Project Management Plan for Hybrid Delivery of Teaching at University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Assessment 1
and 2

INTRODUCTION
Covid19 had left a major impact on every sector on a global basis. Its vast impact can be
seen on the educational sector that had to suffer a lot due to this pandemic. The universities and
schools had stopped the face to face classes to ensure the safety of students as well as staff due to
which they had to face loss of study and universities' financial position also got hindered (Ismail,
2022). The following report will cover the project management of a UK based university i.e.
University of Wales Trinity Saint David , London, that is going to start a project aimed at Hybrid
delivery of teaching including offline as well as online classes with the objective of making the
students come back to full time face to face delivery of class lectures (Zakiyah, 2022). In the
assessment 1, the report will cover the investigation of this project detailing the initiation of new
hybrid delivery of teaching in the university. It will also cover the project management plan for
successful implementation of this project. Further, the report will also explain the key elements
of project management such as communication , stakeholders management, human resource
management , budget for the project etc.
MAIN BODY
Investigate the project
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is a multi-campus university with campuses
in London, Carmarthen and Swansea. It was established in 2010. It is providing education to
almost 12,700 students including undergraduates and postgraduates. It is affiliated with
University of Wales, Universities UK and Cathedrals Group. It also provides sports facilities to
its students such as Cricket, Football. Hockey etc. The university is comprised of different
academic schools and faculties including the faculty of architecture, computing, Engineering,
business management, Swansea College of Art and Tourism & Hospitality; Faculty of
humanities and performing arts that includes humanities in Lampeter and Film & Media in
Carmarthen. It has also Students' Unions in all its campuses. Regarding admissions of the
students, it puts more emphasis on merit of individual than on UCAS points.
Covid19 has made a major impact on the Education sector globally. Students had to
suffer a lot due to lockdown restrictions that had a negative impact on their studies. In UK,
universities had to close their campuses due to Covid19 to ensure the safety of students as well
as staff. The teaching services were stopped because there were restrictions on provision of
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services in a physical manner. The universities were uncertain about the future as to how to
deliver teaching services to the students. As a protective measure, the schools and colleges
started to provide online classes to their students to keep their study going. Universities had to
face financial challenges due to the disrupted educational services. They had to lower down the
fees criteria for the students (Eaton and Mesmer, 2022). The salary of the staff was also stopped
due to low provision of services. Colleges faced claims from the students regarding their fees and
suffered with loss of income due to low utilisation of hostel accommodation. Universities had to
invest more on providing online classes to their students by more use of information technology.
A wide percentage of the students were shifted to the virtual mode of education but it was not a
successful measure to ensure effective studies as students were not accessible to physical
laboratories for practicals.
The University of Wales and Trinity Saint David also had bad impact due to covid19 on
the studies of its students as well as on its financial performance. To take safety measures
towards its students and staff, it had also shifted to online delivery of teaching in February 2020
when Covid19 was at its peak in UK. But now, observing slow down in the number of Covid19
cases in UK, it wants to engage its students and faculty staff on full time face to face classes. To
ensure this, it has switched to the hybrid delivery of teaching that includes online as well as
offline i.e. face to face delivery of lectures to them. Now, the university is considering
reassessment of the course contribution to optimise the availability of resources and to ensure the
feasibility and viability of delivery options. It is also focusing on stakeholder management and
on improving the library services for its students for the academic year 2022. As of 2022, it has
delivered a notification regarding the removal of social distancing norms, one-way systems and
face coverings in indoor campuses (Shih and Cheng, 2022). It is lifting the restrictions up for the
convenience of its students and staff to make them attend the university physically to continue
their studies and to support its financial position as well.
Construct project management plan
Project management plan is defined as the formal document which defines the way in
which the project will be completed (Butler, Vijayasarathy and Roberts, 2020). It is important to
build a cohesive and comprehensive project management plan because it contributed to timely
and systematic completion of the project. The project management plan in context of hybrid
delivery of education at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is provided below:
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