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Resources provision is inadequate for both, capital and revenue budgets, so that aims are not achieveable without substantial and sustained investment.
Workshop
Laboratory space is barely adequate, staff accommodation is reasonable but dual use as workshop/project resource is far from ideal. facilities are very poor at departmental level and there is very little support elsewhere in the college. Facilities for advanced project work/research work are virtually non-existent. There are no interactive computing facilities.
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CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY
At present, the visiting party is unable to say that the standard of the Hong Kong Baptist College programmes in science and mathematics are comparable to those of the comparators in the Hong Kong Polytechnic. This is because of the resource differentials and difficulties in comparing objectives. However, the intentions of the programmes and the basis of confidence in the core of highly motivated staff are such that the visiting party has no doubt that they could not only be made comparable but could reach even higher levels.
A pre-condition to achieving such goals is certainly that the excessive faculty staff turn-over at the Baptist College is remedied. Otherwise, not only will the visiting party's level of confidence become superceded by significant changes of staff and perhaps in staff expertise and experience, but key members of staff may leave. If the present academic leaders leave the college, then the existing degree of cohesion may be lost and the visiting party's level of confidence would have to be re-established.
The main requirement is the substantial enhancement of resources of all kinds at the Baptist College. Details of what is required are given in the above sections, but the views of individual members may be sought concerning the differing needs for differing alternative goals. Thus, to achieve comparability with the Polytechnic Higher Diplomas will require enhanced
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The purpose of this enhancement of resources is not to make the Baptist College programmes like the Polytechnic programmes in nature, but only in level. The choices of programme aims and philosophy remain to be decided upon and there are many alternatives which
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