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
1,523 signatures
| 1,523 | Christine Bexton | Graduate School | ||
| 1,522 | Peter Olayiwola | Nottingham | ||
| 1,521 | Mahdi Alhendal | United Kingdom | Everything for the university’s team | |
| 1,520 | Jo Leonardi-Bee | University of Nottingham / Clinical Sciences building | It is important that we keep our IT services in-house as this is the only way that local knowledge can be gained and used to promptly address issues | |
| 1,519 | Timothy Card | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,518 | Laila Tata | University of Nottingham/ Clinical Sciences Building | Having known 3 good skilled workers leave the university largely due to previous change in contracts related to project transform I think outsourcing is damaging to morale, security, and devaluing of employees who have worked here for a long time. Cost savings cycle back to losses via loss of skills, continuity and what is really needed is strong internal leadership with a long term view | |
| 1,517 | John Britton | Nottingham university | ||
| 1,516 | Manpreet Bains | Uni of Nottingham | ||
| 1,515 | Tricia McKeever | Univerisity of Nottingham | ||
| 1,514 | Fiona Pearce | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,513 | Alex Barker | University of Nottingham | I agree with the comments about campus solutions, it was a mess when it was introduced and appears to still have issues now. | |
| 1,512 | Emma Wilson | City Hospital | I am an academic and you expect me to be responsible and accountable for the experience students get on my course and through my teaching. It is already quite difficult to get IT support because they are so overworked but at least they know what they are doing when they do come. How is outsourcing to a company who have no “care” and knowledge going to benefit the student experience in anyway ? | |
| 1,511 | Chidera Nweze | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,510 | Vanessa Tasara | University Of Nottingham | ||
| 1,509 | Pawel Rogowski | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,508 | Grant Howard | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,507 | Charlotte Clark | UoN | ||
| 1,506 | Kateryna Zhyvitska | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,505 | Andrew Hallam | Nottinghamshire | keep our IT in house | |
| 1,504 | Adam Clark | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,503 | Cornelia de Moot | UoN | ||
| 1,502 | Vanessa Tsong | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,501 | Adam Lalani | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,500 | Sonu Pun | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,499 | Asha Khunti | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,498 | Hamish Heilbron | Uni of Nottingham | IT services are clearly underfunded and have been consistently disappointing during my time at the University. My face to face interactions with smart bars and other IS have been positive every time, so I can only suppose the wider issues with IT infrastructure are with resource allocation. | |
| 1,497 | George Burns | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,496 | David Turner | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,495 | Simrah Khan | The university of Nottingham | ||
| 1,494 | Adam Clay | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,493 | Penny Nichols | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,492 | Jill Owens | KMC | ||
| 1,491 | Kate Ash-Irisarri | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,490 | Heather Page | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,489 | George Sullivan | University of Nottingham | Just another method to undermine the universities hard working staff, despicable. | |
| 1,488 | Teresa Flowers | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,487 | John Snowdon | Newcastle University | Every instance we've seen of outsourcing has ended in disaster. Why throw away decades of accumulated institutional knowledge from your staff and their collective sense of ownership to an external provider who is purely driven by financial gain? It is utter madness. | |
| 1,486 | Ian Clark | Newcastle University | ||
| 1,485 | Sue Waterston | |||
| 1,484 | Chris Moore | University of Nottingham, SOLS | ||
| 1,483 | Fei Sang | University Of Nottingham | We do need IT-support to resolve all the IT problems, like firewall issue, IP issue, in a efficient way. | |
| 1,482 | Nadine Holmes | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,481 | victoria wright | University of Nottingham | We run complex data acquisition and analysis platforms and regularly need the skills and technical expertise of the data centre and IT support staff, who regularly go above and beyond to help us get the most out of our systems. | |
| 1,480 | Dave Churchley | Newcastle | ||
| 1,479 | Daniel Giddins | University Of Nottingham | ||
| 1,478 | James Pattison | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,477 | Lisa Warwick | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,476 | Elena Genova | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,475 | Nick Stevenson | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,474 | Molly Boiling | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,473 | Rachel Stevenson | University of Nottingham | I am a mature student at this university and have found the admin and student services to be below expected standards, forcing me multiple times to risk my job due to changing lectures, often at the last minute. They are also unhelpful and do not support those who are working whilst studying. There is no assistance for those who commute and useful info is hidden - to outsource would make this wors | |
