Timeline
Moving the university's administrative services from the current state to the new model will take several months. The process involves redistributing administrative services and a significant portion of the university's workforce from faculties and portfolios to new units in the centre, which will allow the university to take advantage of economies of scale and provide services more efficiently.
Upcoming Timeline
For a more detailed timeline updated periodically, see here. You can also read about the timeline for the next 6 months here.
July - September 2021
- Launch Staff Service Centre
- Continue delivering service accountability framework, expectations, and indicators
- Launch Student Service Centre (soft launch July)
- Final transition plan released
- Begin to implement space and facilities recommendations
- Hiring mostly completed for new positions
October - December 2021
- Ancillary projects kick off
- Release 2022/23 budgets
- Plan SET transition to future
- Program to review SET quality and effectiveness
January - March 2022
- IT strategy established
- Continue training and onboarding
- Begin next wave of procurement implementations
- Final staff reductions
April 2022 and onward
- Implement remaining structures
- College services fully implemented
- Continue improving and implementing the new model
- Optimize supporting functions
Engagement with the U of A community will happen throughout the process.
What's happened so far?
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
- Initial report to recommend effective response to funding reductions
June 2020
July 2020
- ARWG first town hall
- SET first town hall
- Planning and development: Academic restructuring | Administrative restructuring
- Changes to senior leadership structure
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
December 2020
January 2021
- Begin hiring for new positions
- Interim College Deans appointed
- College vision, mission, role, and function development
February 2021
March 2021
- Complete Phase 1 of staff disruptions
- Begin transitions (processes and people) with IT stream
- Release of the new structure for Vice-President University Services & Finance Portfolio
- Service catalogues released
April 2021
July 2021
August 2021