{"id":78,"date":"2018-01-17T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uogequality.wordpress.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2024-05-15T08:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:03:43","slug":"understanding-our-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/equity\/2018\/01\/17\/understanding-our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding our story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>I decided to continue a\u00a0theme from last week&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/uogequality.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/10\/courage-is-the-foundation-of-integrity-mark-twain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> blog,<\/a> and set out our approach to strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned previously,\u00a0data is key to creating an evidence base to inform decision-making. Good data is comprehensive,\u00a0accurate and up to date. Our student equality data, is really good. There are though some gaps in our\u00a0employee data. In the last academic year we encouraged employees to complete and update their personal data\u00a0. As a result, there was an increase in disclosure of information on sexual orientation and religion or belief.\u00a0It\u00a0is now\u00a0just under 40%, so continues to be an area of work.<\/p>\n<p>We take employee data\u00a0from our annual People Report.\u00a0In 2015\/16 it\u00a0revealed that our overall staffing levels had changed very little since the previous academic year. Within this, the male : female ratio also remained the same 44% : 55%. Our data showed, like many others in the sector, that women experience&#8221;horizontal segregation&#8221; e.g.\u00a0we have a concentration of women in administrative roles, and an under-representation\u00a0in Estates.\u00a0It also indicated that women and black and ethnic minority employees\u00a0were under-represented in senior management roles.\u00a0 The data did though show\u00a0a small increase in our employment of black and ethnic minority staff. The figure remains below our student profile and the profile for Cheltenham and Gloucester. Given this, these areas continue to be a priority for us.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of\u00a0 applicant, short listed and appointment data revealed another area for action.\u00a0This supported the qualitative data that we had been collecting over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Our student priorities are informed by a range of data sets including results from the National Student Survey, our Academic Course Evaluations and our annual Student Report. The latter indicated an attainment gap between our black and ethnic minority students and their white peers, as well as a challenge in the retention of\u00a0mature students.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t just use data to identify areas for development though. Using a SWOT analysis our strengths are revealed.\u00a0 For us this includes support for disabled students and our faith provision&#8230;.good practice we can learn from\u00a0and roll out.<\/p>\n<p>We carry out environmental scanning, looking out for legislative changes, tribunal decisions or consultation documents. We regularly check out the Equality Challenge Unit website and publications and attend external workshops and briefings.\u00a0Conversations with our stakeholders, including trade unions, students, student societies\u00a0and the student union form part of this environmental scanning.<\/p>\n<p>Having established, analysed and interpreted our evidence,\u00a0we move into implementation and evaluation, generating more evidence. The\u00a0cycle begins again.<\/p>\n<p>More information on our People Report and student statistics can be found on equality and diversity web <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/life\/support\/Pages\/equality-and-diversity.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi I decided to continue a\u00a0theme from last week&#8217;s blog, and set out our approach to strategic planning. 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