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Appendix 3 – USW Strategic Equality Plan Annual Report Student Data

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Student Data

The Specific Duties within the Equality Act 2010 require public authorities to outline the steps that have been taken to identify and

collect relevant information within the Strategic Equality Plan Annual Report. This report details the diversity of the student

population for the academic year 2013 to 2014. The statistical information is based on the information provided by 22,977 campus

based students during enrolment in September 2013 and covers all protected characteristics. The data is broken down by campus

so that the diversity of students on each of the University of South Wales’ five campuses can be examined. Where possible,

benchmarking statistics are included from the Equality Challenge Unit’s ‘Equality in higher education: Statistical report 2014, Part

two: Students’.

Age: The largest proportion of students are aged 18 to 20 (31%), followed by ages 21 to 24 (29%).

Disability: 10.5% of students have declared that they are disabled.

Gender Identity: 0.5% of students have changed their gender identity.

Race: 81.4% of USW undergraduate students are White British, 5.9% are British students from a Black or Minority

Ethnic group and 12.7% are international students.

Religion & Belief: 45.6% of students have no religion; 32.4% are Christian and 4.9% are Muslim

Sex: 47.8% of students are male; 52.2% are female

Sexual Orientation: 81% of students are heterosexual; 4.7% are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Other

1. Protected Characteristics Overview – University of South Wales

http://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-higher-education-statistical-report-2014/

http://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-higher-education-statistical-report-2014/


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The highest proportion of students are aged 18 to 20 (7031 students; 31%)

There are also high proportion of students aged 21 to 24 (6657 students; 29%) and aged over 30 (5736 students; 25%)

The lowest proportion of students are aged under 18 (294 students; 1%)

2% (381 students) did not disclose their age

The following chart highlights the age of students at University of South Wales.

Figure 1 – Age of USW Students

294

7031 6657

2878

5736

381

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Under 18 18-20 21-24 25-29 Over 30 Age Unknown

No. of students

Age Groups

Age Of Students

2. AGE 3.


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Figure 2 – Age of USW Students by Campus

Campus under 18

% under

18

18 - 20

% 18 - 20

21 - 24

% 21 - 24

25 - 29

% 25 - 29

over 30

% over 30

Age un-

known

% Age un-

known

Newport City Campus 1 0% 569 26% 749 35% 372 17% 432 20% 46 2%

Glyntaff Campus 11 0% 1504 29% 1188 23% 648 13% 1664 32% 117 2%

Newport Caerleon Campus 75 2% 874 22% 889 22% 528 13% 1585 39% 81 2%

Treforest Campus 204 2% 2689 31% 2902 33% 1139 13% 1752 20% 120 1%

Cardiff Campus 3 0% 1395 49% 929 33% 191 7% 303 11% 17 1%

Totals 294 1% 7031 31% 6657 29% 2878 13% 5736 25% 381 2%

ECU data shows that 53.8% of all students at Welsh universities are aged 21 and under, with 15.6% aged 22 to 25, 16% 26 to 35

and 15.7% age 36 and over. As ECU data uses different age categories to USW, it is difficult to draw comparisons with this data.

89.5% of USW students have declared that they are not disabled; less than 1% have not declared either way (just 10 students), with 10.5% of students declaring that they are disabled.

Of those students that declared that they are disabled, the highest proportion (5.1%) have a specific learning disability, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or ADHD etc. There are low numbers of students with other impairments.

There is a small difference between prevalence of disability and USW campus, with the largest proportion of disabled students studying at Cardiff Campus (15%) and Caerleon Campus (14%) and the smallest proportion of disabled students studying at Treforest Campus (8.2%) and Glyntaff Campus (8.7%).

3. DISABILITY


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Figure 3 – Proportion of Disabled Students at USW

No

known

Disability

Student

Declared

Disability

Information

Refused

Total

Students

No. of Students 20567 2400 10 22977

% of Students 89.5% 10.5% 0% 100.00

The following table shows the percentage of disabled students by each type of impairment for students at all USW campuses.

