Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2013/14
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Contents Highlights 2013/14
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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Embedding Equality into Our Work ................................................................................................................................... 4 Eliminating unfair discrimination Equality and Diversity Policy key points Feeling safe Fairtrade Advancing Equality of Opportunity..................................................................................................................................... 6 Fostering good relations Respect Festival International developments Community links Equality Data ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Equality Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
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Highlights 2013/14 Here are some highlights from our Annual Report showing how we are committed to embedding equality and diversity in all our work: • •
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our students feel safe and respected our achievement gaps, the differences in performance by equality groups, have remained narrow within an acceptable tolerance of zero our ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) students produced a book on Burrator as a social enterprise which is now on sale at the Burrator Discovery Centre as part of our commitment to Fairtrade our enterprising hospitality and events students ran a vibrant festival and we welcomed a Fairtrade banana farmer from St Lucia during Fairtrade Fortnight the College’s success in supporting the Fairtrade campaign was recognised through a silver award within the ‘Best University or College’ category at the South West Fairtrade Business Awards students successfully lobbied a Plymouth MP regarding inequalities in careers guidance in school settings and the next day the MP raised this matter in the House of Commons and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills made a response Project Search continues to be successful in providing internships at Derriford Hospital and progression routes into employment for young adults with learning disabilities Project Search was celebrated as excellent post-16 provision by the City Council at the SEND (special Educational Needs and Disability) Launch Conference in May 2014
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PACE (Plymouth Advice Centre for Employment) continues to work with local employers, work clubs, training providers and community groups to provide a city centre venue helping adults return to work we contributed to the ‘Step up for Respect’ project and students participated as volunteer helpers and performers in the Respect Parade and Festival, organised by the Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council working with local partners our performing arts students continue to use music and dance to explore and promote cultural diversity; the Embrace festival visiting local schools has become an annual event we continued to support for the annual Disabled Activity Day held on Plymouth Hoe Chinese students organised a lively event to celebrate Chinese New Year showcasing the student talent a pregnancy and young parents support project which raised pregnant student success rates continues to receive national recognition two students and a tutor participated in the Lessons from Auschwitz course run by the Holocaust Education Trust and visited Auschwitz-Birkenau which led to the planting of a Holocaust memorial tree on our site; it was a privilege that the ceremony was led by a Holocaust survivor.
Introduction Welcome to our Equality and Diversity Annual Report for 2013/14. This report gives you a picture of our promotion of equality and diversity through our College activities and events and demonstrates how we meet our legislative requirements under the Equality Act 2010. The College is committed to providing inclusive educational provision that respects and responds to the diversity of our local community. Opportunity for all is a key value at our College and we support our students to reach their full potential while raising aspirations towards innovation and enterprise. Our College combines a strong culture of fairness and respect with an ethos of entrepreneurial learning.
This was recognised in the October 2012 Ofsted inspection which commented that our College ‘provides a very inclusive environment in which previously underachieving groups of learners enjoy high levels of success’. This report shows that equality and diversity is evident throughout our College, demonstrates how much we have already achieved and how we intend to continue to build equality and diversity into our College life.
Phil Davies, Principal & Chief Executive
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Embedding Equality into Our Work The College has a clear and long standing commitment to equality and diversity where students and staff recognise the culture of respect and feel safe in our learning environments. Starting from our policy of cascaded responsibility, the College embeds equality and diversity throughout our work and practices. Our Ofsted inspection noted that ‘Teachers have high expectations and aspirations for learners, resulting in high standards of learner behaviour and mutual respect.’
Eliminating unfair discrimination Our aim is to create an environment where people treat each other with mutual respect regardless of age, disability, colour, ethnic origin, family responsibility, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, nationality, race, caste, religion and philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. One of our core College values is:
We celebrate diversity and inclusion and the breaking down of barriers to success. In January 2013 the Careers team achieved successful Matrix reaccreditation which recognised equality and diversity as an area of particular strength and commented that ‘the embedding of equality and diversity in all three departments assessed has had a positive impact on enabling staff to engage with the widest possible range of students, and has
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opened up opportunities for students, supporting them to achieve goals they would not have thought possible for themselves’. In 2012 Ofsted commented that ‘Learners benefit from very good learning activities that take place outside the classroom. Activities include group tutorials and internships that promote employability and raise awareness of equality, diversity and citizenship.’
