Will Bournemoth University Sport's Dept. get sufficient funding?

Head of Sport at Bournemouth University will consider his position if he does not receive sufficient funding to upgrade the facilities.
Mark Jenkins has been head of sport at Bournemouth University since August, and is already throwing some major new ideas onto the table.
The facilities at the university, when compared to others around the country, are poor, and the Sports Hall has no heating nor air-conditioning says Mark: “It’s not right to walk into the sport hall to see students wearing bobble hats and scarves during a lecture.”
In Mark’s opinion, the facilities are cold and ancient, and would not convince many to get out of bed in the morning for a work out.
A snippet of Mark’s proposal for the future is to add a swimming pool, a running track, a one-million-pound astro football pitch and double courts to the Sports Hall, an aim that will not be easy.
The pool alone is thought to cost in the region of £5 Million pounds.
“The job can be a pain in the bum at times.” Said Mark
“If I hand in a proposal and it’s laughed in my face, it can be frustrating.”
For the next ten years, if Mark can make a significant advance to the Universities facilities he plans to stay in his position, which rakes in a £37,000 salary, but if his plans are not likely to succeed, he says he will review his post.
“If I get the necessary funding, I see myself staying here for 10 years, may be more.
“I have young children, so I won’t to move them if I don’t have to.”
In the mean time, Mark is crossing every finger and toe, that he receives funding which many other departments in the university view as a waste of money.
Mark said: “There are internal politics.
“There is a thought that as an academic establishment we don’t need sports facilities and many other departments, also asking for money, will use this an argument.”
With 25% of students using the sports facilities as a factor in choosing universities, updated equipment may increase student intake.
Mark’s proposed ideas will either involve finding more land to build on or to demolish the current site.
He said: “There are many ideas to play with at the moment.
“We can either build on this site and build a pool with gyms and other equipment rooms above, or we can buy other land.”
Mark has already proposed a one-million-pound astro-pitch to be built on the Wallisdown playing fields and has applied to both the university and to the Dorset Football Association for £500,000 of funding.
“It won’t be easy.” He said.
“We are up against a community school which is located opposite Dorset FA, so gaining funding from the Dorset Football Association will be an up hill struggle.
“I am pessimistically optimistic.”