Figure 4 - Disability by Campus and Type of Impairment

Location of Study

% No known disability

% A long standing illness e.g. cancer, HIV, diabetes, heart disease, epilepsy

% A specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D

% A mental health condition or anxiety disorder

% A social/ commun-ication impairment such as Asperger's syndrome/ autistic

% A physical impairment/ mobility issues difficulty using arms or use w/chair

% A disability, impairment or medical condition not listed above

% Deaf or a serious hearing impairment

% Blind or a serious visual impair-ment

% Info Refused

% unseen disability, e.g. diabetes, epilepsy, asthma.

% Multiple impair-ments.

Newport Campus 88.6% 1.0% 6.2% 1.2% 0.7% 0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%

Glyntaff Campus 91.3% 1.1% 4.9% 0.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%

Caerleon Campus

85.8% 1.2% 5.6% 2.2% 0.2% 0.8% 1.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 1.8%

Treforest Campus

91.8% 1.1% 3.8% 1.0% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%

Cardiff Campus

85.0% 1.2% 7.8% 2.9% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%

Totals

89.5% 1.1% 5.1% 1.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.9% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%


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Data from all UK HEIs shows that 90.5% of students are not disabled and 9.5% have declared a disability; this data is mirrored for

that of Welsh HEIs. USW data appears to show a slightly higher prevalence of disability than the UK and Welsh averages, with

10.5% of students being disabled and 89.5% not being disabled. UK data shows that 48.5% of disabled students have a specific

learning disability, with lower proportion of students having other impairments. This data appears to be similar to USW data where

5.1% of disabled students have a specific learning disability.

During 2013/14, students were asked whether their gender identity was the same as the gender they were assigned at birth. 87.6% of students answered ‘yes’ and 0.5% of students stated ‘no’, with 6.8% refusing to disclose and 5.1% missing out the question.

Due to the low numbers of students declaring ‘no’, the data is presented for the whole of USW, and not by campus, and in percentages only.

Figure 5 – Gender Identity of Students

Location of Study Description % Yes % No % Refused % Missing Data

Totals 87.6% 0.5% 6.8% 5.1%

The ECU reports a high level of institutions that do not currently report on this data. However, for those institutions that do, 15.3%

of students answered ‘yes’, 0.3% of students declared that their gender identity is different to what they were assigned at birth,

1.5% refused to disclose this information and 82.9% left the question blank. This shows that USW has a significantly higher rate of

disclosure for gender identity than the average for all UK HEIs.

4. GENDER IDENTITY


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81.4% of USW undergraduate students are White British, 5.9% are British students from a Black or Minority Ethnic group and 12.7% are international students.

56.6% of postgraduates are White British, 4.6% are British students from a Black or Minority Ethnic group and 38.8% are international students.

The following table shows the numbers and percentages of undergraduate students by ethnicity and faculty. It categorises the

students into four groups – ‘UK White’ (for White British students), ‘UK BME’ (for British Black & Minority Ethnic students), ‘Non UK’

(for international students) and ‘Not known’ for students who have not answered the question or have chosen prefer not to say.

Figure 6 – Ethnicity of Undergraduate Students

Faculty Description UK White

% UK BME % Non UK

% Total Not known

% Not Known

Total

Faculty of Business and Society

2898 68.1% 363 8.5% 993 23.3% 4254 137 3.1% 4391

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science

3582 78.3% 306 6.7% 685 15.0% 4573 118 2.5% 4691

Faculty of Creative Industries 3473 85.7% 199 4.9% 381 9.4% 4053 133 3.2% 4186

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

6190 89.1% 296 4.3% 463 6.7% 6949 458 6.2% 7407

Totals 16143 81.4% 1164 5.9% 2522 12.7% 19829 846 4.1% 20675

The following table shows the numbers and percentages of postgraduate students by ethnicity and faculty.

