Please sign and circulate this petition to oppose the outsourcing of IT services at the University of Nottingham (UoN)
We call on the University of Nottingham to:
• rethink its proposal for a new IT operating model
• halt any outsourcing plans of IT services
• invest instead in IS staff training and upskilling as necessary.
Background
On 8 October, the University of Nottingham council supported UEB’s recommendation to outsource foundational IT services to an external company. ‘Foundational IT services’ are likely to include service desk, campus IT support (in person desk side support, AV support, student support), Windows and Linux administrators, data centre operations, HPC and network teams. The definition of what is ‘in scope’ might change over the next 12 months, but we estimate that about 125, or 50%, of information service (IS) staff will be confronted with redundancy or transfer to external contractors. The remaining IS staff will be restructured to fit the new model.
In light of the recent experience with Project Transform and the outsourcing of Campus Solutions to Infosys, we have no reason to believe that this new wave of outsourcing will be managed any better or is even necessary. The ongoing problems with Campus Solutions should be resolved first before even considering any further changes to the systems that feed into it. IS staff are still heavily involved in patching up the failures of Infosys, further outsourcing might well bring the institution to a halt.
University of Nottingham UCU
Halt outsourcing plans at the University of Nottingham
1,389 signatures
| 1,389 | Helen Cunliffe | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,388 | Michael Beale | Nottingham | My wife, along with her colleges, is under threat from plans to potentially outsource her role. As someone who strongly believes in higher education and all the positive things it brings society as a whole I feel that she is being badly let down by this possible direction the University is taking. And the argument for it is short-termist and weak. | |
| 1,387 | Luke Maiden | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing is a clear sign of disrespect and disregard from managers who have lost their humanity. | |
| 1,386 | daniella taiwo | university of nottinham | ||
| 1,385 | Emma Astle | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,384 | Hongwei Bao | The University of Nottingham | I highly appreciate the excellent work and continuous staff and students supoort provided by the university IT team. | |
| 1,383 | Louise Ahern | |||
| 1,382 | Jenny Mackay | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,381 | Oliver Franiel | UoN alumnus | In virtually all organisations for which I've worked over the years, IT outsourcing only sounded good on paper. In the end, paying less for better service really is too good to be true. | |
| 1,380 | Claire Henson | |||
| 1,379 | Heidi Marshall | Medical School | ||
| 1,378 | Zarina Teli | Cripps Dental Centre, University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,377 | Chloe Towlerton | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,376 | Victoria Whelan | University of Nottingham | Close the gender pay gap | |
| 1,375 | James Matai | University of Nottingham | Listen to your employees already! They are the background of this institution. | |
| 1,374 | Holly Rush | Nottingham | ||
| 1,373 | Chris Brotherton | Emeritus Professor Herriot-Watt University, University of Ulster, Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Univ. | IT supports all strategic functions of our Universities. It is vital that management at all levels maintains firm control of its operations at all times. | |
| 1,372 | Jonathan Albericci | |||
| 1,371 | Meryl Aldridge | University of Nottingham (retired) | Outsourcing is never an improvement. Are staff overpaid? I think not. So where is the contractor's profit going to come from? | |
| 1,370 | Toni Read | External Relations | Considering the massive negative impact the project transform etc has had on the health and well being of university employees, i am shocked that this outsourcing is even being considered. | |
| 1,369 | Rosie Thompson | University of Nottingham | I do not agree with the outsourcing and believe the university should invest in training IS staff. | |
| 1,368 | Tamzin Grayson-Gaunt | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,367 | Tilde Resare | university of nottingham | ||
| 1,366 | Roger Bartlett | Emeritus UCL; former Special Professor, University of Nottingham | This outsourcing appears inappropriate in most respects. | |
| 1,365 | H Foss | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,364 | FEIRAN WANG | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,363 | Danny Lawrence | retired member of the academic and former member of Council | Please reconsider this policy. Outsourcing such services frequently leads to practical problems that are difficult if not impossible to resolve but, in addition, in this instance,the loss of goodwill amongst University staff in general is something the University cannot afford. Once lost it will never be recovered. | |
| 1,362 | sylvia trtench | retired University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,361 | Jonathan Silvey | Nottingham | As husband of a UoN member of the admin staff, I have had to listen for years to tales of how Campus Solutions has failed again and again. I note how many comments are in favour of the in-house IT staff. | |
| 1,360 | Donna Palmer | University of Nottingham | this is a crucial university service provided to staff and students | |
| 1,359 | alastair stuart | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,358 | Daisy Stringfellow | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,357 | Luisa Zanchi | University of Leeds | UoLeeds also down the same path... and it’s a nightmare. We have already lost all our best IT people. Stop IT outsourcing in the whole university sector. | |
| 1,356 | Errol Morris | Lakeside Art Centre Nottingham | ||
| 1,355 | Marta Aloi | Nottinghamshire | As member of Staff of Nottingham University, I cannot emphasise enough how injust and counter-productive this plan is. | |
| 1,354 | Laura Sun | University of Nottingham | Has the University not learnt lesson from Campus Solutions outsourcing? | |
| 1,353 | Amena Saber | University of Nottingham | I stand with University Staff. | |
| 1,352 | Roy Howard | |||
| 1,351 | Karen Stevenson | KMC | Although I am in a different union I whole heartedly agree with you. | |
| 1,350 | Sarah Green | Nottingham | ||
| 1,349 | Ian Lowndes | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,348 | Jie Ke | Chemistry | I get excellent IT supports from our university's IT team because they know the requirements of our reseach projects need. I am not sure the external team will provide the same level of service we have. | |
| 1,347 | Yu Qiong Chin | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,346 | Sophie Namey | UoN | ||
| 1,345 | James Condliffe | University of Nottingham | I think outsourcing is another step undermining the workforce who’s single contribution is most fundamental to a university. | |
| 1,344 | Cesar Rodriguez | Nottinghamshire | I support the UCU strike. | |
| 1,343 | Gabriele Gaspard | |||
| 1,342 | Jensen Gibbs | UoN - Student Services | ||
