Medical Sciences, Sport Health & Prof. Graham Upton replaced the the proposed cuts was also held at Main ere are some cases where the original Exercise Sciences, and Health Sciences. previous Vice-Chancellor, John G. Arts on January 18th which included plan might go ahead, in others we may Seren also spoke to Graham Upton PAGE 4-5 Hughes, at the start of January. local Arfon MP Hywel Williams as a change plans based on the feedback,” about his start to the job, sta In an exclusive interview with Seren, speaker. said Interim Vice-Chancellor Prof. redundancy and nancial transparency. Upton said: “Clearly, a process of Upton also attended Q&A sessions Graham Upton. See more: Page 4-5. cutting costs has begun. I came in the in co-operation with Undeb Bangor to Cuts of £5m were announced in middle of that process, so I can’t just address students’ concerns surrounding October 2018 with 50 jobs expected to stop it. the impending cutbacks. be at risk. FREE FIBRE BROADBAND FOR ALL 12 MONTH CONTRACTS 2019/2020 IF YOU SIGN BEFORE THE 1ST MARCH 2019 STUDIOS, APARTMENTS AND HOUSES, FOM 1 TO 8 BEDROOMS BILLS INCLUDED! NO FEES! ONLY £250 DEPOSIT! 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I’m totally committed to You’ve come to Bangor as really good institution. An institution I’ve been in institutions where the e ective and e cient going forward transparency. Many universities use Interim Vice-Chancellor. Despite that is absolutely committed to high nancial situation was in a much direr so that the University is ran in a a devolved budgeting system where a being a temporary tenure, how quality learning, teaching and research. position. But what we’ve got are serious business-like way. We’re looking at our Head of School should be able to clearly important is it for you to do a e evidence is there, from the NSS problems. planning processes, a newer approach see how much money from fees they good job here? scores to the TEF Gold Award – we’re to resource allocation so that Dean’s are getting and what their costs are. Well, I was on the Council here for a good place. Academically, we’re a What have you been doing to try and Head of School’s know how much We currently don’t have a system like two years. Whilst Council members vibrant and strong community. and tackle this situation? money they’ve got to spend. It’s crucial that. at makes it harder to share that won’t get to know all the details about Admittedly, we’ve got some problems. is is the 5th University I’ve been that, particularly, we modernise our information. So, we’ve got to modernise the university, we are still heavily ey’re primarily nancial. e rest Vice-Chancellor at now. So I’ve got a nancial management processes to our system so that people can see what’s involved in the university – so I haven’t of the university is going well. But pretty good background in running a make sure that we’re a step ahead of the happening.
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