2006 Annual Report - University of Salford

Vice-Chancellor’s introduction
Annual Report &
Financial Statements
Finally, I would like to thank all those staff and students who
made our success over the past year possible. Several long
serving and valued members of staff retired during this period
and they leave with our special thanks and best wishes for
the future.
The proposed new Law School
For the past two years we have been intensively examining
how we organise and manage the University. The final report
of the Deciding the Future group, which I chaired, was
approved by Senate and Council at the end of 2006, following
an intensive period of staff consultation on its recommendations.
These are far-reaching and will be progressively implemented
over the next two to three years.
While it is not possible to list all those who have left us, I must
make special mention of Dr Malcolm Winton, who retired in
May 2006. Malcolm spent most of his career at Salford, for
the last 14 years as our Registrar (only the second in the
University’s history). He saw the University through some
difficult times and we are all greatly in his debt. He is
succeeded by Dr Adrian Graves who comes to us from Robert
Gordon University and who has had a distinguished career in
academic administration in the UK and Australia.
Michael Harloe
December 2006
We recognise that many of the ways in which a ‘traditional’
university like Salford has operated in the past are no longer
suitable for modern times and especially for a university
committed to enterprise in all that it does. New ways need to
be found both to strengthen and improve our management
and to engage staff and foster a real feeling of involvement in
the institution and in helping to shape its future. Staff support
for change is evident in all parts of the University and now we
shall work hard to deliver it.
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