| 1,341 | Jonathan Shaw | UoN | Having been part of PT, then arbitrarily outsourced to Infosys, I rejoined the University in 2018, only to learn of these latest proposals. It beggars belief that the University is willing to risk its reputation once more even before the dust of PT has settled. Suffice to say I am not keen to repeat this experience, nor see anyone else put through such a demeaning process. | |
| 1,340 | James Pilley | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,339 | Helen Rodgers | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,338 | Matteo Icardi | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,337 | Max Thorpe | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,336 | Behzad Talle | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,335 | Yufeng Li | |||
| 1,334 | Emma Taylor | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,333 | Jonathan F | |||
| 1,332 | Keith Burgess | Nottingham | ||
| 1,331 | Esmeralda Bon | |||
| 1,330 | Emily Janes | University of Nottingham | Stop ignoring the views of staff and unions. The more you do the more impact it has, not only on their lives, but also the lives of us students. | |
| 1,329 | Naomi Lockwood | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,328 | Olivia Shaw | University of Nottingham | As a student, I feel that the university is consistently letting down its students. | |
| 1,327 | Sarah Smart | UoN, Campaign Office | I want to keep our in house IT support, not see it outsourced. | |
| 1,326 | Krishnan Ganesh | Department of Physics and Astronomy | ||
| 1,325 | Hannah Constantin | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,324 | Annabel Browne | |||
| 1,323 | valerie owens | Nottingham University Chaplaincy | The IT staff in SB offer an invaluable and excellent service that is irreplaceable. Their prompt, efficient and helpful service enables staff to work efficiently, and removes the stress of ongoing IT problems. I am hugely grateful to their service over many years and cannot imagine what it would be like to lose this great team of highly dedicated and experienced people. | |
| 1,322 | Nigel Mongan | |||
| 1,321 | andrew` wilde | University of Manchester | This needs to be stopped at all universities | |
| 1,320 | Richard Misell-jones | University of Manchester | Stop this madness we at Manchester are also going through this, and it's not to save money that is the usual excuse... | |
| 1,319 | Pete Carlton | CELE, University of Nottingham | Please rethink this proposal. The in-house IT team are doing an excellent job. Why fix it if it ain't broke? | |
| 1,318 | Chris Rumsey | Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, UoN | Is the University shooting itself in the foot? Will any alternative outsourced provision actually come close in replicating what is currently provided by UoN IS. At the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit we are heavily reliant on the support that UoN IS provides. This includes but also goes way beyond basic support for PCs and end users - business specific critical software and server platforms. | |
| 1,317 | laura wilson | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,316 | Nicky Baker | University of Nottingham, School of Medicine | ||
| 1,315 | Claire Jennings | University Park | ||
| 1,314 | Monica Persson | University of Nottingham | The services provided by IT are excellent | |
| 1,313 | Rich Thorne | Student Services, University of Nottingham | Whether or not outsourcing is a good idea in general, please hold off making any large-scale IT changes until the results of the last large-scale IT changes are working properly... | |
| 1,312 | Karen Lawler | Nottingham University | ||
| 1,311 | Margaret Hull | Nottingham University UPC | Out sourcing the IT, you be will loosing control over quality and services to both staff and Students. Putting money savings before quality and service, never works in a specialist area. Ends up costing far more to the University in the long run in reputation and then having to plough more money in to reach the level of quality and service required for staff and Students. | |
| 1,310 | Andy Thomson | University of Nottingham | Have always expected better from a university and have been consistently disappointed. This will result in higher costs for a poorer service. | |
| 1,309 | Nick Cox | University Of Nottingham | ||
| 1,308 | Corinne Leighton | Nottinghamshire | This is a real kick in the teeth for our hardworking IS colleagues and will add even more instability to an already difficult working situation for all here at UoN | |
| 1,307 | Clive Dixon | Nottingham University | If the service you get from the private IT companies in your home is anything to go by,I cant see the benefit of outsourcing.Plus,the disruption to procedures will not be worth it. | |
| 1,306 | ANGELA SHONE | UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | ||
| 1,305 | Susan Sutherland | Student Services, UP Central, Portland Building | The current staff do an excellent job and are invaluable. I've seen outsourcing at other companies and the results have been poor at best | |
| 1,304 | Gaynor Robinson | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,303 | Jessica Cormack | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,302 | Tracy Adair | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,301 | Yvonne Constable | Student Services Portland Building | We need to keep "in house" staff not sit waiting to speak to an unknown on a phone | |
| 1,300 | Rachel Fox | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,299 | Alice Lill | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,298 | Aaron Lewis | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,297 | James Hetherington | University of Nottingham | The latest in a series of poorly informed, questionably motivated, decisions and one which is very likely to be an ongoing disaster for the University. There needs to be accountability. | |
| 1,296 | Alexia Karantana | University of Nottingham | The team provide a service that required local expertise, know how and boots on the ground and could not be succesfully outsourced. | |
| 1,295 | Wendy Sutcliffe | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,294 | Natalia Tsiva | University of Nottingham, Libraries | ||
| 1,293 | Liz Doney | University of Nottingham | I object to the outsourcing of core services | |
| 1,292 | Estelle Derclaye | Univ. Nottingham | I've always have had a wonderful service by our IT staff for the 13 years I have worked here, why should we change? If Prof Arrowsmith, a world expert on public procurement belirves outsourcing will make things worse, I'd be extremely concerned and careful. We will no longer have internal/full control over the outsourced services. Does UoN want even less staff and student satisfaction? | |
| 1,291 | Kath Starr | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,290 | Leanne Cartwright | Nottinghamshire | Our team relies heavily on the support we receive from the our IT colleagues (Service desk staff and Campus support (IT West) I would be unable to run the Central Registration event without the support I receive each year from these teams. The assistance we require could not be provided by an outsourced IT provision. | |
| 1,289 | Chris Norman | University of Nottingham | I cannot see any benefit to this idea other than saving cash, which makes it a dreadful idea. We will lose valuable service quality and insight from colleagues for no good reason. | |