5. RACE


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Figure 7 – Ethnicity of Postgraduate students

Faculty Description UK White

% UK BME

% Non UK

% Total Not Known

% Not Known

Grand Total

Faculty of Business and Society

877 44.3% 74 3.7% 1030 52.0% 1981 361 15.4% 2342

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science

262 35.9% 27 3.7% 440 60.4% 729 19 2.5% 748

Faculty of Creative Industries 211 76.2% 10 3.6% 56 20.2% 277 15 5.1% 292

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

1394 74.9% 113 6.1% 355 19.1% 1862 76 3.9% 1938

Totals 2744 56.6% 224 4.6% 1881 38.8% 4849 471 8.9% 5320

The above tables show that 5.9% of the undergraduate population is students who are from a Black or Minority Ethnic group, with

4.6% of all postgraduates being from a BME group.

Data for all UK HEIs shows that 80.4% of UK domiciled students are White and 19.6% of UK domiciled students are from a Black or

Minority Ethnic group. This is lower for Welsh HEIs, with 92% of UK domiciled students being White and 8% being from a Black or

Minority Ethnic group. Of the 8% of UK domiciled students at Welsh institutions that are from a BME group – 1.9% are Black, 3.2%

are Asian, 0.5% are Chinese, 1.9% are of Mixed origin and 0.5% are from another ethnic minority group. There is a lower

proportion of BME students at USW than the Welsh average.

The University of South Wales is currently undertaking extensive analysis of student data by race for the Race Equality Charter

Mark project. This data, and any actions that will be taken as a result of it, will be published for the University’s application for the

Charter in the spring term of 2016 and for the Strategic Equality Plan Annual Report 2014/15.


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The largest proportion of students (45.6%) declared that they have ‘no religion’.

32.4% of students declared that they are Christian, 4.9% declared that they are Muslim, with low proportions of students declaring that they are Spiritual, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Jewish.

Figure 8 – Religion and Belief of Students at USW Campuses Location of Study % No

religion %

Muslim % Any other

religion or belief

% Christian

% Information

Refused

% Spiritual

% Buddhist

% Hindu

% Sikh

% Jewish

Newport City Campus 52.0% 9.7% 1.8% 25.0% 7.4% 1.2% 0.6% 2.1% 0.1% 0.1%

Glyntaff Campus 41.7% 2.0% 4.0% 40.6% 8.2% 1.2% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4% 0.1%

Caerleon Campus 47.4% 3.6% 1.9% 31.2% 11.7% 2.1% 1.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%

Treforest Campus 42.6% 7.1% 3.8% 31.7% 11.2% 0.8% 0.9% 1.7% 0.2% 0.1%

Cardiff Campus 54.8% 1.5% 3.6% 27.0% 6.7% 1.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

Totals 45.6% 4.9% 3.3% 32.4% 9.7% 1.3% 0.9% 1.1% 0.2% 0.1%

Data on all UK HEIs shows that a low proportion of institutions currently report on religion or belief (44.7%). For those that do report

on this data, only 36.9% of students provided the information, with 6% refusing and 57.1% leaving the question blank. This shows

that USW disclosure rates for religion and belief are significantly higher than the sector average, with only 9.7% of students not

providing this information.

6. RELIGION & BELIEF


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47.8% of students at USW are male; 52.2% are female.

There is a marked difference between the proportion of male and female students studying at different campuses, with more males studying at Newport than any other campus and more females studying at Caerleon.

Figure 9 – Sex of Students at USW by Campus

Location of Study

Male % Male Female % Female Missing Data % Missing Data

Newport City Campus

1333 61.5% 836 38.5% 0 0.0%

Glyntaff Campus

2015 39.3% 3117 60.7% 0 0.0%

Caerleon Campus

1272 31.5% 2759 68.4% 1 0.0%

Treforest Campus

5018 57.0% 3788 43.0% 0 0.0%

Cardiff Campus

1336 47.1% 1502 52.9% 0 0.0%

Totals 10974 47.8% 12002 52.2% 1 0.0%

The following table shows the sex of students by faculty and school. The most significant gender imbalances are in computing and

mathematics and engineering, which have predominantly male students, and in care sciences and psychology, early years and

therapeutic studies, which contain substantially more female students than male.