| 1,472 | Mat Rawsthorne | University of Nottingham | IS staff are skilled professionals, not identical replaceable units like photocopiers! | |
| 1,471 | L Woods | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,470 | David Young | University of Nottingham | IT staff deserve fair working conditions & job security. Efforts to push through the outsourcing of IT services at UoN show that nothing has been learned from the series of technical issues in flagship software projects which have plagued the university in recent years. This effort appears to be a blatant effort to outsource problems caused by broader managerial failings and lack of foresight. | |
| 1,469 | Daniel Fisher | Nottingham Trent | ||
| 1,468 | George Swann | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,467 | Peter Haysom | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,466 | Tracey Potts | University of Nottingham | After the fiasco of Campus Solutions this university needs to start investing in its people | |
| 1,465 | Louis Cotgrove | UoN CLAS | All the recent studies show that outsourcing IT reduces quality of service and will negatively impact student experience. Project transform is toxic | |
| 1,464 | Ben Gormley | Independent | I worked at Notts when Project Transform first established. The first director was 'moved on' so was off to bad start. The general consensus was that it was introduced to reduce costs/staff. We coined the term 'Project Chop Chop' in view of this. The concern is Project Transform will sell its services to other Universities to help then brutalise staff numbers also. | |
| 1,463 | Kathryn Medien | University of Cambridge | ||
| 1,462 | Sara Jabbari | University of Birmingham | ||
| 1,461 | David Bell | Loughborough University | Having studied and worked at the University of Nottingham from 2004-2013 I was regularly indebted to the excellent IT team. I've seen the damage outsourcing has done to services, reputation, staffing and costs elsewhere and urge Nottingham not to go ahead with these damaging proposals. | |
| 1,460 | Stephanie Coen | UoN Geography | ||
| 1,459 | Julie Montague | Nottinghamshire | ||
| 1,458 | Josh Franks | E.ON UK | ||
| 1,457 | Simon Breden | University of Nottingham | Enough. | |
| 1,456 | Gianlluca Simi | Canopy Insight | ||
| 1,455 | J Mitch | WFP Library | Removing employment from the local economy is a poor decision, doubly poor when there is no improvement to services to the customers ie the students | |
| 1,454 | Valentina Anania | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing is a guarantee for service quality to plummet and it's ridiculous this option was even suggested. I'm not going to mention the ethical issues the move would raise because I am woefully aware of how little the University would care about that. | |
| 1,453 | Joaquin Montalva | University of Nottingham | Solidarity with IS staff! | |
| 1,452 | Odin Kroeger | University of Vienna | ||
| 1,451 | Fatima Lopez | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,450 | Simon Ellis | |||
| 1,449 | Fabian Maier | Nottingham university | ||
| 1,448 | Gabriella Cioce | UK | Solidarity | |
| 1,447 | Joe Kearsey | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,446 | Harriet Perkins | The University of Nottingham | Outsource hardware not people | |
| 1,445 | Tracy Leavesley | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,444 | Errolinda Ward | University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences | ||
| 1,443 | Caroline Lloyd | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,442 | Jackie Kettlewell | University of Nottingham Libraries | Utter madness! | |
| 1,441 | Maxine Fowler | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,440 | Chris Carter | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,439 | Gemma Bosson | University of Nottingham | Our current IT team provide an extremely valuable service to both staff and students, they are vital to maintaining daily operations, this move would unnecessarily threaten both staff morale, operational effectiveness and student experience. | |
| 1,438 | Wendy Solis | |||
| 1,437 | Hilary Martin | Medical School | I feel our IT team's institutional knowledge is vital to enhance the service they provide and also have GDPR concerns re our personal data, research data, security of our intellectual property and sensitivities of collaborative research and conflict of interest with other institutions. | |
| 1,436 | Marie Elaine Taylor | Notts | Former student Vital to keep IT SERVICES | |
| 1,435 | David Valentine-Hagart | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,434 | Andrew Renault | SoLS | The big problem is that outsourced companies work to the letter of their contracts whilst in house staff work to provide the results the institution needs. This is seen over and over again with InfoSys which works to contract, and where it fails to deliver does the calculation as to whether the financial penalty is cheaper than fixing the problem. | |
| 1,433 | Robert Markus | Nottingham | In house IT support is vital, and getting to know IT people and working together on problems improves well being too, having someone you know and trust is very important. Creates bonds, both personally and professionally. Importantly the IT team helping us already knows the history of our systems, therefore we get specific quick help when needed. | |
| 1,432 | Marie Pardon | Life sciences | Outsourcing has been disastrous, we had very good IT services in house, with excellent systems for timetabling and finances designed in house (e.g. IMAT), which have been replaced by very ineffective ones. | |