| 1,288 | Alex MacKenzie | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,287 | Kimberley Simms | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,286 | Rhiannon Harries | University of Nottingham, UK | ||
| 1,285 | Faye Martin | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,284 | Rachel Haines | Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine | ||
| 1,283 | Esther Burden-Teh | University of Nottingham | The UON IT service is excellent - knowledgable, fast and friendly. Outsourcing puts this at risk! We risk losing committed and valuable staff, and are likely to end up with a poorer service. | |
| 1,282 | Jayne Newham | University of Nottingham | The UoN IT services are excellent. I have worked here for 22 years and every issue I have had has aways been resolved in a timely and professional manner. As with most IT issues the user requires a fast response, which in my opinion has always been the case with the UoN. I worry that by outsourcing we will lose this excellent service we currently have. | |
| 1,281 | Joanne Burkitt | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,280 | wendy Daunt | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,279 | Ritika Sharma | NUH | ||
| 1,278 | Jane Evison | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,277 | Beth Norton | University of Nottingham | Does past experience tell us nothing? Outsourcing does not work. Value our IT Service please. Keep our IT Services in house. | |
| 1,276 | Mickey Lewis | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,275 | Martha Jones | University of Nottingham | I'm completely against any plans to outsource IT services at the University of Nottingham. This will add to existing problems caused by Project Transform and Campus Solutions, which haven't been resolved. | |
| 1,274 | Kate Garland | University of Nottingham | I object to the outsourcing of core services | |
| 1,273 | Sebastian Moody | Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit | Keep it within the Uni! | |
| 1,272 | Kirsty Sprange | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,271 | Lindsay Armstrong-Buisseret | University of Nottingham | I've worked in industry and seen the effects of IT services being outsourced, it was a complete and utter disaster that ended up costing way more than keeping it in-house. Don't make everyone's life a misery by outsourcing this essential service, it will end up with everyone being frustrated and wasting hours of staff time. | |
| 1,270 | Charlotte Gidman | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,269 | Ann Lavin | Business School | Why outsource? Shouldn't we be developing the in-house IT department which in my experience has been excellent!. IT should be kept in-house! | |
| 1,268 | Mara Ozolins | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing is likely to cost more in the long run, with poorer service because of lack of internal knowledge | |
| 1,267 | Trish Hepburn | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,266 | carrie chalmers | University of Nottingham | Having worked in various corporate institutions the UoN IT helpdesk is the best I've experienced. They are incredibly knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Why try to 'fix' an issue thats not broken. Not to mention all the jobs at risk and insecurities that the IT staff must be feeling right now.... | |
| 1,265 | James Newson | UoM | Good luck resisting | |
| 1,264 | David Cartwright | University of Manchester | ||
| 1,263 | David Arimoro | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,262 | Moira Jenkins | N/A | People with these skills need to be nurtured and valued. They deserve security in their working lives. | |
| 1,261 | John Smithee | Peterborough, Fenland, & King's Lynn Unite Community Branch Member | ||
| 1,260 | Liz Silver | NTU Studetn Support Services | I work in a university and know how important IT support is to both staff and studetns. I also know how important it is for that IT support to be an integral part of the organisation needing the support. The work is best done by internal staff who work for the university and who understand how things work at the university and are part of it's workforce. | |
| 1,259 | Marcus Dare | University of Nottingham | I think that this is truly awful news for our hard working IT colleagues. And i highly doubt that any external company will be able to maintain the same quality of service or care as much as our current IT department. | |
| 1,258 | Sean Ince | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,257 | Margaret Whittingham | Uuniversity of Nottingham Dermatology | ||
| 1,256 | Barbara Maston | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,255 | Gary Clarke | University of Nottingham | I don't want colleagues to be TUPE'd over to a private company & end up on worse terms & conditions. Keep this service in-house. | |
| 1,254 | Laura Jarvis | UoN | ||
| 1,253 | Jillian Rickly | NUBS | ||
| 1,252 | Josh Malik | Loughborough University | ||
| 1,251 | Sarah Woodcock | University of Nottinghsm | ||
| 1,250 | Trish Limb | |||
| 1,249 | Cristina De Matteis | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,248 | Elizabeth Rawding | School of Medicine UoN | The IT team do a great job both on the phone and on the ground. Everyone in UoN relies heavily on the service they provide. This year we have seen the disaster with Campus, MyNottingham & timetabling leading to student disatisfaction and lots of apology emails from senior managers. Outsourcing IT will magnify these problems. Didn't UoN learn anything from Project Transform? | |
| 1,247 | Marisela Mendoza | nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,246 | Alex Musselwhite | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,245 | Helen Nicholls | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,244 | Lucy Sackville | |||
| 1,243 | Stephanie Barnard-Khan | Nottingham | \stop outsourcing! It is horribly inefficient and a nightmare to work with on the ground. | |
| 1,242 | Richard Pearson | Nottingham | ||
| 1,241 | Roger Bayston | Academic Orthopaedics University of Nottingham | We depend on IT services provided by people who know the systems, know our needs, and know the university. Vast collective experience of outsourcing of IT (and other services) shows clearly that it is a serious mistake and eventually has to be reversed, with considerable expense and loss of staff morale (and IT expertise as they will have left). | |
| 1,240 | Laura Prescott | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,239 | Paul Leighton | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,238 | Sonia Gran | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,237 | Sarah Vickers | UoN | ||
| 1,236 | Douglas Grindlay | Notts | A big mistake! | |
| 1,235 | Doug Little | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,234 | Stefnee Lindberg | University of Nottingham (yes, it still has campuses in Nottingham, UK-- for now!) | How is it that outsourcing at Manchester is being touted as a success story? Outsourcing went so well there that a group of academics got together and wrote this book called "What a waste: Outsourcing and how it goes wrong" https://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719099533/ | |
| 1,233 | Laura Dovey | |||
| 1,232 | Dan Duthie | UoN, City Hospital | One has to question UEB's ability to manage the University of Nottingham, given it's recent track record. | |
