July 2020

Report Date

July 2020

Achievements this period

• The microphones for delivering online teaching through teaching and meetings rooms have been delivered and passed out to the relevant campus locations to be installed by the local IT teams.  
• Camera install for Vet School room G.45 has been scheduled for 3rd August.
• AV installation in Mackenzie Medical Practice room 1.03 has been scheduled for 4th August.
• AV installation in Dermatology seminar room has been scheduled for 5th August.
• It was decided to purchase all of the kit for the Greenfield Suite main lab but cut down on the estates work. 

Issues

• We were informed during the last week of July that we still had ~£60K left in the central AV budget, however since we were so close to the end of the financial year, LST weren't prepared to risk spending it in case we couldn't goods receipt things in time.  This funding could have been used to upgrade additional MVM teaching rooms or extend the licenses for the virtual medical simulation application we have been trialling with senior medical students which could have helped with their online studies during COVID-19.
• We are still waiting for the webcams, keyboard covers and other minor AV parts to be delivered.

Next Steps

• Remaining rooms for upgrading will be scheduled as and when the AV kit, AV contractors and estates work are ready.
• Further investigation regarding the equipment requirements for Vet School 1.21 Clinical Skills needs to be carried out.  This will need to wait until the building is reopened, as testing of the existing equipment is required.