7. SEX


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Figure 10 – Sex of Students by Faculty & School

Faculty / School Female Male Total

Faculty of Business & Society 56.0% 44.0% 100.0%

Business 52.0% 48.0% 100.0%

FBS Faculty* 54.8% 45.2% 100.0%

Humanities and Social Sciences 66.4% 33.6% 100.0%

Law, Accounting and Finance 53.4% 46.6% 100.0%

Faculty of Computing Engineering & Science 22.3% 77.7% 100.0%

Applied Sciences 52.9% 47.1% 100.0%

Computing and Mathematics 20.7% 79.3% 100.0%

Engineering 10.7% 89.3% 100.0%

FCES Faculty* 26.8% 73.2% 100.0%

Faculty of Creative Industries 53.6% 46.4% 100.0%

Art and Design 74.0% 26.0% 100.0%

Drama and Music 34.7% 65.3% 100.0%

FCI Faculty* 65.6% 34.4% 100.0%

Media 41.1% 58.9% 100.0%

Faculty of Life Sciences & Education 65.3% 34.7% 100.0%

Care Sciences 83.7% 16.3% 100.0%

CCCL 57.1% 42.9% 100.0%

Education 69.2% 30.8% 100.0%

FLSE Faculty* 19.3% 80.7% 100.0%

Health, Sport and Professional Practice 39.0% 61.0% 100.0%

Psychology, Early Years and Therapeutic Studies 85.2% 14.8% 100.0%

INTENG (International English) 39.2% 60.8% 100.0%

Grand Total 52.2% 47.8% 100.0%


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*The courses assigned with FBS Faculty, FCES Faculty, FCI Faculty and FLSE Faculty do not fit into any specific school and are

therefore assigned to a generic one. These include the Erasmus Scheme, Exchange Schemes, DHOV, UHOVI, Associate and

Institutional credit where the student is studying particular modules but not an entire course.

Data for all Welsh HEIs shows that 53.7% of students are female and 46.3% are male. This shows that there are slightly less

female students studying at USW and slightly more male students than the Welsh HEI average. ECU data shows that there has

consistently been a higher proportion of female students than male students at UK HEIs and that women were in the majority for all

non-Science Engineering and Technology subjects, with higher proportions of men in engineering and technology, computer

science and architecture, building and planning. These findings are similar to those at USW.

81% of USW students are heterosexual, 1.3% are bisexual, 0.7% are a Gay woman / Lesbian, 1.1% are a Gay man, with 1.6% declaring ‘other’.

5.4% of students did not answer the question and 9.5% refused to provide an answer.

Figure 11 – Sexual Orientation of Students

Location of Study

% Hetero -sexual

% Bi-sexual % Missing data % Info refused % Gay woman/ lesbian

% Gay man % Other

Newport City Campus

79.5% 1.9% 2.4% 12.2% 0.6% 1.5% 2.0%

Glyntaff Campus

85.0% 0.7% 5.5% 5.7% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1%

Caerleon Campus

78.5% 1.3% 6.5% 10.5% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0%

Treforest Campus

80.5% 1.4% 5.4% 9.5% 0.5% 0.7% 2.1%

Cardiff Campus

79.9% 1.8% 3.5% 10.4% 0.5% 2.3% 1.6%

Totals 81.0% 1.3% 5.1% 9.2% 0.7% 1.1% 1.6%

8. SEXUAL ORIENTATION


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Only 46.6% of institutions report on student data on sexual orientation. Of the 46.6% that do, UK HEI data shows that 81.8%

students left the question blank with 2.6% refusing to provide the information, 14.8% answered ‘heterosexual’, 0.3% answered

‘bisexual’, 0.2% stated ‘gay man’, 0.1% stated ‘gay woman/lesbian’ and 0.3% chose ‘other’. It is not possible to draw any

comparisons between the USW student population and that of the average HEI population across the UK due to high level of

missing data at other institutions.

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