| 1,231 | Kim Thomas | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,230 | Nicola Grime | Jubilee Campus | ||
| 1,229 | Michael Pearce | UON | The University should conduct a poll of academic staff and students as to whether they actually want this change | |
| 1,228 | John Holford | School of Education, University of Nottingham | This is an extraordinary - and promises to be an extraordinarily damaging - decision. It shows appalling disregard for colleagues. And (especially in the light of the disastrous experience with Project Transform), I have no confidence that it will enhance support for academic activities of any kind. | |
| 1,227 | Rachel Newnham | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,226 | Linda Pycroft | University of Nottingham, Dermatology | I do not feel that outsourcing our excellent IT services would be in the best interests of our students or staff. | |
| 1,225 | Shirley Connolly | University of Nottingham | I don't believe outsourcing is the solution and I don't think it will be managed well if it does go ahead. | |
| 1,224 | Tamsyn Smith | University of Nottingham | The University should learn from previous mistakes! | |
| 1,223 | Matthew Nilan | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,222 | Rachel Holmes | |||
| 1,221 | Selina Janagal | |||
| 1,220 | Vince Baxter | UoN Education | I feel we should use the skills we already have to maintain IT | |
| 1,219 | Kay Walters | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,218 | Mia Bellusova | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,217 | Janet Wilmot | University of Nottingham, School of Education | ||
| 1,216 | Jennifer Caddick | |||
| 1,215 | Tova Ostlund | Nottingham | ||
| 1,214 | Emma Halford-Busby | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,213 | Lucy Baker | UoN | ||
| 1,212 | Hannah Meir | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,211 | Lucy Noyes | University of nottingham | ||
| 1,210 | Alice Nott | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing has not improved the experience of students but hindered it with timetables being created by people who do not understand the needs of students | |
| 1,209 | Alice Haslam | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,208 | Heidi Winklhofer | NUBS | To enhance student experience and increase research output, we need our IS staff more than ever. Let's not see them as cost and instead treat them as a core asset. | |
| 1,207 | Cherie Edwards | Student Services Jubilee | ||
| 1,206 | Samantha Shinn | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,205 | Jessica Zemanek | University of Nottingham | Don't do it. We rely heavily on the IT team on site, they are quick to understand issues, respond and resolve them! Not a good idea. | |
| 1,204 | Christine Fletcher | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,203 | Lorraine Loveridge | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,202 | Ken Starkey | Nottingham University Business School | It is crucial to educate university management in what are foundational services needed to support our educational mission. | |
| 1,201 | Margaret McPhee | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,200 | Carol Hill | University of Nottingham | Campus is proof that we need knowlege with regards to our IT support | |
| 1,199 | Alison Williams | University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library | ||
| 1,198 | Rita Gohil | Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology | Not a good idea to outsource as it would mean loss of jobs for IT staff and we already have experienced IT staff with expertise in this area. It would be a money saving exercise that will eventually fall apart if carried out. | |
| 1,197 | Angela Summerfield | Division of Psychiatry & Applied Psychology | I feel this decision needs revisiting at the very least. We have excellent foot soldiers with vast knowledge in the IT teams based here at the University. It would be a shame to destroy that with another high level decision that seems prone to backfire again. | |
| 1,196 | Miriam Stanyon | Institute of Mental Health | ||
| 1,195 | Catriona Hind | Nottingham University | ||
| 1,194 | Louise Pettifer | Nottingham University | ||
| 1,193 | Emma Woodward | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,192 | Mark van Rossum | U Nottingham | ||
| 1,191 | Anshuman Chutani | Nottingham University Business School | ||
| 1,190 | Sarb Hoskinson | Loughbrough | I have seen too many organisations outsource technology and infrastructure projects and seeing staff that has been dedicated leave or made redundant. Then needing this staff to come back and fix a bigger problem than when they left. Leadership needs to listen to staff and develop them and build a string team to then maintain what was implemented- in returning bringing down the Opex costs. | |
| 1,189 | Jennifer Gordon | Surrey | ||
| 1,188 | Thea Lawrence | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,187 | Mari Hughes | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,186 | Sue Bingham | UoN | ||
| 1,185 | Asya Alanazi | Theology and Religious Studies | ||
| 1,184 | Sue Tempest | NUBS | ||
| 1,183 | Rebecca Batty | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,182 | Karen Maltby | Nottingham University Business School | In my experience within 2 years companies have always reverted back to inhouse, I have never known outsourcing to work. | |
| 1,181 | Susan Anderson | Nottingham | ||
| 1,180 | Jinmin Wang | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,179 | Julia Merrill | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,178 | Sylvia Perkins | Student Services, Business School North, Jubilee Campus. | ||
| 1,177 | Philip Van Krimpen | Univeristy of Nottingham | Outsourcing is an outdated concept, proven to be ineffective in both the private and public sector. No real attempt has been made to invest in the areas which are being outsourced, both in terms of training and infrastructure. The answer to this is not to simply throw it over the wall and hope another organisation can handle it. | |
| 1,176 | Yi Ming Lai | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,175 | Sue Grimwood | Greenfield Medical Library | I do not feel this would be in the best interests of students or staff. | |
| 1,174 | Sarah Turner | |||
| 1,173 | Beth Coyle | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,172 | Wilcoxson Gerrard | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,171 | Sadie Robinson | |||
| 1,170 | Lisa Doughty | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,169 | Sarah Speirs | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,168 | Boeles Boeles Rowland | KU Leuven, Belgium | ||
| 1,167 | William Woods | Beeston | ||
| 1,166 | Dave Parkin | University of Nottingham | Of course, outsourcing IT will be damaging to the University in both degraded service and expense forcing it though. But the people making this decision will jump ship before it starts sinking and of course their CV will call it all a great success | |
| 1,165 | Mark Shotter | Confetti/NTU | ||
| 1,164 | Gina Rogers | Business School, Jubilee Campus | IT is a vital part of every department,school for staff, students, teaching and to enable us all to work professionally. | |
| 1,163 | Emma Thomson | |||
| 1,162 | Duncan McGuinness | |||
| 1,161 | Hannah Ryan | |||
