Equality & Diversity What the Data Tells Us 2010/11

Data Outline

• Equality Challenge Unit Publications:• Equality in Higher Education Statistical Report 2011 Part 1: Staff • Equality in Higher Education Statistical Report 2011 Part 2: Students

• 279 data tables relating to staff and students covering• Gender• Ethnicity • Disability • Age• Multiple Identities

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Data Outline

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Staff Students

• Key facts and figures• Occupational group • Profile over time • Contract Type• Professors• Senior Managers• Academic Departments• Academic contact type• Salary• Academic salary range

• Key facts and figures• Profile over time • Subjects• Continuation rates• Degree attainment• Leavers

Heriot-Watt Data• Mirrors the ECU Statistical Reports Part 1: Staff and Part 2:

Students• Is retrieved from the Higher Education Statistical Agency returns

for staff and students• Provides helpful baseline information for benchmarking and

developing Equality Outcomes• Does not cover all Protected Characteristics• Not ALL 279 data tables used (some are replicas tables)• All HWU data is for Academic Year 2010/11

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Heriot-Watt Data

The presentation outlines what the data tells us

The data raises questions rather than providing answers

There is a need for ‘diagnosis’ and further discussion around the context behind some of the data

Equal pay data is available but not included

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Data Summary

The Data shows is that in many respect HWU is very like the national HEI

Some of the data refers to small numbers BUT that doesn’t mean its insignificant

Some of the trend data (specifically students) tell us that if we want to change…we need to do something different!

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Headline issues…

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There is a strong case for prioritising gender related issues across academia with a STEM focus •Less females in research related roles•Less females enrolling in SET focused subjects•Static student intake data over time

Should we do more to support UK- Domiciled BME students to reach their full potential•BME students less likely to achieve 1st and 2:1 than the national picture - BUT small numbers within the data

How do we address the support needs of Disabled Staff and Students within a shrinking funding environment?•Significant growth in numbers not qualifying for DSA and likely increase in support needs•Very low staff disclosure means some staff are without adequate support

We show that the age profile of our staff is similar to the National picture but we’re different when it comes to our students•What opportunities does our age range provide HWU for growth of student intake? Does this link to the WP agenda?

Gender: Staff

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% Male and Female Staff

Male Female

UK 46% 54%

Scotland 46% 54%

HWU 53% 47%

• Heriot-Watt has a lower % of females overall in the staff population than both the UK and Scottish totals

• The following tables examine this more closely

Gender: HWU StaffTop 3 Occupational Staff Distribution by gender

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Male Female

1st Academic Professional 480 (52%) 1st Academic Professional 172 (21.4%)

2nd Laboratory, engineering, building IT and medical technicians

116 (12.5%) 2nd Cleaners, catering assistants, security officers, porter and maintenance

146 (18.2%)

3rd Non-academic professional 109 (11.8%) 3rd Non-academic professional 128 (15.9%)

• The table shows the most populated roles for males and females at HWU

• Occupational segregation demonstrated by:• The significantly lower %of females within academic professional

category• high % of females in cleaner/catering roles

Gender: HWU StaffFull time staff by occupation (HESA defined) and gender

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Gender: All HEIs Staffby Occupational Group and Gender

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Gender: HWU Staff Part time staff by occupation and gender

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Gender: HWU StaffAcademic and Professional Gender Profile 2003-2010

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Gender: All HEI Staff:Academic and Professional Gender Profile 2003-2010

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Gender: HWU StaffAll staff by activity and terms of employment and gender

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Gender: HWU StaffAcademic staff by employment function and gender 2010/11

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Gender: All HEI StaffAcademic staff by employment function and gender 2010/11

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Gender: HWU Staff Number of academic staff by mode of employment, SET marker and gender 2010/11

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Gender: HWU Students by Mode of study and gender

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Gender: All HEIs Students by Mode of study and gender

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Gender: HWU Students Number of students by level of study, mode of

study and gender

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Gender: HWU Students

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Gender: All HEI Students

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Gender: HWU Students by Academic year and gender

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Gender: HWU Studentsby SET subject areas and gender 2010/11

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Gender: All HEI Studentsby SET subject areas and gender 2010/11

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Gender: HWU Students First degree UG qualifiers obtaining degrees by degree class, SET subject and gender

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Gender: All HEI Students First degree UG qualifiers obtaining degrees by degree class, SET subject and gender

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Ethnicity: HWU Staff Number of staff by nationality and ethnicity marker 2010/11

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Ethnicity: All HEI Staff Number of staff by nationality and ethnicity marker 2010/11