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The College believes that all forms of prejudice and unfair discrimination are unacceptable. We welcome students and staff from all backgrounds and value and actively celebrate the benefits that diversity and difference bring to the College and our society. The College is committed to creating a safe environment for all students and staff. The College raises awareness of equality and human rights, promotes diversity and combats all forms of inequality, disadvantage, prejudice, unfair discrimination, harassment and mistreatment within its communities. We expect all members of our community (students, apprentices, employees, governors, agents, contractors, volunteers and visitors) to follow our vision and values for equality and diversity.
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Feeling safe The safety of our College community is of paramount importance; there are robust systems and operational procedures in place to protect students and staff from bullying and harassment. •
Student feedback from 2013/14 surveys indicated that they felt safe (95%), respected (93%) and understood the need to work well with people of different types and backgrounds and to value everyone’s contribution (96%).
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College support services include a mediation service, student counselling, the Safeguarding Team and Student Union support lines.
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Our staff have access to support through a personal counselling helpline service.
Fairtrade We are committed to promoting the benefits of Fairtrade to students, staff and the community raising awareness and understanding about the positive benefits Fairtrade has for the producers and communities in developing areas of the world. City College Plymouth has been a Fairtrade College since 2008 and is now in its seventh year working in partnership with Aramark our catering contractor, who lead on Fairtrade at the College. Fairtrade status is maintained through reporting to the Fairtrade Foundation every two years and documenting evidence of activities that raise awareness. The Fairtrade Foundation is a campaigning organisation with a focus on alleviating poverty in the developing countries.
Fairtrade activities have included: •
enterprising students on the National Diploma in Hospitality and Events planned and organised a vibrant Fairtrade Festival and during Fairtrade Fortnight recipes were created using Fairtrade products and these dishes were included on the restaurant menu and sold through the PL1 Deli Café
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in 2014 the Fairtrade Focus Group welcomed Dorothy Agard a Fairtrade banana farmer from St Lucia to the College to share her life experience with our staff and students, to help everyone understand the impact and benefits Fairtrade has on her family and surrounding communities
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stocking Fairtrade products in all catering outlets, using Fairtrade ingredients in our cooking where possible
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increasing the number of College departments who wear uniforms to wear Fairtrade cotton
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supporting companies like ‘Owens’ who roast their Fairtrade coffee locally
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ensuring Fairtrade drinks are available in all vending machines.
The Fairtrade Focus Group continues to work with staff and students to embed Fairtrade into the curriculum and to generate educational displays and resources and also works in partnership with Plymouth City Council to spread the word across the City. To highlight the College’s success with supporting the Fairtrade campaign we were awarded a silver award within the ‘Best University or College’ category at South West Fairtrade Business Awards.
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Advancing Equality of Opportunity Equality and diversity is promoted in teaching, learning and assessment and we recognise the need to continue to implement and develop this strategy. Our culture demonstrates this integration of equality and diversity through activities such as: •
a specialist Learning Support team who support students with disabilities and learning difficulties across the College. The Accessibility Commitment giving guidance on the help available to students with learning difficulties and disabilities is published annually
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the College joined the DisabledGo website in September 2009
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all teaching staff are being trained in embedding equality and diversity in the curriculum to ensure teachers plan equality and diversity aspects into lessons and embed equality and diversity topics into the curriculum
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the tutorial processes embed equality and diversity into tutorials and include promotion of events such as Black History Month, Anti-Bullying Week, Holocaust Memorial Day, Safer Internet Day and Fairtrade Fortnight
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the student services team provide a wide ranging calendar of activities linked to the tutorial activities
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the theme of the Equality and Diversity Action Plan in 2013/14 was Tackling Poverty.