| 1,160 | Craig Thomson | Self employed | Outsourcing costs more money, training offers better return of investment and control over issues | |
| 1,159 | Lisa Lockhart | |||
| 1,158 | Rachel Williams | West Bridgford | My previous employer outsourced IT. Quality of service decreased. So much so, they have now brought it back in house. University would be wise to skip the outsourcing step, and instead focus on improving the in house service. For context, previous employer was multinational company with approx 7000 employees. | |
| 1,157 | Else Panayi | Greater London | Stop outsourcing. Else | |
| 1,156 | Jo Brewis | The Open University | ||
| 1,155 | Mark Daintree | Nottingham University Business School | Outsourcing is only likely to increase costs, support complexity and service delivery time whilst reducing flexibility and support levels | |
| 1,154 | Eva Parker | School of Education, University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,153 | Tina Caunt | |||
| 1,152 | Muhammad Rafique | County (optional)NUBS | ||
| 1,151 | George Parr | Unversity of Nottingham, Civil Engineering (Retired) | The dominant priority of a provider of outsourced services would be its own success, not the U of N's. | |
| 1,150 | Fiona Moore | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,149 | Michael Thomson | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,148 | Dave Bicker | Sutton Bonington Campus | Is this wise? Service users think not. Will it go ahead? On past performance it will, expensively & ineffectually. | |
| 1,147 | Marie Kowalski | Jubilee Student Services | ||
| 1,146 | Alison Pilnick | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,145 | Teresa Frudd | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,144 | Carole Winson | Nottingham University Business School | Our current IT staff do an excellent job, we want to keep them! | |
| 1,143 | Shelly Rigby | University of Nottingham | Not a good time to be outsourcing the IT dept | |
| 1,142 | Bertrand Perrat | UoN, Business School, N/LAB, Jubilee Campus | ||
| 1,141 | Insa Hartung | |||
| 1,140 | Alyson McLintock | NUBS | ||
| 1,139 | Jackie Andrews | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,138 | Olga Tkachuk | University of Nottingham Business School | ||
| 1,137 | Philip Bellamy | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing this service seems totally unnecessary | |
| 1,136 | Rani Thanacoody | Jubilee Campus BSN | ||
| 1,135 | Niamh O'Sullivan | NUBS | ||
| 1,134 | Claire Palmer | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,133 | Alison Sinclair | University of Nottingham Business School | The University's new and old management is not learning. IT outsourcing is a way to avoid having to deal with the problems the institution started with Project Transform. It's Project Transform 2. Can management please support, not hinder the adoption of the new student record systems. Drastic changes to staffing do not demonstrate leadership, but they erode trust at a frightening speed. | |
| 1,132 | Joanne Bagshaw | University of Nottingham, King's Meadow Campus | ||
| 1,131 | David Gray | Sutton Bonington Campus | Quality of IT provision at SB is good; outsourcing is unlikely to provide the level of support required to do our job efficiently. | |
| 1,130 | Simona Spedale | The University of Nottingham - NUBS | ||
| 1,129 | Tessa Moore | UoN | Outsourcing hasn't worked with Campus. Why would it work with IT? | |
| 1,128 | Joanne Hadley | NUBS,Jubilee Campus, BS North | Campus foundational IT support is too valuable to lose. | |
| 1,127 | Frederique Bouilheres | NUBS | ||
| 1,126 | Ja ryong Kim | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,125 | Camilla Palmer | the University of Nottingham | I support this cause. | |
| 1,124 | Mark Bentley | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,123 | Tracey Bettinson | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,122 | Sophie Mills | University of Nottingham/Business School | Outsourcing core IT services would be a huge mistake, as IT support should be integrated within the business. I believe investment into IS staff training would be a much more favourable option. | |
| 1,121 | Sarah Holt | University of Nottingham, Department of Theology and Religious Studies | The individuals whom I have encountered on The IT team are exceptionally competent and committed, compared to any I have met in other places. I find it hard to believe there can be a better calibre of employee elsewhere. To make half redundant and to outsource work cannot be for the good of clients within the uni like me (a postgrad student) or them. I heartily endorse this petition. | |
| 1,120 | Kathleen Visser | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,119 | Anja Rohde | University of Nottingham, Department of Archaeology and Classics | ||
| 1,118 | Svetlana Clark | Modern languages | Can anyone give a single example of outsourcing success?!? | |
| 1,117 | Mark Anderson | History/Humanities/University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,116 | Lydia Farina | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,115 | Soma Mukherjee | Research & Innovation, University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,114 | Alex Bryne | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,113 | Arijit Mukherjee | Nottingham University Business School | ||
| 1,112 | Hamish Forbes | School of Humanities/Dept of Classics and Archaeology | ||
| 1,111 | Heather Davison | School of Chemistry, UoN | ||
| 1,110 | Miki Kurose | Nottinghamshire | outsourcing | |
| 1,109 | Naomi Harvey | Nottingham University Vet School | Outsourcing IT is a very bad idea. Please don’t. | |
| 1,108 | Ting Chang | University of Nottingham | The in-house IT team has provided invaluable help to me and solved many problems. There is no reason to get rid of them. | |
| 1,107 | Lewis Borck | University of Missouri | Please do not continue with plans to outsource university services to a private, for profit, company. | |
| 1,106 | Minjia Chen | Business school | ||
| 1,105 | Craig Shepherd | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,104 | Nigel Denoronha | University of Nottingham | The in house IT service has dealt well with my personal and teaching requirements. I am extremely concerned that outsourcing the service would significantly reduce the quality and flexibility of the service. In my previous role as an IT auditor I have personally seen the damage of such approaches in a number of large organisations. | |
| 1,103 | Melanie Bhend | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,102 | Clare Simcock | |||
| 1,101 | David Morris | NUBS | ||
| 1,100 | Kulwant Pawar | University of Nottingham | they provide valuable and timely support | |
| 1,099 | Simona Mateut | Business School | ||
| 1,098 | Sally Hibbert | |||
| 1,097 | Alexia Yates | |||
| 1,096 | David Achtzehn | UoN, Business School | ||
| 1,095 | Laura Odila Schroeder | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing will not make things cheaper. We need strong in-house IT support on campus AND at every single department. People who care about the institution and can train grad-students working alongside them are important! | |
| 1,094 | Gongtao Zhang | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,093 | Aditya Jain | Nottingham University Business School | Please think of the long term, this is not going to save the university any money, only cause more issues and as a result cost more in the future. | |