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Ethnicity: HWU StaffUK and Non-UK national academic staff by contract type and BME/White identity

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Ethnicity: All HEIs StaffUK and Non-UK national academic staff by contract type and BME/White identity

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Ethnicity: HWU Staff Number of academic staff by mode of employment, SET marker and ethnicity 2010/11

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Ethnicity: HWU Students UK Domiciled students by Mode of study and BME marker – known ethnicity

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Ethnicity: All HEI Students UK Domiciled students by Mode of study and BME marker – known ethnicity

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Ethnicity: HWU Students UK domiciled students by Academic year and BME marker

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Ethnicity: HWU StudentsUK Domiciled students by level of study, mode of study and BME marker 2010/11

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Ethnicity: HWU StudentsUK Domiciled 1st degree UG qualifiers obtaining classified degrees by SET marker, BME marker and class of degree 2010/11

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Ethnicity: All HEI StudentsUK Domiciled 1st degree UG qualifiers obtaining classified degrees by SET marker, BME marker and class of degree 2010/11

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Disability: HWU Staff All staff by disability status

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No Known Disability and missing disability info

Declared disability

Total Staff with missing disability info

No. % No. % No. No. %

1702 98.2 27 1.6 1729 60 3.4

• Due to low disclosure national comparator information isn’t too helpful

• However, our data does help us to identify possible areas for future activity

Disability: HWU Staff Headline Information

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HESA collects on a range of specific disabilities Largest number of disabled staff disclose ‘other type of

disability’ – 63% (17 staff)

Long-standing illness or health condition – 25.9% (7 staff)

Specific learning disability - 7.4% (2 staff)

Highest proportion of staff with a declared disability within full time Professional and Support Staff 27 overall declared disability 16 staff members within

Professional and Support area

Disability: HWU StudentsStudents by academic year and disability status

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Disability: HWU StudentsStudents by level of study, mode of study and disability status 2010/11

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Disability: HWU StudentsUK Domiciled students by SET marker, subject area and disability status 2010/11

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Disability: HWU StudentsStudents in receipt and not in receipt of DSA

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Q. What kind of support are we providing for those not in receipt of DSA?

Disability: HWU Students Student Degree Attainment

70% of disabled students achieved 1st or 2:1 30% of disabled students achieved 2:2 or 3rd

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Age: HWU StaffAge Profile of All Staff 2010/11

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Age: All HEI StaffAge Profile of All Staff 2010/11

Age: HWU Staff Professional and support staff by activity and terms of employment and age

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Age: All HEI Staff Professional and support staff by activity and terms of employment and age

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Age: HWU StaffAcademic staff by activity and terms of employment and age

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Age: All HEIs Staff Professional and support staff by activity and terms of employment and age

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Age: HWU StudentsAll Students by academic year and age group

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Age: All HEI StudentsAll Students by academic year and age group

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Age: HWU StudentsStudent by level of student and age

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Age: All HEI StudentsStudent by level of student and age

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Key Messages from the data

Gender•Higher number of males in females in Professorial roles•Female academic ‘drop off’ in research related roles•Reasonably static student entrance figures for males and females since 2003

Disability Low levels of disability declaration for both staff and studentsGrowth in number of disabled students not in receipt of DSA – could have financial implications for HWU

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Key messages

Ethnicity Most staff from a White background ( same for UK and non UK national)Most UK domiciled students from White backgroundsAttainment levels of UK domiciled BME students is lower in SET areas for HWU and lower than the national average

Age•Pretty similar picture for HWU staff as nationally – but less ‘younger’ academics •Age profile of our students is interesting, high number of ‘Other UG’ in the 22-25 age range – could require more analysis

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What next?The data raises more questions than answers and provides us with helpful starting points for developing our Equality Outcomes and making links to the University Strategy:

There is a strong case for prioritising gender related issues across academic and focusing on SET•Less females in research related roles•Less females enrolling in SET focused subjects•HWU to increase research intensification and increase no. of PhD students… how can we use this opportunity?

Should we do more to support UK- Domiciled BME students to reach their full potential•BME students less likely to achieve 1st and 2:1 than the national picture - small numbers but this could link to the support we might put in place for WP?

How do we address the support needs of Disabled Staff and Students within a shrinking funding environment?•Significant growth in numbers not qualifying for DSA and likely increase in support needs•Very low staff disclosure means some staff are without adequate support•We need to do something different…Student Enrolment data, HR data cleaning , Census

We show that the age profile of our staff is similar to the National picture but we’re different when it comes to our students•What opportunities does our age range provide HWU for growth of student intake? Does this link to the WP agenda?

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