Hello Anne,
We would recommend that you include the figure. It is good practice
amongst this and other sectors to do so and therefore including it will
aid benchmarking.
We would also recommend keeping the two categories 'not known' and
'refused to say' separately, as they both monitor different things. The
first may usually infer that the staff member/student has missed the
question/does not believe the categories are appropriate or other
reasons whereas 'reused not to say' is a conscious decision not to do so
and may be due to a number of reasons but importantly that they do not
want to disclose this fact. At the ECU we are about to pilot a 'Staff
Disclosure' project to find ways of making staff feel more comfortable
about disclosing this information - for information on this please speak
to my colleague Stuart Moore who will be happy to talk through this with
you.
I have attached some guidance that we co-produced with HEFCE on Equality
and Diversity monitoring in Higher Education Institutions which may also
be helpful. Please don't hesitate to give me a ring if you want Anne, I
have met you before a couple of times at an EHRC Conference and at the
HEEON Conference so would be happy to talk through any queries you have.
All the best
Chris
Tel: 02074381021
-----Original Message-----
From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Mwangi
Sent: 14 July 2008 09:09
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Subject: Data Analysis
Dear colleagues,
I am analysing our annual equality student data and would be interested
to know how you deal with the category of 'not known/refused to say'.
For instance, do you include this category in your totals or ignore it.
If ignored it will change the percentages of other categories. I would
like to be consistent for benchmarking purpose with the sector practice
so would value your feedback.
Would also value feedback/guidance from ECU.
Regards
Anne Mwangi
Equality & Diversity Adviser
University of Hull
Tel: 01482 466333
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