More efficient space allocation in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, creating areas for collaboration, capturing any savings made available through hybrid work, and balancing internal needs with the benefits of providing space to key Faculty partners

Core Area
People and Place
Strategic Area
Optimization of Faculty resources to underpin the academic mission, productivity, and fiscal sustainability
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
  • Support repairs and renovations following flood in 2024. 
  • Ongoing action for space allocation and hybrid work, in particular student spaces and shared spaces (SMT discussion planned 2024).
  • Updated space and hybrid work policies (2025). 
Achieved Goals
  • Optimized space in the Dean's Office by consolidating Dean's Office staff and increasing office sharing, enabling more available space elsewhere in the building (Sep 2023).
  • Aligned space allocations with capacity across all portfolios for offices and labsspace planned for all new/current hires on academic and research side. Capacity for offices/labs (Oct 2023). 

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