| 1,092 | Elaine Jammali | Business School | I currently call upon the IT team on a daily basis. All are helpful, all are friendly, all are knowledgeable and are happy to help. Outsourcing this service would be inconvenient, bordering on useless. Who, from an external environment could possibly have the local knowledge essential to the smooth running of the service.What a daft idea | |
| 1,091 | Sarah Wilson | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,090 | Simon Bishop | Nottingham | Outsourcing very frequently leads to unintended consequences and additional costs (financial and non-financial), not considered in the initial proposition. Large public sector organisations within our region have recently reversed outsourcing contracts at considerable cost following years of difficulties. | |
| 1,089 | Laurie Cohen | Nottingham University | ||
| 1,088 | Lara Bianchi | NUBS | ||
| 1,087 | Gertjan Lucas | Nottingham Unversity Business School | ||
| 1,086 | Aristeidis Dadoukis | |||
| 1,085 | Amanda Power | University of Oxford | ||
| 1,084 | Tom Coogan | Nottingham Unversity Business School | ||
| 1,083 | Tommaso Faccio | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,082 | Teresa Corcoran | University of Nottingham | I think internal staff are better placed to support the University - other proposals which have aparently led to cost savings (like project transform) seem to still be having long lasting impact of staff members who are trying to fill the gaps left by the new structure for the sake of the University reputation - outside of their job remit and in addition to their day to day roles | |
| 1,081 | Thanaset Chevapatrakul | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,080 | Simon Parker | Nottingham University Business School | ||
| 1,079 | Robert Pasley | University of Nottingham | This will just make things worse after a rather botched implementation recently | |
| 1,078 | Jeannie Holstein | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,077 | Marek Korczynski | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,076 | Ian Forrest | University of Oxford | This move will degrade university staff conditions, and worsen the service for teaching and research. | |
| 1,075 | Sian Webb | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,074 | Amanda Colclough | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,073 | Georgia Walker | School of Education | Such a helpful team; always on hand to offer assistance and support where necessary. | |
| 1,072 | Brian Logan | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,071 | Nicholas Thom | University of Nottingham | On top of the Campus Solutions fiasco, this plan (if true) would only add to the madness. When will leaders learn to consult those who actually know things instead of believing figures quoted by administrators? | |
| 1,070 | Mark Gallagher | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,069 | Jean-Xavier Ridon | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,068 | Amy Hurst | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,067 | Emma Swain | School of Education | ||
| 1,066 | Phil Andrews | Ex University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,065 | Gareth Gee | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing university services is always a bad idea. Outsourcing IT services is a terrible, stupid idea. | |
| 1,064 | Gary Hunt | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,063 | Sarah Burton | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,062 | Tobias Bast | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,061 | Matthew Kinloch | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library (Harvard University)/Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna) | ||
| 1,060 | David Matless | School of Geography | ||
| 1,059 | Robin Vandome | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,058 | Ruth Dilly | Queen's University Belfast | ||
| 1,057 | Ewan Dinwiddie | |||
| 1,056 | Helen Barrow | |||
| 1,055 | Heather Kirk | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,054 | Dan Simpkins | Nottingham | Been there before with outsourcing in the past (to India - was a dissaster), fear if it goes ahead we'll lose a lot of excellent skilled ppl | |
| 1,053 | Imogen Worrall | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,052 | Bindi Brook | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,051 | Adam Sharman | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,050 | Chris Gratton | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,049 | Mike Byrne | University of Nottingham (now retired) | ||
| 1,048 | Maurice Hendrix | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,047 | MIRIAM MORGAN | Nottingham College | Not acceptable to privatise in this way | |
| 1,046 | Nick Mount | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,045 | Scott Weightman | |||
| 1,044 | S Huggett | UoN | ||
| 1,043 | Beatrice Wallbank | University of Nottingham, PhD student | The IT service in the university is excellent and friendly and there is no excuse for this outsourcing move. Evidence is building daily that outsourcing at Nottingham is harming its students, staff and the university as a whole. | |
| 1,042 | Megan Doole | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,041 | Claire Taylor | Dept of History | A terrible idea. When has out-sourcing ever worked in a huge and complex organisation. I'm thinking NHS cleaners/porters, prisons, detention centres. Even outsourcing photocopying hasn't worked here! The IT services seems to be getting the blame for the Campus Solutions debarcle. | |
| 1,040 | Nina Charami | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,039 | Louise Mullany | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,038 | James D | University of Nottingham | Universities are defined by the information contained and transmitted via their IT infrastructure more than most institutions. It is reckless to abrogate responsibility for such infrastructure. The experiment has been run with Campus solutions and the learning is readily apparent. Current IT support is excellent and responsive. External contracts that reward time not performance.are a disaster | |
| 1,037 | Ian Taylor | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,036 | Ute Hirsekorn | Outrageous! Support services that the institution has outsourced in the last 20 years are not working effectively, e.g. cleaning services, occupational health. Campus Solution NOT working, Xerox machines work very badly, not maintained enough. Services broken! IT outsourcing, we might as well close down! All on the cheap! What an appalling way of treating current valuable staff! | ||
| 1,035 | David Osborne | Department of Classics and Archaeology | Academic users depend heavily on a well-supported IT service. Outsourcing this function to an external company which has no emotional investment in the University can only result in a degradation in service. Outsourcing has been tried and rejected in other universities so why does Nottingham in its hubris think it knows best and not learn from the lessons of others? | |
| 1,034 | Jordi Garrell | UoN | ||
| 1,033 | June McCombie | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,032 | Antony Reed | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,031 | Heike Schaumberg | University of Reading UCU Committee | ||