| 1,431 | Seema Bagia | School of Life Sciences (SLIM) | ||
| 1,430 | Nicholas Blockley | University of Nottingham | These are critical systems that the University needs to take direct and full responsibility for. | |
| 1,429 | Richard Barker | |||
| 1,428 | Ying Zhang | CBS | ||
| 1,427 | Martin Schuermann | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,426 | Siobhan Loughna | SoLS | ||
| 1,425 | Luisa Martinez-Pomares | SoLS, QMC D40 | ||
| 1,424 | Yvonne Mbaki | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,423 | Federico Dajas-Bailador | Life Sciences | ||
| 1,422 | Deb Briggs | School of life sciences | ||
| 1,421 | Tim Self | UoN | ||
| 1,420 | Alex Rathbone | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,419 | Uwe Vinkemeier | QMC, School of Life Sciences | ||
| 1,418 | Elizabet Rosethorne | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,417 | Monika Owen | Not Applicable | Outsourcing IT doesn't seem to have been successful so far so why continuing with it. The in house IT support is invaluable to resolve problems in the offices and the laboratories. | |
| 1,416 | Rita Tewari | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing does not improve performance, delivery or productivity. Only people will leave. There should be respect for people who work. | |
| 1,415 | Sally Cordon | University of Nottingham | IT support needs to be human, with real people able to visit your office or laboratory to help you to resolve the problem. Current IT help is one of the few remaining gems in the crown of Nottingham University - don't discard it. | |
| 1,414 | Maria Arruda | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,413 | Matt Carlile | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,412 | Tracy Farr | SoLS | ||
| 1,411 | Michael Garle | University of Nottingham | Out sourcing of IT would be a retrograde step. Most other industries (having outsourced over past 20 years) are now brining IT back in-house, both for cyber security reasons and efficiency in addressing IT problems as they arise. | |
| 1,410 | Bernadette Hepworth | Health and medicine/SOLS/Teaching | Please do not outsource IT services to and external company | |
| 1,409 | Dominik Siwek | School of Life Sciences | We need qualified University IT Technicians who know how the School runs and what the issues are. When an outside company is appointed then we will have as many problems as we have with printing services which are unreliable. | |
| 1,408 | Alexander Tarr | Life sciences | ||
| 1,407 | Rob Till | School of LifeSciences | ||
| 1,406 | Fran Ebling | School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham | It is academic staff who bear the brunt of student dissatisfaction with the recent failings in outsourced IT; UoN senior management miss this point. In house IT systems eg Touchstone, Rogo can be customised to delivery exactly what we need, and seem to have far less problems than outsourced software and systems. Outsourcing is perceived as cheaper, but offers a poor service-what is more important? | |
| 1,405 | Alex Truman | Nottingham University | ||
| 1,404 | Boyan Bonev | University of Nottingham | Centralising IT has ralready disconnected applications from supprt and IT support has deterriorated in comarison to local IT teams. This is largely due to centralised management and operations subordinate to centralised criteria, not to end user-optimised delivery of service. Ouotsourcing will lead to a disaster with skeletal support for very basic functionality. And, this is beastly to staff. | |
| 1,403 | Angus Brown | University of Nottingham | Given the current fiasco with Campus Solutions provided by Infosys it would be foolish to rely on this company to provide IT services. | |
| 1,402 | David Onion | School of Life Scienes, University of Nottingham, Nottingham | ||
| 1,401 | Francis Gilbert | University of Nottingham | Outsourcing just makes short-term gains for long-term problems. The cheapest long-term way to good IT is to staff and resource our own IT section. | |
| 1,400 | Kevin Morgan | Life Sciences | ||
| 1,399 | Ian Ward | Derbyshire | ||
| 1,398 | Margaret Pratten | Life Sciences | ||
| 1,397 | Alan Huett | Life Sciences | It is unclear to me that the primary reason given for considering outsourcing that "IT moves too quickly to keep up" is true, insofar as it relates to the functioning of the University. It seems to me that most of the business of the University can and is accomplished with fairly standard tools from large vendors e.g. Microsoft 365, Agresso etc. | |
| 1,396 | Tamsin Majerus | University of Nottingham | Continued and increased outsourcing contradicts UoN's 2020 People Strategy commitment to put our People first: e.g. Attract, identify, develop and RETAIN high performing talent across all areas | |
| 1,395 | Paul Dyer | Life Sciences | Very poor experience with Campus Solutions and Admissions Software provided by Infosys - both are inferior to previous software available. | |
| 1,394 | sebastien Serres | Derbyshire | ||
| 1,393 | Alistair Hume | University of Nottingham Life Sciences | ||
| 1,392 | Karl Wooldridge | UK | ||
| 1,391 | Steve Briddon | University of Nottingham | ||
| 1,390 | Simon Dawson | University of Nottingham | I would have thought it self-evident that Infosys aren't fit for purpose re. Campus Solutions etc in the two years since they formed a 'strategic partnership', but for some reason, it makes sense to go further along this route? Absurd. Staff and properly fund an internal IT department please. | |
| 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 | ||
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