Very conservative work environment, due age structure (many students, many 50yo+ permanent staff) new technologies/methodologies often only implemented slowly. Low staff numbers for quantity work often means there's no redundancy (if the specialist is ill/goes on holiday, work may just stop for the duration). Seemingly little autonomy given to managers in some ways - why does a request for training need to go two-three (or sometimes more) steps up the hierarchy for approval for example? Slows down some things needlessly.