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The College has a range of projects advancing equal opportunities through encouraging interaction and building life skills for our students and examples include: •
Project Search, a partnership between Derriford Hospital, City College Plymouth and Pluss which provides internships aimed at progressing young adults with learning disabilities into sustained mainstream employment. Students choose from a wide range of internships at Derriford Hospital matching their job-related skills and working towards completion of the AptEd awarding body Diploma in Progression
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Monterey House is a purpose built specialist learning environment completed in 2012/13 supporting students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. It offers bespoke provision for eight students who because of their high levels of anxiety are unable to access College facilities. The curriculum offers personalised timetables in a safe and structured environment with a focus on the development of social, independent living, and employability skills which support progression
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Project Search and Monterey House were celebrated as excellent post-16 provision by the City Council at the SEND Launch Conference in May 2014
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the pregnancy and young parents support project which raised pregnant student success rates has been recognised by Ofsted as good practice. Plymouth has a high teenage pregnancy rate, the second highest rate in the south west (conception rate per 1,000 women under 18 of 42.4 for teenagers in 201012 compared to 27.4 for the south west and 30.9 for England). In 2013/14 this
project became a component of the NIACE Equalities Toolkit and a cohort of students successfully completed the Parenting Course with 63% of students accepted onto a further College course •
a pioneering project to develop Forest School provision utilised the land beside the Nursery making it into a community resource accessed by citywide educational organisations such as the Early Years Plymouth group and the University of St Mark & St John
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an innovative Pop-up Study Club offered a supportive study environment with resources and teaching support available for students who may not have access to resources and support outside of College
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students successfully lobbied a Plymouth MP regarding inequalities in careers guidance in school settings and the next day this was raised in the House of Commons and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills provided a response the Listening Bus visited our Goschen Centre which enabled students and staff to experience the range of technology available to support people with hearing impairments MyStudyBar, a College digital learning technology project, was recognised by Jisc as good practice as it significantly improved accessibility for students with specific learning needs. The College provided students with the ability to download the software onto their own or loaned USB drives, giving them inclusivity anytime and anyplace. Work has continued on this project further embedding of the use of Eduapps to support development of study skills and autonomous learning
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PACE (Plymouth Advice Centre for Employment) works with local employers, Jobcentre Plus, work clubs, training providers and community groups to provide a city centre venue to offer courses aimed at helping adults return to work. In 2013/14 sector-based work academies provided unemployed people with work skills and job opportunities linked directly to employers which resulted in 28 students being employed with 10% of the Plymouth Citybus workforce recruited via the sector-based work academy model at PACE
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Breakfast Club offering free breakfasts to all students was introduced in 2012/13. In 2013/14 extended hours contributed to a 58% increase in student engagement with 23,107 breakfasts (12/13 14,321) provided. There was a positive relationship between access to Breakfast Club and attendance
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Specialist programmes aimed at those young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or are at risk of becoming NEET promote employability skills and have good progression rates
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our support for the annual Disabled Activity Day held on Plymouth Hoe in June was attended by students and staff.
Fostering good relations The College’s commitment to fostering good relations and working with the wider College community to build understanding and awareness is illustrated by student involvement in the development of College projects and initiatives.
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Respect Festival
International developments
Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council (PDREC) was the lead agency in the development of a Respect Festival for October 2013. The Respect Festival is a citywide festival blending cultures and celebrating international diversity. A parade from the Guildhall is followed by a weekend of fun activities from live music, dancing and theatrical events to play activities, world food and information stands at Plymouth University.
In the year 2013/14 the College continued to diversify its international partnerships and links. New partnership agreements were signed with CAUnet, a Beijing-based organisation, and Jiamusi University in northern China, jointly with Plymouth University. We welcomed two visiting teachers from our partner, Huzhou University in Zhejiang Province in China, each for three months between August 2013 and February 2014, observing classes and supporting their students.
To support Step up for Respect the College hosted a Caribbean dinner with students and staff working with a Caribbean chef to raise money for the PDREC Destitution Fund and College students worked in schools with PDREC team producing art work for the Respect Parade. The College supported the Respect Festival with student performers carrying an amazing fog dragon, playing drums and volunteers all in the Parade, followed by volunteers stewarding at the University, performances at the University, a College stall and a stand demonstrating cookery. There was enthusiastic feedback from the students and staff taking part and from PDREC for the contribution we made.
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We were successful in achieving grant funding for two new international projects. We were awarded a two year UKIERI (UK India Education Research Initiative) grant to work with a commercial partner in northeast India to develop an intensive entry level curriculum in hospitality training, and the first visit to India took place in July 2014. We were also awarded a grant through the British Council’s Skills for Employability programme, to work with a Chinese partner from Gansu Province on an ambitious curriculum and enterprise based project to launch a British themed pop-up shop in the city of Wuwei in March 2015. Both these projects will have a lot of student involvement and be of mutual benefit to both partners.
