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Uni of Manchester IT director resigns after chopping 68 people

Grottybird
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How is this a false premise? An IT director taking a job and being charged with the task of transforming IT Services is not the same as someone walking away from 'some IT duties', a phrase that puts me more in mind of someone who refills the printer with paper every now and then.

Gerry has now 'recused' himself from the both the Co-op and the University of Manchester, partway through a glorious transformation scheme of his own design without completing either transformation.

I think that's a fine premise for an article. Given the amount of public funding involved in the 'transformation' of IT Services at the second institution, I would suggest it was a premise for a lot more investigation.

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Grottybird
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The University of Manchester IT services were functional, but would agree that they were in need of modernisation, investment and leadership. What exactly has Gerry Pennell achieved during his 3 years as IT director to improve these services? The IT transformation is not complete, a vast sum of money has been spent by a public institution on consultants and external contractors for very little return on that investment. And Gerry has resigned before completing his ambitious transformation project, just as he did at the Co-op.

Please can we forget about his performance at the Olympics, because this is Gerry's track record now.

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The IT teaching department is separate from IT Services. From everything I've seen and heard the tuition is pretty good there, and has the added bonus of being 'the home of computing' for extra geek cred.

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