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University of Bath equality updateMark Humphriss, Equality and Diversity Committee Chair
Thursday May 8th 2014
Monitoring data – students (1/12/2013)
• 16k students – 45% female, 5k international • Of Home/EU students
• UG participation 43% female, 12% BAME, 19% lower SEG, 8% disabled
• UG retention rates 98% overall, 97% female, 97% BAME, 95% lower SEG, 93% mature students
• UG attainment disability no differential, negative differential for men, BAME and mature students
• Graduate destinations no major differentials
Monitoring data – staff (31/7/2013)
• 2741 staff – 48% women• Small increase to 7% BAME and 2.6% disabled staff • Started to disclose religion and sexual orientation
(c30%)• Women make up 10% of professors, now increased
by 3 to 12% • Equal pay review every year: latest shows 21% pay
gap (15% excl senior staff/ professors)
Athena SWAN
• Bronze accreditation re-awarded• Departmental awards being submitted• STEM Culture Survey recently carried out• Particular focus on
• Promotion/ appointment of women academics • Appointment of more women HoDs• Gender balance on key committees• Mentoring/ leadership/ culture/ environment
• Annual lecture 15 May Prof Yellowlees: all welcome
Disabled Access
• EDC overall leadership role: main item for E&D Network and Committee each year
• ‘Gold button’• Updates on broken lifts etc• Reviewing signage• Disabled Go website information being
strengthened• Also, inclusive curriculum project
Other significant activity
• Staff Survey E&D analysis/ group• University and SU signed Time to Change
pledge (combatting mental health stigma and discrimination): programme now underway
• One Bath week (SU)• Assistive Technology officer for staff and
students• Trans toolkits for staff and students
Looking ahead
• Degree Attainment Group focus on BAME/ men
• Athena SWAN • Introduce unconscious bias e-module• New equality analysis programme• Continuing to implement our Statement of
Equality Objectives