Our Malaysian link bringing in students for an intensive six month January start Foundation Course continues to flourish, with numbers increasing from 16 in January 2013 to 33 in January 2014. 30 of these students achieved Distinctions and between them the students were awarded scholarships at different universities totalling £40,000. One of the students was given the award for the International Student of the Year. The Buddy Scheme was also revived for this group of students and worked very successfully.
FE Pioneers Project to work with the 1619 Foundation Programme to produce a book on Burrator as a social enterprise. The students explored the area and its history and provided the text, pictures and illustration. The book is now on sale at the Burrator Discovery Centre •
the Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy team continue to be very active supporting a range of charity and taster events, allowing the students and staff to engage with the local community such as Think Pink, Comic Relief, Older People Day and Plymouth Library ethical clothes exchange
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the annual Embrace Festival and the primary schools tour was staged by our Performing Arts students which explored cultural diversity through the development of music and dance as well as curriculum set pieces such as the World Music Project to ensure wide coverage of issues relating to equality and diversity
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the Business team demonstrate equality and diversity in business ethics when students learn about the human rights of overseas workers, teamwork and leadership, encouraging young women to take leadership roles in group work,
Community links There are good links between the College and external equality and diversity organisations. College equality and diversity representatives attend external equality networks and training events to research good practice. The College is committed to fostering good relations and promoting cultural diversity and examples include: •
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a project initiated by HE students to provide support to help International students with the transition to a new and perplexing environment was successful in winning a Money Mogul bid from Plymouth University Students Union the ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) team used a grant from the
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studying causes of crime to demystify prejudices about disadvantaged groups, learning about the diversity in customer bases and their needs, ethical issues in business enterprise, sourcing and supply chain •
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two students and a tutor participated in the Lessons from Auschwitz course run by the Holocaust Education Trust which included a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Moved by this visit, the students decided on their return that they would like to plant a Holocaust Memorial tree. In June a Holocaust survivor visited the College and gave an inspirational talk to students about the Holocaust, which was followed by the tree planting ceremony attended by local faith and community members the Health and Social Care team are continuing with a dementia project providing dementia awareness training to staff and students and a profoundly deaf student was invited to the ‘Prime Ministers Rural Dementia Task and Finish Group’ at the Bishop's Palace in Exeter the College had a stall at the first Plymouth Pride event to take place on Plymouth Hoe which was supported by student and staff volunteers advice is sought from local organisations including the Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity, Fata Hé, Refugee Action, and the Race Equality Council, together with national bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Association of Colleges, the Higher Education Funding Council (England) and specialist organisations like Action for Blind People, etc. The College continued its membership of the Equality and Diversity subgroup of the South West Peer Federation in 2013/14 the College is a long standing member of the Plymouth Prevent Group and in 2013/14 Prevent training was delivered
on staff training days across the year with 35 staff trained in 2013/14 and 79 staff have received training in total in the last three years. Students from Public Services took part in Act Now, an interactive community counter terrorism exercise that gives an understanding of what it is like for a police officer to make decisions in the event of a terrorist incident. It encourages an open and honest debate around extremism in our communities •
a community project was run at Lelant Care Home with ten apprentices taking part in the makeover of a garden
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apprentices took part in a poppy project, planting poppies as a memorial to the First World War at St Charles Cross Church
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level 3 childcare students brokered their first business ‘Stay and Play’ a local community play scheme
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hospitality students provided a soup and bread for the homeless on a soup run.
Equality Data Age •
Student age range: 12 to 81 years.
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Student age profile: 2% are under 16 years, 29% are 16-18 and 69% are 19+
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Students aged 16-18 had long success rates 0.1% higher than 19+; the 16-18 success rate was at national average and the 19+ success rate was above national average.
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Staff age range: 16 to 79 years.
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Average staff age was 43 years compared to 39 for Plymouth and 44 for the Further Education (FE) sector.
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The largest age group was 45-49 (14%) and the over 65 was the smallest age group (3%) with 5% members of staff aged under 25.
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Disability
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15% of students declared a disability.