| 1,030 | Emily Reason | Humanities | I have spent the last 17 years working in the NHS and have seen a lot of outsourcing and centralisation. The fact is that off-site people simply don't care about the organisation the same way as those who live and work with it day to day. They don't have the same sense of pride and belonging as "our own" people, and standards never fail to suffer as a result. | |
| 1,029 | Catrin Fear | PhD student, university of Nottingham | The current outsourced it at the university has been appalling, leaving both staff and students worse off. The university needs to make decisions that benefits them, not the institution financially. I know students that had mental breakdowns over worrying that the system stopped them receiving money and attending lectures, for which they pay £9,000 for. | |
| 1,028 | Ashley Chhibber | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,027 | Andrew Blunt | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,026 | Taylor Matthews | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,025 | Susanne Pumpluen | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,024 | Tom Fowler | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,023 | Christine Stephenson | UoN | ||
| 1,022 | Emily Chambers | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,021 | Charlotte Round | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,020 | Lucia Ontiveros | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,019 | Joseph Peake | South Yorkshire | Haven't they done enough damage already? | |
| 1,018 | Luke Yates | University of Manchester | ||
| 1,017 | Christopher Booth | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,016 | Jamie Elless | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,015 | Jamie Smith | UoN | Another victim of the neo-liberal university's greed. | |
| 1,014 | Fred Lloyd Williams | The University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,013 | James Wright | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,012 | Amy Walters | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,011 | Andru Chiorean | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,010 | Fabio Saccoccio | |||
| 1,009 | Catherine Booth | University of Manchester | ||
| 1,008 | Violeta Sotirova | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing of ou IT services will cause damage to the University and its staff and students. | |
| 1,007 | Kevin Lockhart | University of Nottingham | With the current problems on Campus Solutions I cannot believe the University are even considering this. I can only assume the problems with Campus Solutions are being hidden from UEB in order to force this through. | |
| 1,006 | Linda Davies | University of Manchester | ||
| 1,005 | Caroline tynan | University of Nottingham | Outsourced work to date is not fit for purpose and UoN have overpaid (time and materials) for services incompetently delivered. I have no confidence in the University's ability to buy in appropriate oursourced services. | |
| 1,004 | Hawker Irina | Jubilee Campus | Maintaining and building up internal expertise across all areas needed by the university means that the university has a stronger chance of safeguarding its autonomy in the long run. It also means comparable and possibly fairer contractual conditions for employees across departments and areas. | |
| 1,003 | Andrew Wright | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,002 | Adam Ozanne | Branch Secretary, University of Manchester UCU | Wholehearted support from UMUCU for your campaign against IT outsourcing. A similar fiasco here in 2015-16 led to experienced IT staff being forced out by the threat of compulsory redundancy, failures in email and timetable systems and massive student dissatisfaction. Sadly, university managements are slow to learn that outsourcing serves only the interests of outsourcing firms. | |
| 1,001 | Veronica Barcutean | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,000 | Deborah Kendale | Leicestershire | ||
| 999 | Vicky Price | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 998 | Leah Ridgway | University of Nottingham | ||
| 997 | CATHERINE BESWICK | UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | Our IT team are very efficient and experienced - they know the varying needs of differing departments and schools, and this local knowledge would be lost. Experience of outsourcing elsewehere tells us this will not be a positive move. | |
| 996 | Cora Lindsay | University of Nottingham | We have a very efficient and supportive IT team. Outsourcing this team would mean considerable disruption to both them and the university as a whole. We are still struggling with the fallout from the last restructurings and outsourcings. | |
| 995 | Barry Lomax | |||
| 994 | Carey Lambert | University of Nottingham | ||
| 993 | Ingrid Dreveny | University fo Nottingham | local staff with local knowledge are vital for the proper functioning of this University | |
| 992 | Gavin Walker | University of Nottingham | ||
| 991 | Richard Simper | University of Nottingham | ||
| 990 | Dominic Holland | Nottingham Trent University | ||
| 989 | Robert Cluley | NUBS | ||
| 988 | Adam Golberg | University of Nottingham | ||
| 987 | Helen Boardman | University of Nottingham | ||
| 986 | Peter Marshall | Lincolnshire | Our primary concern should be service provision, which is never improved by outsourcing, rather than any short term economic benefits that are likely to be regretted in hindsight. | |
| 985 | Steven Fielding | School of Politics University of Nottingham | ||
| 984 | Amal Kabesh | University of Nottingham | ||
| 983 | Leonard Newton | University of Nottingham (retired) | ||
| 982 | Kevin Fone | School of Life Sciences | The ability to obtain a rapid response by a personal visit from, or to, a local IT colleague has been and will remain essential to enable the efficient operation of staff at all levels within UoN. This is an example of a very short-sighted approach that will produce a significant loss of staff time that will far outweigh any potential cost saving that this exercise is no doubt meant to produce. | |
| 981 | mark worall | University of Nottingham | ||
| 980 | Angela Lees | UoN | ||
| 979 | David Paton | Nottingham University | ||
| 978 | Volker Wedekind | University of Nottingham | I've worked at other universities that went this route and it was a disaster. Having IT staff that understand academic and student needs is key and can only be built up within the insititution. | |
| 977 | Spencer Mawby | University of Nottingham | ||
| 976 | Paul Windrum | Business School | ||
| 975 | Sharon Clancy | University of Nottingham | I have been supported brilliantly by the IT team - these are valued staff who have years of expertise and relationships they have built up. Outsourcing is an absolute disgrace | |
| 974 | Jenny Elliott | University of Nottingham | ||
| 973 | Eleanor Turpin | University of Nottingham | ||
| 972 | Helen Buckler | |||
| 971 | Shakeel Ahmed | University of Nottingham | UoN will rue the short sightedness of this decision in years to come. We're letting go of experts and dedicated specialists and hoping to replace them with non-dedicated service providers. It may seem cheaper initially but wait until you see the prices they want to renew contracts on, once you're reliant on their systems and processes. | |
| 970 | Neil O | UoN | This is simply reckless, especially at a time when UoN is mired in the Campus Solutions mess | |
