A literature review has been undertaken and interviews are taking place with various interested parties. A report will be made to Academic Committee at its meeting in June. The induction course for new heads of department has been extended and a package of further management development activities is available. A more structured approach to management development for senior staff is being planned for future years. Approximately 1000 staff are now using the service.
Work is underway to allow prospective users to register on a web form.
A number of staff with unmanaged machines have also been using the service in a pilot project and this will be opened up to more users soon. The WTS service in student cluster rooms has proved very successful with over 9000 users each week. A lot of work is still being done on virus checking and improvements are being introduced. To meet users expectations for access to current software, it is intended to upgrade WTS from Windows NT4 to Windows 2000 over the next 12 months. Some of the successful JIF bids will involve recabling work.