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14% of students declared a learning disability.
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Students with disabilities on long courses had success rates which were 2.1% below the success rates of students with no disabilities.
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Students with learning difficulties had success rates which were 2.6% above students with no learning difficulties.
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6% of staff declared a disability above the further education college average of 4%. No governor declared a disability.
Our pregnancy and young parents support project, which raised pregnant student success rates, has been recognised by Ofsted as good practice. Plymouth has a high teenage pregnancy rate, the second highest rate in the south west (conception rate per 1,000 women under 18 of 42.4 for teenagers in 2010-12 compared to 27.4 for the SW and 30.9 for England). In 2010/11 the College responded with a pregnancy and young parents support project to support pregnant mothers and young parents both at the College and in the community. The project has built partnerships and links to provide support mechanisms to encourage pregnant mothers and young parents to enrol and to stay on course. In 2013/14 the project was a runner up for an Association of College’s Beacon Award and it became a component of the NIACE Equalities Toolkit, with its work being disseminated via the Education and Training Foundation and the Local Authority. A cohort of students successfully completed the Parenting Course with 63% of students accepted onto a further College course. This project monitored the progress of the 46 pregnant students identified in 2013/14 with pregnant student success rates of 83%. Further developments include an invitation to become a Gazelle social enterprise project and to become an Association of Colleges contractor offering training in this area of expertise.
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The College supports parents through the provision of excellent nurseries. The two Curious Kittens nurseries provide childcare for children aged from six months to school age, and after school care and holiday clubs for five to 11 year olds at both the Kings Road and Goschen centres.
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Student gender profile: 44% female and 56% male.
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The gender gap between male and female success increased slightly with male success 2.5% above female success, reversing the previous year’s gap of female success 0.9% above male success.
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Staff gender profile: 61% female and 39% male. It is similar to the national profile for further education colleges of 64% female staff and 36% male.
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The College management team had a similar gender balance to the staff with 14 women and nine men (61% and 39%).
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The governor profile was five female (42%) and seven male (58%) members. A target to increase female governors by one has been set in the E&D Action Plan.
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The gender pay gap refers to the difference between the average earnings of men and women. In the College the gender pay gap for all full time and part time staff was 22.9% in 2013/14. The comparable gender pay gap in the public sector for all employees is 19.3%.
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The nurseries enable both students and staff to study and/or work knowing their children are well cared for and stimulated. Both nurseries were inspected by Ofsted in 2012 and both were awarded ‘outstanding’ for their nursery and kids’ club provision. Ofsted comments included: “Methods to promote equality and diversity thread through the whole nursery.” (Goschen). “The nursery welcomes families from a wide range of cultures. They comprehensively embrace and celebrate diversity within the nursery community as children learn to value and respect others.” (Kings Road).
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13% of the student population declared a minority ethnic heritage 6% above the Plymouth ethnic population of 7%.
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The achievement gap has widened slightly for students with a minority ethnic heritage with success 1.5% above white UK students, reversing last year’s gap of white UK students success 0.8% above minority ethnic heritage success for long courses.
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The staff profile had a minority ethnic heritage of 6% with no ethnic minority governors and 4% not declaring their ethnic heritage. There is a target for the governors to increase the members from an ethnic minority background.
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The Human Resources team is continuing to make strong efforts to recruit a diverse workforce and the ethnicity profile at the College has slightly increased from 4.7% in 2009/10 to 6% in 2013/14.
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The ethnicity profile in Plymouth is currently going through a period of fast change and doubled in size between the
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2001 and 2011 Census. The increase in people with a minority ethnic heritage is made up from economic migrants mainly from Eastern Europe and refugees and asylum seekers.
Religion or belief •
The multi-faith chaplaincy team is well established and maintains quiet rooms at the Kings Road and Goschen centres and offers moral and spiritual support. The Chaplain led a debate on Faith in the Workplace at the spring Student Conference.
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The College introduced the collection of data on religion and belief for students in 2013/14 after consultation. The majority of students (57%) declared no religion, 29% identified Christianity, 3% identified Islam, 6% preferred not to say and 1% declared Buddhism.
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The majority of staff (46%) have chosen not to comment on their religion or beliefs. Amongst the staff that did respond Christianity was identified with by 37% and 3% identified with another religion or belief.
