Dear Paul,

 

As discussed at the recent HEEON gender event, ECU is content for university staff to repackage our guidance provided we are clearly accredited.

 

Best wishes,

 

Sarah

 

 

Great news!

 

Are you happy for us to “re-package” as our own document, with clear acknowledgements?

 

Paul

 

 

Dear All,

 

I have spoken to HESA about this issue and ‘indeterminate’ refers to intersex people as opposed to transgendered people, as a point of clarification.

 

With regard to monitoring trans people, our revised ECU guidance on trans staff and students will be available electronically by tomorrow at the latest. I will email this group as soon as we have the final version from our designers. There is a whole section devoted to the monitoring issue.

 

Best wishes,

 

Sarah Guise

Policy Adviser

Equality Challenge Unit

 

 

Good morning all,

 

With the news that the 2007-08 collection the Gender field for HESA has the following valid values:

HESA student record

1 Male

2 Female

9 Indeterminate

HESA Staff Record

F Female

M Male

U Unknown

Would colleagues be willing to share with me anything their institution is doing in gathering information on transgendered people? The HESA field descriptions are not ones we are wholly comfortable with. I have looked at Press for Change's website and note that there is some advice which others might be interested in also, although this does not answer the immediate question we are asking:

http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/1408

 

Any thoughts anyone?

Chris Baxter
Diversity Officer
Student Services