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Dear all
Here at King’s we will be using data
for student admissions, progression and achievement by gender, that is
cross-tabulated by important variables such as entry qualifications.
We are analysing the National Student
Survey data broken down by gender and by Department within our institution.
To see if our gender balance reflects the national picture for our subject mix and
what is happening at other comparable institutions, we are looking at HEFCE headcount
data by gender and subject studied. This is using a similar methodology
to the Government’s State School Benchmarks for HEIs.
In addition we ran a Roadshow to gather
the views of students at 4 of our campuses. This enabled students to vote
on issues of concern to them and add any comments about areas we should improve
on. It was a challenge to engage students in this activity since many of
them had either not considered gender issues before or were not able to
identify any areas of concern. We have managed to identify a few key
priorities for the Scheme and are considering running some focus groups in the
future to look in more detail at Curriculum issues and possibly issues for
post-graduate research students and their progression to permanent roles.
On the staff side we have launched an
on-line questionnaire to which over 460 staff have responded. Here we
asked respondents to identify from a list policies, any which had had an
adverse impact on them and in addition whether they considered this to because
of their gender. In addition they were asked to select from the same list
3 priorities for us to focus on in our GES. We will be hosting separate
meetings for male and female staff in a couple of weeks to gather more detailed
feedback on some of the priorities that have come out of the questionnaire.
I would be particularly interested in
finding out more about the advice given by the Women’s Office at NUS
about issues for students and how best to engage with them on gender issues.
Thanks
Debbie Epstein
Policy Development and Training Officer
Equality and Diversity Department
King’s College London
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HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marie Paturel
Sent: 21 February 2007 09:55
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Subject: Re: Gender Equality Duty
and involving students
I have to say that after speaking to the Student
Union council, emails to various student union reps, emails to managers of
various Student Services managers, I am finding it hard to find non-academic
issues which have gender equality concerns (the data on student profile,
progression and awards is another matter). I have come up with a few
issues but these have primarily come from my discussion with the Women's
Officer at NUS. I wouldn't mind having a discussion off list (or on if
there is a strong interest in this discussion) on some of the academic and
non-academic issues I am looking at including specificaly for students with the
eye to comparing notes with others and getting feedback on whether you think
these issues impact on your students and also bouncing off ideas on how to
address them in the action items. Let me know if anyone is interested in
sharing and comparing.
Thanks
Marie Paturel
Student Equality and Diversity Adviser
Department of Student Services
The Manor House
BN2 4GA
01273 642852
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Sent: 20 February 2007 12:41
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Subject: Re: Gender Equality Duty
and involving students
Thanks, Richard. These suggestions
are very helpful. So far I have worked with the Diversity Champion at the
Students' Union and she has held some focus groups with other students and
sabbatical officers but there is nothing really concrete that has come out as a
concern in terms of gender equality.
HR Manager - Equality &
Diversity
HR Department
115 New Cavendish Street
Tel: 020-7911-5776
From:
HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Brown
Sent: 20 February 2007 12:38
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Subject: Re: Gender Equality Duty
and involving students
Hi Fehmeeda,
I think a good place to start would be the NUS website (www.nusonline.co.uk) and look over
the National campaigns . I would also suggest trying to engage
your Union reps on gender and LGBT issues (if you have any). These may
be helpful in terms of looking at a much wider picture of the student
experience in relation to gender. I would also suggest running your draft
scheme past your union officers, or at least having a round table discussion
with them about the action plan etc.
Hope this is helpful
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Richard Brown
Equality and Diversity Manager
Staff and Students
Tel: 01782 (58)4403
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