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The Equality and Diversity Policy, the Equality Objectives and the Equality and Diversity Action Plan include sexual orientation equality statements, actions and objectives. Sexual orientation equality is included in mandatory staff training and there is a resource section on the E&D Moodle site to provide additional support.
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An LGB and T (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) society has been established by the Students Union.
A large number of staff (34%) chose not to comment on their sexual orientation. Amongst the staff who did declare 1.8% identified as lesbian, gay or bi-sexual. The Governor profile includes one gay member.
Transgender (gender identity)
The progress made towards our Equality Objectives in 2013/14 and the revised targets for 2014/15 are shown in the following pages. The Equality Objectives are set to drive forward equality and diversity and to support the College’s vision of promoting opportunity, enterprise and employability for our students and our community.
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The College is committed to supporting any transgender students or members of staff as appropriate to the needs of the individual. In 2010/11 specific guidance for tutors supporting transgender students was produced after consultation and guidance for managers supporting staff members who choose to transition has now been produced.
The College introduced its Equality Objectives and Equality and Diversity Action Plan in 2011/12 to replace the Single Equality Scheme which had run from 2008/9 to 2010/11. The Equality Objectives and Action Plan meet the requirements of the equality legislation and cover age, disability, gender, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion and sexual orientation.
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The College is committed to tackling discrimination and this includes discrimination on the ground of gender identity. The Equality and Diversity Policy and the Equality and Diversity Action Plan include gender identity statements, actions and objectives. Gender identity equality is included in mandatory staff training and there is a resource section on the E&D Moodle site to provide additional support. Specialist training is provided for staff to ensure that staff have awareness of transgender issues.
Our promotion of equality and diversity has been driven by Equality Objectives underpinned by an Equality and Diversity Action Plan and an Equality and Diversity Policy.
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Improve the diversity of our staff to reflect the communities we serve across all the equality areas
Investigate the gender and ethnicity pay gaps and Gender pay gap data aim to decrease the pay gaps Ethnicity pay gap
Work to create a culture where staff feel comfortable declaring information on disability, religion and sexual orientation
Promoting equality in our working practices
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Continue to provide training, support and guidance to enable all our workforce to be confident in promoting equality and diversity and challenging unfair discrimination and harassment
Disability profile 7% Religion not provided 47% Sexual orientation not provided 41%
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Promoting equality for our workforce
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Investigation and analysis of causes
Reduced pay gaps
Take action to address any data gaps in our student equalities profile
Staff training statistics
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Student profile data
100% staff trained Improved student feedback ratings
Disability profile 10% Ethnicity profile 7%
100% staff trained Improved student feedback ratings
Disability profile 7% Ethnicity profile 6%
Extend range of data Data collected and collected to religion and analysed sexual orientation
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% or above answer Student feedback on being treated with respect Good or better to and feeling safe questions in student surveys relevant survey questions Respect from staff 100% Feeling safe 100% Work well with all 100%
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Promoting equality for our students
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Disability profile 6% Religion not provided 47% Sexual orientation not provided 38%
Disability profile 6% Ethnicity profile 5% Deferred for Strategic Review
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Disability profile 6.3% Religion not provided 46% Sexual orientation not provided 34%
No significant gaps
Disability profile 6.3% Ethnicity profile 5.7%
Data request on enrolment form
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Workforce profile
Promoting equality for our workforce
Improve the diversity of our staff to reflect the communities we serve across all the equality areas
Work to create a culture where staff feel comfortable declaring information on disability, religion and sexual orientation
Promoting equality in our working practices
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Workforce profile
Students experience respect and fair treatment
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Student feedback on being treated with respect and feeling safe questions in student surveys
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Disability achievement gap Learning difficulty achievement gap Ethnicity gap Gender gap Socio-economic deprivation gap
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City College Plymouth - Equality Objectives 2014/15
100% staff trained Improved student feedback ratings
Disability profile 7% Religion not provided 47% Sexual orientation not provided 41%
Disability profile 10% Religion not provided 45% Sexual orientation not provided 40%
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Disability profile 7% Ethnicity profile 6%
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Disability profile 6.3% Religion not provided 46% Sexual orientation not provided 34%
Disability profile 6.3% Ethnicity profile 5.7%
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