School of Arts and Creative Industries

Technical Restructuring

Background

• Reductions in public spending• Reductions in HE funding• University has identified need to save £4.8m 2010/11• SACI has identifed need to save £1m • SACI savings made to date of approx. £400,000

SACI Restructuring

•School restructuring split into 3 proposals:•Faculty Administration restructuring•SACI Academic restructuring•SACI Technical restructuring

•Technical restructuring - part B of the Managing Organisational Change Documentation approved by PEG and discussed at ARC on 19 October 2010

SACI Current Technical StructureTechnical Manager

Screen & MediaScreen Academy Scotland

Merchiston Avenue

Video Editing Technician (G5)

Sound Technician (G5)

Film Stores Technician (G3)

Screen & MediaJournalismMerchiston

TV & Broadcast Journalism Technician (G5)

Radio Technician (G4)

Web Journalism Technician (G4:0.7)*

*Split role between Craighouse/Merchiston

Screen & MediaEnglish & Publishing

Craighouse

School Superintendent (G5)

Typography & DTP Technician (G5: 0.7)

Web Journalism Technician (G4: 0.3)

Art & Design Merchiston

Project Fabrication Technician (G5)

Reprographics Technician (G4)

Photography & AV Technician (G4)

PC Technician (G4)

Mac Technician (G4:0.5)

Mac Technician (Casual:0.5)

PhotographyMarchmont

Photographic Technician (G4)

Stores Technician (G3)

Processing Technician (G2)

Performance

Popular MusicCraighouse

Studio & Instrument Technician (G5)

Guitar Technician (G4)

Music Technician (G4:0.6)

Savings from Proposals• The original proposal identified a potential loss of 4 Technical posts.

Following further consultation this has now been reduced to 3 posts. • • The Faculty is now seeking to make the following savings in its technician

base in SACI:

• Lens Media: 1 FTE in general photography support• Design: 1 FTE in general design support• Music: 0.6FTE in general music support

• The benefits proposed would be a streamlining of service provision, with a concomitant financial impact: an annual saving in the region of £75K – £92k.

SACI Proposed Technical StructureTechnical Manager

Screen & MediaScreen Academy Scotland

Merchiston Avenue

Video Editing Technician (G5)

Sound Technician (G5

Film Stores Technician (G3)

Screen & MediaJournalismMerchiston

TV & Broadcast Journalism Technician (G5)

Radio Technician (G4)

Web Journalism Technician (G4 0.7)*

*Split role between Craighouse/Merchiston

Screen & MediaEnglish & Publishing

Craighouse

School Superintendent (G 5)

Typography & DTP Technician (G5: 0.7)

Web Journalism Technician ( G4: 0.3)

Art & Design Merchiston

Project Fabrication Technician (G5)

Reprographics Technician (G4)

PC Technician (G4)

Mac Technician (G4:0.5)

Mac Technician (Casual: 0.5)

PhotographyMarchmont

Photographic Technician (G4)

Stores and Processing Technician (G3)

Performance

Popular MusicCraighouse

Studio & Instrument Technician (G5)

Guitar Technician (G4)

What happens now?

• Those potentially at risk have been notified• Due process for redundancies and

restructuring to be followed• Individual consultations• Explore opportunities for redeployment and

retraining• Interviews• Timescales complete before end of November