So it's the autumn term. As things are, I'm still fuming at the loss of 1/3 of the departmental budget just before the summer stock up ... so at present I've got a dead Bibby still, a dead Ohaus balance, no replacemnt tubing for the vaccum pumps, no replacement tubing for bunsens or splints to light them or glassware to heat ...
New budgets will be established eventually ... hopefully. Problem is, as the 'claw back' was applied in June retrospectively to Easter. As there is no financial information available to us I have no idea what expenditure they will decide to carry forward and take out of this year's budget ... Hell, they even took the income from training PGCE students in department so, naturally, the decision has been made to do it again for nothing ...
I've run a zero budget for nearly thirty years, we were suddenly told of a 10% budget claw back at Easter so I planned around it, but simply because I was careful and planned my expenditure rather than running out at Christmas, the department has been crippled.
Demoralised is one word for it.
