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Reports and College Activities Credit: John Cairns FROM THE BURSAR Dr Andrew Timms Bursar The past year has been marked by a sense of returning normality and it has been very pleasing to see the College come back to life. That is not to imply that it has been plain sailing, however: life has become very much more difficult on financial and operational fronts. We have struggled, like many other employers, to recruit and retain waiting staff and cleaners (scouts), which has made it quite difficult to resume the customary level of operations at precisely the moment when it was most desirable to do so; and as inflation has taken hold we have also experienced a certain amount of understandable tension in what is normally a very tranquil and happy workforce. The College has responded to this in a number of ways. Firstly, we have kept a close eye on remuneration: we reviewed pay several times, and brought forward a significant portion of our normal August pay rise for all staff; we also increased the salaries of the lowest paid staff so that they now receive the so-called Oxford Living Wage – this is a multiple of the Living Wage Foundation’s ‘real’ Living Wage (with which we have been an accredited employer for several years). And we also paid all staff bonuses in respect of the exceptional efforts made to keep the College functioning during the pandemic. Secondly, we have embarked upon a consultation on employment terms and conditions with all non-academic employees, which will look to replace the current patchwork quilt of varying contractual arrangements that have accumulated over time with a modernised employment contract, offering more holiday, flexibility, and better benefits in return for the harmonisation of working hours and other practices across the College. So in some ways the past year has been more demanding than the pandemic itself. This has certainly been true of the College’s finances. For example, the budgeting process had to be interrupted twice to take account of changing inflation expectations, and the general level of pressure on financial decisions has increased markedly. Energy costs are a particular concern: they are expected to more than double if we compare this year (2022–23) with last year (2021–22), and forecasts for next year suggest further significant increases. To put this into context, in more normal times the College would have expected to be spending a little under £500k on energy in a year; the budget this year is over £900k and forecasts for next year have varied wildly, at times reaching numbers well in excess of £1.5 million. This is a significant fraction of our core unrestricted educational and operational expenditure (which is around £10 million per annum). A notable constraint is that, realistically, we cannot expect simply to pass these costs on to students, so the College ends up increasing its subsidisation of accommodation. We can absorb this for a year or two, but if higher energy costs persist then we will have to reconsider our charges more fundamentally. 34 The Queen’s College | College Record 2022
Reports and College Activities New Lodge projections Credit: Burd Haward Architects Meanwhile progress continues on our long-term programme of works to upgrade the facilities in the main College. The main capital project undertaken during the year—the refurbishment of the Front Quad east range basement bathrooms—was completed under budget (but late); the next major project, the construction of the new accessible Lodge, began on site in August 2022 and is currently expected to finish in April 2023. The new Lodge will transform very significantly the welcome that we can provide to everyone visiting the main site. (Sadly, the current Lodge, which I know is fondly remembered by many, no longer meets our needs.) The new Lodge will provide more space and also open up a second access from the High Street into what is currently the Beer Cellar Yard. This will be a fully level access route into the College, providing those with limited mobility a direct and step-free way to get into Front Quad. This will be a giant leap forward in our efforts to make the College more accessible to those with physical disabilities. College Record 2022 | The Queen’s College 35
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