| 969 | Kate Durrant | Life Sciences | Stop outsourcing IT, just look what happened with Campus! | |
| 968 | Thomas Eason | University of Nottingham | ||
| 967 | Silvia Sonderegger | |||
| 966 | Jack Newsinger | University of Nottingham | ||
| 965 | Álvaro J. Vidal Bouzon | University of Nottingham | ||
| 964 | Catherine Rottenberg | University of Nottingham | ||
| 963 | Lucy Jones | |||
| 962 | Ginnie Panizzo | Nottingham | ||
| 961 | Bettina Renz | University of Nottingham | ||
| 960 | Polly McMichael | University of Nottingham | ||
| 959 | Jane Nolan | University of Nottingham | ||
| 958 | Holly Henderson | |||
| 957 | Amo Soar | UoN | Ripping the heart out of the Uni - Shame!!!! | |
| 956 | L D | UoN | ||
| 955 | Paul Trimmer | University of Warwick | ||
| 954 | Emma Quance | Uon | ||
| 953 | Nikki Lee | Nottingham Trent University | Stop milking the university and keep the people who know better. | |
| 952 | Helen Cassaday | University of Nottingham | ||
| 951 | Raj Devgan | Durham | ||
| 950 | Dimitris Kalogiros | School of Mathematical Sciences / University of Nottingham | ||
| 949 | Naruto Runner | The UON has always been decades behind in technology and busines process, this is no different. | ||
| 948 | Chris Staddon | University of Nottingham | As previous experience has shown this is a false economy. Privatisation does not work | |
| 947 | Justin Blanchard | Clearly no thought on the impact to the staff and families affected by this. A UK university should be promoting UK jobs. What sort of message does this send to students and prospective students about employment after graduation? | ||
| 946 | Michelle Baventry | N/A | A truly despicable thing to do to hard working loyal staff. The University should be ashamed | |
| 945 | Marina Staples | Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| 944 | Darren Grieve | UON | No doubt IS management making these decisions will do a runner elsewhere when Infosys take over and standards plummet | |
| 943 | Jamarl Gibbons | University of Nottingham | ||
| 942 | Scott Martin | National Ice Centre | ||
| 941 | John-Paul Shipp | University of Nottingham | ||
| 940 | kristy hartless | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 939 | Jonathan West | National Ice Centre | Having worked in schools previously and been through this scenario personally I have seen what impact this can cause. Thoughts to everyone involved! | |
| 938 | Diane Gigg | School of Education | Please, no further outsourcing, let's get what we already have done sorted out before adding to the chaos. Prioritise loyalty and inside knowledge over profit. | |
| 937 | Ian Mann | UoN | ||
| 936 | Nonvelo Tawamba | The University of Nottingham | ||
| 935 | Richard Harris | UoN | ||
| 934 | Andy Dallow | UoN | ||
| 933 | Sarah Hooton | University of Nottingham | ||
| 932 | Monika Sharma | Douglas Academy, Milngavie | Invest in IS staff Training and upskilling | |
| 931 | J W | University of Nottingham | ||
| 930 | Anne-Marie Llewellyn | Notts UNI | ||
| 929 | Hannah Sowerby | DMU | ||
| 928 | Fernando Marchao | University of nottingham /school of chemistry | ||
| 927 | Marlon Cole | University of Nottingham | ||
| 926 | jasbinder chauhan | Physics & Astronomy | I do not agree with the the outsourcing of IT skills and resources. | |
| 925 | Steven Picksley | U of Bradford | Ex grad of Nottingham, downward spiral, shameful | |
| 924 | Billy Brick | West Midlands | ||
| 923 | Barbara Blackie | University of Nottingham | ||
| 922 | Anu Sharma | School | ||
| 921 | Linda Haar | University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry. | ||
| 920 | Laura Conboy | University of Nottingham | The University of Nottingham must treat its loyal, knowledgeable and hardworking staff to remain a world class university. If it goes ahead with outsourcing the IT department with devastating consequences for university workers it will pay a very high price. | |
| 919 | Andrew Soomon | Physics &Astronomy | Milk the Univetsity | |
| 918 | John Snow | Project Transform was nothing more than a vehicle for expensive contractors to milk the UON dry for every penny. Even their best mates, family and offspring were given contracts on upwards of £600 per day. | ||
| 917 | Daria Davitti | University of Nottingham | It is already difficult with current unresolved issues, outsourcing IT services would just be a nightmare. And a great loss of existing knowledge. | |
| 916 | Laura Todd | University of Nottingham | We need our IT staff where they belong - on campus! Especially over the past three years. | |
| 915 | Vicky Blake | UCU VP / University of Leeds | ||
| 914 | Jo Green | Chemistry UoN | We have a number of skilled staff it would be a mistake to lose. | |
| 913 | Elizabeth Evans | University of Nottingham | ||
| 912 | Felix Garnet-Simister | GREATER MANCHESTER | ||
| 911 | Kiri Langmead | - | ||
| 910 | Jane Anders | Nottingham | ||
| 909 | Kirsty Hatton | University of Nottingham | All university services depend on IT services. Outsourcing them would be very detrimental to the efficient running of the university. | |
| 908 | Shelley Castles | School of chemistry Nottingham university | I think out sourcing & making people unemployed is the most ridiculous thing! | |
| 907 | Sam Tang | Nottingham | Consider the effect this has on your workforce from the local community, and therfore how this affects the perception of the university and its reputation. | |
| 906 | Sabina Sharma | |||
| 905 | Michael Cuffe | |||
| 904 | Ian Hill | University of Nottingham | There is a reason why companies that outsourced a decade ago are insourcing again! You may think that a "per ticket" view of outsourcing IT support costs shows savings, but overall the end-to-end / "whole life" costs of support will always be higher. This is not just people "having a grumble", this has been shown in studies time and again. | |
| 903 | Karen Adler | University of Nottingham | ||
| 902 | Krystyna Glowczewska | Nottingham | ||
| 901 | Ian Copping | Nottingham University IT Dept (now retired) | Its not just about cash - ask the IT Dept customers and they'll tell you they already get a great service, not just scripts, which will get much worse with outsourcing - short sighted false economy | |
| 900 | Neil Buxton | Nottinghamshire | Please take heed from pervious efforts gone bad. Listen to others and reconsider. | |
| 899 | Sue Brown | University of Nottingham - Division of Psychiatry | ||
| 898 | Harriet Cameron | UoN Jubilee Campus | ||
| 897 | Sarita Chandhok | Ascot | Local jobs for local people please? | |
| 896 | Julie Dawson | UON Jubilee Campus | This would be another bad decision by the University | |
| 895 | Rino Soares de Souza | University of Nottingham | Don't do it. IT people do a brilliant and Herculean job. They are knowledgeable and on site for emergencies in the computer class room.IT as it is now works just fine. why are you doing this? | |
| 894 | Richard Tyler-Jones | |||
| 893 | Simon Green | University of Nottingham | ||
| 892 | John Hall | University of Nottingham | Recent track record of such changes suggest things are made worse rather than better | |
| 891 | Michael Edwards | Fixing things that aren't broke! | ||
| 890 | Mark Thrower | Shall we give outsourcing 3 years before they realise it doesn't work and we have to go through a major resturcturing again to insource | ||
| < > | ||||