Moira
Thank you for your helpful response. I presume that the monitoring you
describe applies to UG students. Do you do any monitoring on PG students
as well? Would you be looking to comparing your findings in the future with
other universities?
Thanks
Anna
At 14:51 19/04/99 +0100, you wrote:
>We piloted eo monitoring for students in our Student Support Office, which
>started keeping track of students using the services of the Office four
>years ago. Since then we have started to monitor students who have academic
>progress difficulties, and had the first full-year reports on that at the
>end of last year. We also monitor degree results, complaints and appeals in
>terms of gender, age, disability, ethnic origin, entry quals, etc. All
>statistical reports of this sort are considered by the Equal Opportunities
>Steering Group, which is a joint committee of Senate and Council, and is
>chaired by a Lay Member of Council (so it is quite high profile). It has to
>be said that it is still early days, and we have not seen any significant
>trends identified as yet, but we are keeping a close eye on the situation.
>
>Our system works by recording eo factors such as ethnic origin and
>disability, along with age and gender, as part of each student's personal
>record. The initial information comes from the UCAS form, but we confirm
>the personal record data with each student at the start of their first term.
>We also collect the data for graduate students at the same time. Although
>the data is held as part of the student record, it is kept under strict
>security conditions, and is accessible to only a very small number of staff.
>However, it does enable us to run statistical reports in anonymous form,
>which is what we want to do for this purpose.
>
>Keeping the details on the student record means that we do not have to
>collect it separately for different purposes, but can always access the
>stats anonymously if we have an individual's personal identifier, or by
>cohorts of students if that is appropriate.
>
>Moira
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Anna Donaldson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 3:55 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: EO Monitoring for Students
>>
>> I am currently involved with the work of a Project Group which is
>> addressing the issue of setting up a system for EO monitoring for
>> students.
>> I wonder if you would let me know of any systems that you may have within
>> your institution and just what aspects of students' experience you
>> monitor.
>> Also I would like to know what you do with any statistical information
>> produced and whether & how you compare these with any other institutions.
>> Many thanks
>> Anna
>>
>> A L Donaldson
>> Administrative Assistant
>> Academic Division
>
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