1. School of Arts and Creative Industries Technical Restructuring

2. 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

3. 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

4. SACI Current Technical Structure
Technical Manager
Screen & Media
Screen Academy Scotland
Merchiston Avenue
Video Editing Technician (G5)
Sound Technician (G5)
Film Stores Technician (G3)
Journalism
Merchiston
TV & Broadcast Journalism Technician (G5)
Radio Technician (G4)
Web Journalism Technician (G4:0.7)*
*Split role between Craighouse/Merchiston
English & Publishing
Craighouse
School Superintendent (G5)
Typography & DTP Technician
(G5: 0.7)
Web Journalism Technician
(G4: 0.3)
Art & Design
Project Fabrication Technician (G5)
Reprographics Technician (G4)
Photography & AV Technician (G4)
PC Technician (G4)
Mac Technician (G4:0.5)
Mac Technician (Casual:0.5)
Photography
Marchmont
Photographic Technician (G4)
Stores Technician (G3)
Processing Technician (G2)
Performance
Popular Music
Studio & Instrument Technician (G5)
Guitar Technician (G4)
Music Technician (G4:0.6)

5. 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.

6. SACI Proposed Technical Structure
Technical Manager
Screen & Media
Screen Academy Scotland
Merchiston Avenue
Video Editing Technician (G5)
Sound Technician (G5
Film Stores Technician (G3)
Journalism
Merchiston
TV & Broadcast Journalism Technician (G5)
Radio Technician (G4)
Web Journalism Technician (G4 0.7)*
*Split role between Craighouse/Merchiston
English & Publishing
Craighouse
School Superintendent (G 5)
Typography & DTP Technician
(G5: 0.7)
Web Journalism Technician
( G4: 0.3)
Art & Design
Project Fabrication Technician (G5)
Reprographics Technician (G4)
PC Technician (G4)
Mac Technician (G4:0.5)
Mac Technician (Casual: 0.5)
Photography
Marchmont
Photographic Technician (G4)
Stores and Processing Technician (G3)
Performance
Popular Music
Studio & Instrument Technician (G5)
Guitar Technician (G4)

7. 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