Closure of CDS Workshop: Impact on Student Experience

I've worked there and benefited from the institutional expertise of those workshops. If they are closed and work is outsourced, that expertise will be lost forever. The final cost in quality and time will build up drop by drop and will likely be higher than any short-term saving.

The service supplied to both staff and students by the workshops is essential to the profitability of the school, meeting the 415i and supporting the student experience. Please reconsider the closure.

This wouldn't be the first time that I see an university workshop closing because of financial difficulties and I can say it would be a great mistake. Workshops and the proffesionals working there are a priceless resource for research communities. If it closes, as with so many other things, some people will only realize its value when it is not there anymore. Leaving alone the fact of firing all these people, workshops are essential for research.

Again more short sighted ideas and proposals that will save 10p today, but cost £10 next year. Outsourcing is not a good idea when skill is required

The practical engineering expertise from the workshop is essential to support the development of the students. No out source company will spend the time with students to develop the concepts and rigs, without significant cost, commercial agreements and ip contracts. Financially it make more sense to keep the highly valuable resources skills and knowledge and market them better to external customers. Signed : engineering graduate now gainfully employed in the rapidly expanding UK engineering industry.

Without the workshops, a key experimental section of my doctoral research would not have been possible. Their presence on-site makes them quick to respond, however tight the deadline.

The workshop needs to remain open to allowed continued support to student and staff research projects. Closing the workshop will negatively impact the quality of projects and research that Cranfield is known for.

The workshops has helped me learn and expand my skills in electronics. The staff assisted and advised me with great knowledge and expertise. Without this facility I will find it very difficult to progress my current research.

I could not have completed my thesis without the valuable experience of the staff.

This is an invaluable and irreplaceable resource. Removing the workshop will cripple the quality of projects as we won't have the bespoke equipment to conduct experiments

The workshops assisted and provided valuable technical support in an MSc project this year in a new area of digital Forensics.

The Electricians are there to PAT test a wide range of kit that gets brought onto site. Free of charge to the students. This is one of the universities own h&s requirements. Who is going to do this now?

Although I am an Ex Student at the Academy but I don't want the later batch students to miss out on valuable knowledge sharing that happens through this channel....

A short sited potential solution, the workshop is a lifeline to so many students and student projects.

Most of my PhD work is Experimental based and the workshop on site is extremely helpful.

The workshops have been an essential part of Shrivenham since I was an undergrad 35 years ago, and as a Doctoral student now I see them as equally important.

An active and functioning workshop is absolutely vital for delivering results whether they be in MSc or PhD research, especially if its needed in a timely manner.

PhD student Cranfield University Defence and Security, Shrivenham. I agree we need the workshop.

The CDS Workshops are crucial for research deliverables and rapid prototyping for consultancy.

Without fabrication on site students will find out much harder to complete and carry out their research.