The University of Reading has been working on drawing together the
constituent strands of a Crisis Management Plan based on the UMAL template.
The plan is intended to cover both immediate response and business
continuity issues.
Although many specific area plans are in place we believe that the final
stages of completing the comprehensive University Plan will take more time
that we can release from existing staff. We are faced, therefore, with
either commissioning consultants to complete the work or trying to recruit
an additional member of staff for a fixed term. In the latter case where do
we find people with expertise in this area? Do we even need them to have
that expertise given the training and other resources available including
the invaluable advice and support of Southern Universities Management
Services?
I would welcome any advice, please, from colleagues who have trod this path
before us.
Bill Watts
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W D Watts [log in to unmask]
Deputy Registrar
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 217 Tel: 0118-931 6767
Reading RG6 6AH Fax: 0118-987 4722
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